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We consider a continuous medium B to be the bounded closed subset of the Euclidean space E3. In the theory of materials, the medium B is considered to be a differentiable manifold and is called a material space. However, for our purposes it is not necessery to use this notion. Our set B corresponds to the reference configuration of the medium.
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Lebon, G., Perzyna, P. (1980). The Notion of a Thermodynamic Process in Continua. In: Lebon, G., Perzyna, P. (eds) Recent Developments in Thermomechanics of Solids. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 262. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3351-4_1
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