Evolution of phase transitions

"This is a valuable work for those interested in the development and application of continuum-mechanical models that describe the macroscopic response of materials capable of undergoing stress- or temperature-induced transitions between two solid phases. The focus is on the evolution of phase transitions, which may be either dynamic or quasi-static, controlled by a kinetic relation that in the framework of classical thermomechanics represents information that is supplementary to the usual balance principles and constitutive laws of conventional theory. The book should be of interest to mechanicians, material scientists, geophysicists, and applied mathematicians."--Jacket.