ELASTICITY AND THERMODYNAMICS

The following sections are included:

• THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS

• ENERGY EQUATION

• THE STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTION

• CONDITIONS OF THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM

• THE POSITIVE DEFINITENESS OF THE STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTION

• THERMODYNAMIC RESTRICTIONS ON THE STRESS-STRAIN LAW OF AN ISOTROPIC ELASTIC MATERIAL

• GENERALIZED HOOKE'S LAW, INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF THERMAL EXPANSION

• THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS FOR ISOTROPIC HOOKEAN MATERIALS

• EQUATIONS CONNECTING THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A SOLID