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superposed to <strong>in</strong>terme<strong>di</strong>ate configuration preserv<strong>in</strong>g it unstressed. However, thedecomposition can be made unique by ad<strong>di</strong>tional specifications <strong>di</strong>ctated by the natureof the considered material model.Fig. 4.2: Multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gra<strong>di</strong>entThe model has been conceived with<strong>in</strong> the framework of Generalized StandardMaterials (Halphen and Nguyen, 1975): <strong>in</strong>ternal variables are <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> order todescribe the phase transition processes and two convex potentials are def<strong>in</strong>ed, fromwhich the constitutive relations and the evolution law for the transformation stra<strong>in</strong>are derived.In general, the state of a cont<strong>in</strong>uum material depends on the whole history of itsmechanical variables, and the model<strong>in</strong>g of its behavior may be based on <strong>di</strong>fferentk<strong>in</strong>ds of approaches. In order to obta<strong>in</strong> a formalism which is <strong>di</strong>rectly accessible to themethods of functional analysis, the approach of thermodynamics of irreversibleprocesses is adopted by <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g state variables (Coleman and Noll, 1963;Coleman and Gurt<strong>in</strong>, 1967). This approach was <strong>in</strong>itiated first by chemists, and wasapplied to cont<strong>in</strong>uum mechanics by Eckart and Biot around 1950. Thethermodynamic potential allows to def<strong>in</strong>e associated variables chosen for the studyof the phenomenon. This naturally leads to the state laws. Furthermore, the59

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