The Classical Thermodynamics of Deformable Materials
The Classical Thermodynamics of Deformable Materials
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February 2011Paperback
9780521180122
358 pages
229 × 152 × 20 mm
0.53kg
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Table of Contents
- Part I. The Mathematical Foundations of Finite Strain Theory:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Mathematical description of homogeneous deformations
- 3. Infinitesimal deformation
- 4. Transformations describing deformations of a material medium
- 5. Forces
- 6. Boundary conditions and work
- 7. Another unique factorisation of D
- 8. Virtual work
- 9. Transformation of cartesian tensors
- Part II. Non-Hydrostatic Thermodynamics:
- 10. The thermodynamic basis
- 11. Thermodynamic relations
- 12. Thermodynamic functions, equations of state
- 13. Thermodynamic quantities, definitions, and geometrical situation
- 14. Thermal expansion coefficients
- 15. Specific heats
- 16. Elastic stiffness and compliances
- 17. Tensorial forms for the elastic stiffness and compliance matrices
- 18. The effects of symmetry on the thermodynamic properties of crystals
- 19. Equilibrium and stability conditions for thermodynamic systems
- 20. Equilibrium conditions for diffusion in phases under non-hydrostatic stresses
- 21. The equilibrium of a stressed solid in contact with a solution of the solid
- 22. The thermodynamic stability of a phase
- 23. Discussion of the elastic stability conditions
- 24. Phase transitions and instability
- 25. An example of a phase transition involving a simple shear
- 26. Limiting the values of thermodynamic quantities at an instability
- 27. The a-β quartz transition
- 28. The thermodynamic theory of the growth of Dauphiné twinning in quartz under stress
- 29. The tetragonal/cubic ferroelectric transition of barium titanate
- References
- Index.
