Download or read book Unified Continuum Modeling of Fully Coupled Thermo-electro-magneto-mechanical Behavior, with Applications to Multifunctional Materials and Structures written by Sushma Santapuri and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation focuses on development of a first-principle based theoretical framework for modeling and characterization of fully coupled thermo-electro-magneto-mechanical behavior in a multiphysics process domain, that can be utilized to (i) develop constitutive models and free energy functions for a broad range of smart materials using the fundamentals of equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, (ii) develop asymptotic models for design and analysis of load-bearing antenna, which is a multifunctional actuating and receiving device integrated with a load-bearing structure.