Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
754055 Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica 2007 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

ABSTRACTSome of the previous theories in the electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials and their differences are discussed in this paper. A variational principle in the general thermodynamic sense is given and the governing equations can be derived from this principle. Illustrational examples are given.

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