An Introduction to Thermomechanics

Abstract

Basic mathematical concepts are considered along with aspects of kinematics, kinetics, thermodynamics, material properties, ideal liquids, linear elasticity, inviscid gases, viscous fluids, plastic bodies, viscoelasticity, general tensors, large displacements, questions of thermodynamic orthogonality, maximal dissipation, non-Newtonian liquids, the conditions of plasticity, and viscoelastic bodies. Attention is given to a formulation of the fundamental laws of thermodynamics in terms of a field theory, fluids without internal parameters, elastic solids, steady potential flows, thermoelasticity, the typical features of subsonic and supersonic flow, incompressible Newtonian liquids, turbulence, and perfectly plastic bodies.