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Inequalities associated with the inversion of elastic stress-deformation relations and their implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. W. Ogden
R. W. Ogden
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School of Mathematics, University of Bath
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Abstract

For an elastic solid the constitutive law can be written in terms of the deformation gradient α and its conjugate nominal stress s ≡ s(α), and also in terms of the right stretch u and its conjugate stress τ ≡ τ(u). It is shown that for isotropic elastic solids s(α) is invertible, in the local sense, for all u in the domain of u-space where τ(u) is locally invertible, with the exception of certain configurations which correspond to planes in τ-space.In the global sense a given s corresponds to four distinct τ's, and s is invertible to give four distinct α's when the corresponding τ's are uniquely invertible. That there are four branches of the inversion α(s) is of fundamental importance in that it clarifiesthe extent to which non-uniqueness of solution of boundary-value problems can be expected.

The implications of these results in respect of the complementary variational principle are discussed, and the controversy surrounding the use of nominal stress in this principle resolved.

Consequences of the required restrictions on τ(u) are examined and discussed in relation to inequalities which may be regarded as entailing physically reasonable response. It is intimated that τ(u) is invertible in the domain of elastic response.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , March 1977 , pp. 313 - 324
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1977

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