Relating Deformation and Thermodynamics: An Opportunity for Rethinking Basic Concepts of Continuum Mechanics

In order to treat deformation as one of the processes taking place in an irreversible thermodynamic transformation, two main conditions must be satisfied: (1) strain and stress should be defined in such a way that the modification of the symmetry of these tensorial quantities reflects that of the st...

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Main Author: Giuseppe Guzzetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-06-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/7/2548