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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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FIGURE 6.1<br />

Uniaxial loading-unloading stress-strain curves <strong>for</strong> (a) linear elastic; (b) nonlinear elastic; and<br />

(c) inelastic behavior.<br />

Within the context of the above assumptions, we write the constitutive<br />

equation <strong>for</strong> linear elastic behavior as<br />

σij = Cijkm εkm or = Cε<br />

(6.1-3)<br />

where the tensor of elastic coefficients C ijkm has 3 4 = 81 components. However,<br />

due to the symmetry of both the stress and strain tensors, it is clear that<br />

C ijkm = C jikm = C ijmk<br />

which reduces the 81 possibilities to 36 distinct coefficients at most.<br />

(6.1-4)

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