Thermal Stress and Low Cycle Fatigue

Abstract

THIS BOOK consists of six lectures on natural philosophy by C. Truesdell.One will find here very clear, simplified presentations of Noll's theory of simple materials, Coleman, Mizel, and Noll's studies in continuum thermodynamics, and Toupin's work on oriented materials.Also included is a lecture on the treatment of the classical ergodic problem by Khinchen and Lewis, as well as a lecture on electrified materials in which the author casts the Toupin-Rivlin theoiy of electromagnetic wave propagation within the framework of singular surfaces.Truesdell concludes with a stimulating essay on method and taste in natural philosophy, an essay which better than any other known to this reviewer summarizes the modern view of the subject.