Advances in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Material Behavior

The papers included in this volume were presented at the Symposium on Advances in the Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Material Behavior, held as part of the 1999 Joint ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Summer Conference at Virginia Tech on June 27-30, 1999. The Symposium was held in honor of Professor Roger L. Fosdick on his 60th birthday.
The papers are written by prominent researchers in the fields of mechanics, thermodynamics, materials modeling, and applied mathematics. They address open questions and present the latest development in these and related areas. This volume is a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students in universities and research laboratories.

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In Recognition of the Sixtieth Birthday of Roger L. Fosdick.- Roger L. Fosdick.- Publications of Roger L. Fosdick.- On Invariance Groups for Equilibrium Theories.- Derivation of Plate and Rod Equations for a Piezoelectric Body from a Mixed Three-Dimensional Variational Principle.- Geometric Effects in an Elastic Tensegrity Structure.- Theory for Atomic Diffusion on Fixed and Deformable Crystal Lattices.- On the Existence of Minimizers with Prescribed Singular Points in Nonlinear Elasticity.- Feedback Linearization and Semilinearization for Smart Elastic Structures.- Slip Bands and Stress Oscillations in Bars.- Two Micromechanical Models in Acoustoelasticity: a Comparative Study.- Constitutive Functions of Elastic Materials in Finite Growth and Deformation.- Toughening by Phase Boundary Propagation.- Finite Amplitude Transverse Waves in Special Incompressible Viscoelastic Solids.- On Infinitesimal Shear.- Reflection and Refraction of Anti-Plane Shear Waves from a Moving Phase Boundary.- Microstructure in a Cubic to Orthorhombic Transition.- Finite Scale Microstructures in Nonlocal Elasticity.- Optimal Design Problems for Elastic Bodies by Use of the Maximum Principle.- The Mullins Effect in a Pure Shear.- The Compatibility Constraint in Linear Elasticity.- Pressurized Shape Memory Thin Films.