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The contributions in this collection of papers published in honour of B.D. Coleman are devoted to various aspects of modern theoretical thermodynamics, elasticity, and material science. Many of the researchers in this field have contributed original research. The papers address physicists as well as engineers.

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Author:   Hershel Markovitz ,  Victor J. Mizel ,  David R. Owen ,  etc.
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.999kg
ISBN:  

9783540529996

ISBN 10:   3540529993
Pages:   578
Publication Date:   27 March 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The Homogeneous Field Approximation of Classical Thermodynamics.- On the Stored Energy Functions of Hyperelastic Materials with Internal Constraints.- The Bianchi Identities in an Explicit Form.- On the Vorticity Numbers of Monotonous Motions.- A Limiting Viscosity Approach to the Riemann Problem for Materials Exhibiting Change of Phase.- One Dimensional Infinite-horizon Variational Problems arising in Continuum Mechanics.- Admissible Wave Fans in Nonlinear Hyperbolic Systems.- Weak Martensitic Transformations in Bravais Lattices.- Necessary Conditions at the Boundary for Minimizers in Finite Elasticity.- Phase Transitions of Elastic Solid Materials.- Drops of Nematic Liquid Crystals.- Stability of Deformation of an Elastic Layer.- Conditions for Mechanical Self-Annealing in Motions of Elastic-Plastic Oscillators.- On Saint-Venant's Principle in Finite Anti-Plane Shear: An Energy Approach.- Mixture Invariance and its Applications.- Interactions in General Continua with Microstructure.- Surface Interaction Potentials in Elasticity.- Some Kinematical Results Concerning Steady Flows and Extensional Flows.- Material Symmetry and Crystals.- A Mathematical Theory of the Guillotine.- Global Properties of Buckled States of Plates that can Suffer Thickness Changes.- Regular Precessions in a Central Newtonian Field of Forces.- A Mechanical Theory for Crystallization of a Rigid Solid in a Liquid Melt; Melting-Freezing Waves.- On Edge Interactions and Surface Tension.- On a Statistical-Kinetic Model for Generalized Continua.- Memory Effects and Homogenization.- On Formation of Singularities in One-Dimensional Nonlinear Thermoelasticity.- Published Works of Bernard D. Coleman.- Places of First Publication.

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