The mechanics and thermodynamics of continuous media
By: by Miroslav Šilhavy̌
Series: Texts and Monographs in Physics; Texts and monographs in physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9783662033890; 9783642082047
Subjects: Analytic Mechanics; Mathematical physics
Description: This book presents the non-linear theories of continuum thermomechanics. Throughout, the author emphasizes issues that are foundational in nature and seeks results common to materials of arbitrary symmetry. The central part of the book deals with thermoelastic bodies with heat conduction and viscosity, including the inviscid or ideal dissipationless bodies. A surprising variety of phenomena can be modeled within this framework. Moreover, the main ideas can be transferred into more complicated theories of materials with memory or microstructure. A large portion is an extension of Gibbs' ideas to bodies of general symmetry by the methods of the calculus of variations. A progress there is recent. The interplay between the convexity properties of the stored energy functions, the resulting equations, and the physics of the phenomena are leading themes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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