On the thermodynamics of viscoelastic materials of single-integral type (Q4713583)

The authors, for the first time, have developed a thermodynamical theory of single-integral laws applicable to deforming bodies under variable temperature. The general theory developed has been applied to thermoviscoelastic materials of single-integral type. As a consequence of the theory developed, there are four relevant relaxation functions: the stress-strain relaxation function \({\mathcal G}\), the stress-temperature relaxation function \({\mathcal A}\), the energy-strain relaxation function \({\mathcal D}\), and the energy-temperature relaxation function \(\sigma\). The following direct consequences have been derived: (i) The stress- strain relaxation function \({\mathcal G}\) is symmetric. (ii) The stress- temperature relaxation function \({\mathcal A}\) and the energy-strain relaxation function \({\mathcal D}\) are related: \({\mathcal D}(\tau)=-\theta_ 0{\mathcal A}(\tau)\), for all \(\tau\geq 0\). (iii) Definiteness conditions hold for all \(\tau>0\), all tensors \(L\in\text{Lin}\), and scalar \(\lambda\in\mathbb{R}\), \[ L\cdot {\mathcal G}'(\tau)L + 2\lambda{\mathcal A}'(\tau)L- \theta_ 0\sigma'(\tau)\lambda^ 2\leq 0,\qquad L\cdot {\mathcal G}'(\tau)L+2\lambda{\mathcal A}''(\tau)L-\theta_ 0\sigma''(\tau)\lambda^ 2\geq 0. \]