Continuum in Solid State Physics

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Department of Solid State Engineering

Synopsis:

The course introduces students to the basics of the application of the theoretical concept of continuum to the description of the properties of solids. The model is demonstrated on selected examples of multiferroic

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Syllabus of lectures:

1Continuum framework, tensor fields, objectivity

2Eulerian and Lagrangian description

3Material point, material derivatives

4Constitutive relation – elasticity, heat conduction, diffusion

5Symmetry considerations

6Basic problems of elastomechanics

7Energetic formulation, weak formulation, virtual principles

8Balance equations, energy conservations, the first law of thermodynamics

9The second law of thermodynamics, dissipation inequality

10Example – Thermoelasticity

11Example – Piezoelectricity

12Example – Ferroelasticity

13Example – Micromagnetism.

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Key references:

[1] P. Podio-Guidugli, Continuum Thermodynamics, Springer, Basel, 2019

[2] B. Albers, K. Wilmanski, Continuum Thermodynamics, Backwell‘s, Oxford, 2014

Other references:

[3] P. Hertel, Continuum Physics, Springer, Basel, 2012

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Fyzikální inženýrství - Inženýrství pevných látek (PS)