Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics with Application to Solids: Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Theodor Lehmann - CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 1993 edition

Publisher Marketing: This study puts emphasis on developing the basic ideas behind the different approaches to non-equilibrium thermodynamics and then applying them to solids. After a survey discussing different approaches, an introduction to the common fundamentals is given. In the second part of the text, the mechanical behaviour of special materials such as viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity, viscoelastoplasticity, and thermoplasticity are discussed.