This book describes an effective method for modeling advanced materials like polymers
composite materials and biomaterials which are as a rule inhomogeneous. The thermoelastic
theory with internal variables presented here provides a general framework for predicting a
material's reaction to external loading. The basic physical principles provide the primary
theoretical information including the evolution equations of the internal variables.The
cornerstones of this framework are the material representation of continuum mechanics a weak
nonlocality a non-zero extra entropy flux and a consecutive employment of the dissipation
inequality. Examples of thermoelastic phenomena are provided accompanied by detailed
procedures demonstrating how to simulate them.
