Clausius-Duhem inequality for thermoelasticity
For thermoelastic materials, the internal energy is a function only of the deformation gradient and the temperature, i.e., . Show that, for thermoelastic materials, the Clausius-Duhem inequality

can be expressed as

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Proof:
Since
, we have

Therefore,

Now,
. Therefore, using the
identity
, we have

Hence,

or,
