Download or read book Continuum Models for Phase Transitions and Twinning in Crystals written by Mario Pitteri and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-06-27 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuum Models for Phase Transitions and Twinning in Crystals presents the fundamentals of a remarkably successful approach to crystal thermomechanics. Developed over the last two decades, it is based on the mathematical theory of nonlinear thermoelasticity, in which a new viewpoint on material symmetry, motivated by molecular theories, plays a c