A new nonlinear constitutive theory for conducting magnetothermoelastic solids (Q802379)

A new nonlinear theory of constitutive equations for electrically and thermally conducting magnetothermoelastic solids is developed. In the theory, the electric current and heat flux vectors are also considered to be independent variables in the argument of each constitutive function. It is shown that the modified Helmholtz free energy density, which is a thermodynamical potential for the specific entropy, the magnetization and the stress-tensor, does no longer appear as a function of the temperature, the magnetic field and the strain tensor, but it also depends upon the electric current and heat flux vectors. Furthermore, referring to the mentioned constitutive equations, the Gibbs equation is also generalized. In order to expose the constitutive theory developed here, an appropriate polynomial expression of the MH FE density for the anisotropic materials is proposed, and, exploiting the method of the theory of invariants, its exact expression is also determined. With the use of these two expressions, a set of rather general nonlinear constitutive equations, which governs a lot of magnetoelastothermo- electrical (MET-E) effects, is then obtained explicitly.