Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notation
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Theory
- 2 Scalars, vectors and tensors
- 3 Kinematics of deformation
- 4 Mechanical conservation and balance laws
- 5 Thermodynamics
- 6 Constitutive relations
- 7 Boundary-value problems, energy principles and stability
- Part II Solutions
- Appendix A Heuristic microscopic derivation of the total energy
- Appendix B Summary of key continuum mechanics equations
- References
- Index
6 - Constitutive relations
from Part I - Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notation
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Theory
- 2 Scalars, vectors and tensors
- 3 Kinematics of deformation
- 4 Mechanical conservation and balance laws
- 5 Thermodynamics
- 6 Constitutive relations
- 7 Boundary-value problems, energy principles and stability
- Part II Solutions
- Appendix A Heuristic microscopic derivation of the total energy
- Appendix B Summary of key continuum mechanics equations
- References
- Index
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- Continuum Mechanics and ThermodynamicsFrom Fundamental Concepts to Governing Equations, pp. 180 - 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011