Continuous models in nonlinear thermomechanics of binary systems

We study some general problems connected with the construction of thermodynamic models in the mechanics of two-component elastic bodies. Principal relations of the model are established on the basis of fundamental concepts and approaches of nonlinear continuum mechanics and nonequilibrium thermodynamics. We also demonstrate that systems of this sort can be described without using chemical potentials in the explicit form.Center of Mathematical Simulation. Pidstryhach Institute for Applied Problems in Mathematics and Mechanics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, L'viv. Translated from Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 7–15, July – August, 1995.