This book describes an effective method for modeling advanced materials like polymers, composite materials and biomaterials, which are, as a rule, inhomogeneous. The thermoelastic theory with internal variables presented here provides a general framework for predicting a material's reaction to external loading. The basic physical principles provide the primary theoretical information, including the evolution equations of the internal variables.
The cornerstones of this framework are the material representation of continuum mechanics, a weak nonlocality, a non-zero extra entropy flux, and a consecutive employment of the dissipation inequality. Examples of thermoelastic phenomena are provided, accompanied by detailed procedures demonstrating how to simulate them.
| ISBN: | 9783319569338 |
| Publication date: | 12th May 2017 |
| Author: | Arkadi Berezovski, Peter Ván |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 220 pages |
| Series: | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications |
| Genres: |
Engineering: Mechanics of solids Engineering thermodynamics Mathematical modelling Classical mechanics Mathematical physics Maths for engineers |