Thermodynamics and Wave Propagation in Non-Linear Materials with Memory

Abstract

In the past year several articles have appeared on the theory of propagating singular surfaces in non-linear dissipative materials1. Since non-equilibrium thermodynamics plays a basic role in this infant subject, we have prepared for this symposium a survey of its most developed part: the theory of one-dimensional waves in materials which do not conduct heat but have long-range viscoelastic memory.