Abstract
Duvall, Manvi, and Lowell have shown a close relationship between a continuum theory of shock structures in solids and that of one-dimensional lattices. In this paper, extending their results, we have shown that the thermodynamical behaviors of shock structures are equivalent to those of the dissipative autonomous system described by a generalized Liénard equation. The theory assumes adiabatic conditions and the relaxational transformation of instantaneous work into equilibrium internal energy.

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