Constitutive equations and wave propagation in Green–Naghdi type II and III thermoelectroelasticity

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn this article we extend the theory of thermoelasticity devised by Green and Naghdi to the framework of finite thermoelectroelasticity. Both isotropic and transversely isotropic bodies are considered and thermodynamic restrictions on their constitutive relations are obtained by virtue of the reduced energy equality. In the second part, a linearized theory for transversely isotropic thermopiezoelectricity is derived from thermodynamic restrictions by constructing the free energy as a quadratic function of the 11 second-order invariants of the basic fields. The resulting theory provides a natural extension of the (linear) Green and Naghdi theory for types II and III rigid heat conductors. As a particular case, we derive the linear system which rules the processes depending on the symmetry axis coordinate only.