ON THE CLAUSIUS-DUHEM INEQUALITY.
Abstract
A method of axiomatically deriving a form of the second law of thermodynamics appropriate to continuum mechanics from a general statement of the law is discussed; such a proceedure logically leads to the existence of two temperatures and a modified form of the Clausius-Duhem inequality. It is then shown that for a certain class of materials the inequality can hold only if the two temperatures are always the same and thus that for such materials the usual form of the Clausius-Duhem inequality is appropriate. Finally it is shown that a simple material with memory falls into this class of materials. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0635447
Entities
People
- Morton E. Gurtin
- William O. Williams
Organizations
- Brown University