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Article
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Disciplines
Pure mathematics
Abstract
In the context of new models of heat conduction, the second-order approximation of Tzou’s theory, derived by Quintanilla and Racke, has been studied recently by two of the present authors, where it was proved equivalent to a fading memory material. The importance of determining free energy functionals for such materials, and indeed for any material with memory, is emphasized. Because the kernel does not satisfy certain convexity restrictions that allow us to obtain various traditional free energies for materials with fading memory, it is necessary to restrict the study to the minimum and related free energies, which do not require these restrictions. Thus, the major part of this work is devoted to deriving an explicit expression for the minimum free energy. Simple modifications of this expression also give an intermediate free energy and the maximum free energy for the material. These derivations differ in certain important respects from earlier work on such free energies.
DOI
http://doi.org10.21427/dcb1-bm52
Recommended Citation
Amendola, G., Fabrizio, M., Golden, M. and Lazzari, B. (2016). Second order approximation for heat conduction: dissipation principle and free energies. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, January 2016. [Article in Print] doi:10.21427/dcb1-bm52
Publication Details
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, January 2016.