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Thermomechanics Of Phase Transitions In Classical Field Theory: 13
Author(s): Ingo Claben (Author), Hartmut Ehrig (Author), A Romano (Author), Dietmar Wolz (Author)
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 1993
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 9789810213985
- ISBN-13: 9810213980
Book Description
The complex processes of state changes can be interpreted by resorting to Statistical Quantum Mechanics. However, it is well known that a phenomenological description of state changes can be obtained by using the classical continuum theory. This book supplies a panoramic picture of known and new mathematical models which are suitable to describe phase changes from a macroscopic view point. All these models are derived from the theory of continuous systems with a nonmaterial interface and allow to describe processes of solidification, melting, and vaporization. The nonlocal continuum theory of systems with a non material interface provides a more complex mathematical model in dealing with crystal growth either in a pure melt or in a mixture. A chapter is devoted to the analysis of phase changes in ferroelectric and ferromagnetic crystals.
