Phase change in mechanics. (Q642472)

These lecture notes present some predictive theories of phenomena involving phase changes with applications in engineering, within the framework of continuum thermo-mechanics. The author investigates some solid-liquid phase changes, volume and surface damage, and phase changes involving temperature discontinuities. Also, solid-solid phase changes in shape memory alloys, vapour-liquid phase changes and many others are explored. The treatise comprises fourteen chapters, two appendix sections and an extensive list of references, which are mainly the works of the author and his colleagues. Following a short introduction in Chapter 1 (pp. 1, 2) and after choosing the state quantities and quantities describing the evolution and thermal heterogeneity in Chapter 2 (pp. 3,4), the lecture notes are organized as follows. Chapter 3 (pp. 5-29) presents the basic laws of continuum thermo-mechanics, including those on a discontinuity surface and in a discontinuity volume. Chapter 4 (pp. 31-66) is devoted to the solid-liquid phase change and its examples. Here, the author studies the phase changes with a freezing fringe, voids and bubbles, thermal memory and different densities, and the dissipative and irreversible phase changes. Chapter 5 (pp. 67-100) considers the solid-solid phase changes in shape memory alloys with voids and without voids, and describes the interpenetration and education of shape memory alloys. Chapter 6 (pp. 101-107) deals with damage equations in continuum mechanics, Chapter 7 (pp. 109-113) with the equations of contact with adhesion, and Chapter 8 (pp. 115-130) with the equations of coupling of volume damage and surface adhesion. In Chapter 9 (pp. 131-140), the phase change is studied with temperature discontinuities. Chapter 10 (pp. 141-191) is concerned with phase changes and collisions produced by mechanical and thermal effects. Some thermal measurements in collisions are reported, and the thermomechanical equations involving phase changes and some applications of thermal effects are given. In Chapter 11 (pp. 193-216), the collisions of deformable bodies with phase changes and the mechanical and thermal evolution in a collision are studied. Chapter 12 (pp. 217-222) examines the liquid-vapour phase change. Chapter 13 (pp. 223-268) investigates phase changes in clouds and the mixture of air, vapor and liquid water. Some concluding remarks are given in Chapter 14 (p. 269). Lastly, Appendix A (pp. 271-280) summarizes some properties of convex analysis, Appendix B (pp. 281-294) considers the small perturbation assumption, and an extensive list of references (pp. 295-303) is given. In lecture notes, the usual subject index would be very useful to some readers. Besides, computer programs and design problems would make it appropriate for normal classroom use. Nevertheless, this is a valuable contribution to the phase change theory in continuum mechanics, excluding polar and non-local constitutive behaviour, and it is recommendable to engineers and researchers interested in the field.