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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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5 Fundamental Laws and Equations<br />

5.1 Balance Laws, Field Equations, Constitutive Equations<br />

A number of the fundamental laws of continuum mechanics are expressions<br />

of the conservation of some physical quantity. These balance laws, as they are<br />

often called, are applicable to all material continua and result in equations<br />

that must always be satisfied. In this introductory text, we consider only the<br />

conservation laws dealing with mass, linear and angular momentum, and<br />

energy. With respect to energy, we shall first develop a purely mechanical<br />

energy balance and follow that by an energy balance that includes both<br />

mechanical and thermal energies, that is, a statement of the first law of<br />

thermodynamics. In addition to that, the Clausius-Duhem <strong>for</strong>m of the second<br />

law of thermodynamics is covered.<br />

The balance laws are usually <strong>for</strong>mulated in the context of global (integral)<br />

relationships derived by a consideration of the conservation of some property<br />

of the body as a whole. As explained in Chapter One, the global equations<br />

may then be used to develop associated field equations which are valid<br />

at all points within the body and on its boundary. For example, we shall<br />

derive the local equations of motion from a global statement of the conservation<br />

of linear momentum.<br />

Constitutive equations, which reflect the internal constitution of a material,<br />

define specific types of material behavior. They are fundamental in the sense<br />

that they serve as the starting point <strong>for</strong> studies in the disciplines of elasticity,<br />

plasticity, and various idealized fluids. These equations are the topic of the<br />

final section of this chapter.<br />

Be<strong>for</strong>e we begin a discussion of the global conservation laws, it is useful<br />

to develop expressions <strong>for</strong> the material derivatives of certain integrals. This<br />

we do in the next section.

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