Thermomechanics of Phase Transitions in Classical Field Theory

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.

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• Authors: Ingo Claben, Hartmut Ehrig, A. Romano, Albert Romano, Dietmar Wolz
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1993
• EAN: 9789810213985
• ISBN: 978-981-02-1398-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 224 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences; Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences; Series on Advances in Mathemat; Advances in Mathematics for Ap
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries