CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM

                  UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER



TITLE:   Thermodynamic Potentials for Solids Undergoing Stress-Induced
         Phase Transformations
 

SPEAKER: Edgar N. Mamiya, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
         

DATE:    Wednesday, September 4, 1996

PLACE:   Math Conference Room - Suite 540 
         UCD Building, 1250 14th St., Denver

TIME:    2:30 pm (Refreshments served at 2:15 pm)



ABSTRACT


A phenomenological model describing the mechanical behavior of
solids undergoing stress-induced phase transformations is presented in
the setting of three-dimensional media. Pseudoelasticity as well as
shape memory effect can be described by the model at hand.  
Numerical results obtained within the framework of Finite Element  Methods
illustrate the capabilities of the three-dimensional constitutive model.