Continuum mechanics/Clausius-Duhem inequality for thermoelasticity
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Clausius-Duhem inequality for thermoelasticity For thermoelastic materials, the internal energy is a function only of the deformation gradient and the temperature, i.e., . Show that, for thermoelastic materials, the Clausius-Duhem inequality can be expressed as |
Proof:
Since , we have
Therefore,
Now, . Therefore, using the identity , we have
Hence,
or,