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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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This rate of decrease in the angle θ is a measure of the shear rate between<br />

the elements in the directions of ˆn and ˆn . In the engineering literature it<br />

1 2<br />

is customary to define the rate of shear as half the change (increase or decrease)<br />

between two material line elements instantaneously at right angles to one<br />

another. Thus <strong>for</strong> nˆ = eˆ<br />

and nˆ = eˆ<br />

,<br />

and, in general, the off-diagonal elements of the rate of de<strong>for</strong>mation tensor<br />

are seen to represent shear rates <strong>for</strong> the three pairs of coordinate axes.<br />

Because D is a symmetric, second-order tensor, the derivation of principal<br />

values, principal directions, a Mohr's circles representation, a rate of de<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

deviator tensor, etc., may be carried out as with all such tensors.<br />

Also, it is useful to develop the relationship between D and the material<br />

derivative of the strain tensor E. Recall that<br />

so that, using Eq 4.10-7,<br />

or<br />

=<br />

2E = C – I = F T ⋅ F – I<br />

(4.10-17)<br />

Note also that from u i + X i = x i we have u i,A + δ i,A = x i,A and if the displacement<br />

gradients u i,A are very small, u i,A

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