Hysteresis and phase transitions / Martin Brokate, Jürgen Sprekels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brokate, Martin, 1953-

Contributor:

Sprekels, J.

Series:

Applied mathematical sciences (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.) ; v. 121.

Applied mathematical sciences (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hysteresis--Mathematics.

Hysteresis.

Phase transformations (Statistical physics).

Physical Description:

x, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [1996]

Summary:

This monograph contributes to the mathematical analysis of systems exhibiting hysteresis effects and phase transitions. Its main part begins with a detailed study of models for scalar rate independent hysteresis in the form of hysteresis operators. Applications to ferromagnetism, elastoplasticity and fatigue analysis are presented, and two representative distributed systems with hysteresis operator are discussed. The attention then shifts to the mechanisms of energy dissipation and transformation that induce a hysteretic behavior in continuous media undergoing phase transitions. After an introduction to phenomenological thermodynamic theories of phase transitions, in particular, the Landau-Ginzburg theory and phase field models, several specific models are discussed in detail. These include Falk's model for the hysteresis in shape memory alloys and the phase field models due to Caginalp and Penrose-Fife. The latter are studied both for conserved and non-conserved order parameters. A chapter presenting a mathematical model for the austenite-pearlite and austenite-martensite phase transitions in eutectoid carbon steels concludes the book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-352). and index.

ISBN:

0387947639

OCLC:

34669286