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We present a new formulation of the configurational force balance in a constitutive-independent framework of thermomechanics. To this end we use invariance requirements for the configurational working - here defined following the ideas of Green and Naghdi on the basic postulates of continua. This new approach has the essential property of providing an expression of the driving force on cracks in accordance with the well-known formula of the energy release rate in thermoelasticity.
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Dascalu, C., Kalpakides, V.K. (2005). Configurational Thermomech-Anics and Crack Driving Forces. In: Steinmann, P., Maugin, G.A. (eds) Mechanics of Material Forces. Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26261-X_20
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