Continuum Thermodynamics

• Main Author: Podio-Guidugli, Paolo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SISSA Springer Series, 1
• Subjects: Mathematical physics.; Thermodynamics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

This book deals with an important topic in rational continuum physics, thermodynamics.Although slim, it is fairly well self-contained; some basic notions in continuum mechanics, which a well-intentioned reader should but may not be familiar with, are collected in a final appendix. Modern continuum t...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Heat Conduction
• 2 Thermomechanics
• 3 The Principle of Virtual Powers
• 4 A virtual power format for thermomechanics
• 5 A Physical Interpretation of Thermal Displacement
• 6 Appendix A: Basic Notions of Continuum Mechanics.