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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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ased on the strain energy function. This equation appears to be identical<br />

to Eq 6.1-3, but there is one very important difference between the two —<br />

not only do we have the symmetries expressed by Eq 6.1-4, but now we also<br />

have<br />

due to the fact that<br />

C ijkm = C kmij<br />

( ) =<br />

2<br />

∂ W 0<br />

2<br />

∂ W 0<br />

∂ε ∂ε ∂ε ∂ε<br />

ij km km ij<br />

(6.1-20)<br />

Thus, the existence of a strain energy function reduces the number of distinct<br />

components of C ijkm from 36 to 21. Further reductions <strong>for</strong> special types of<br />

elastic behavior are obtained from material symmetry properties in the next<br />

section. Note that by substituting Eq 6.1-19 into Eq 6.1-17 and assuming a<br />

linear stress-strain relation, we may now write<br />

which in the notation of Eq 6.1-8 becomes<br />

(6.1-21a)<br />

(6.1-21b)<br />

and by the symmetry condition C αβ = C βα we have only 21 distinct constants<br />

out of the 36 possible.<br />

6.2 Hooke’s Law <strong>for</strong> Isotropic Media, Elastic Constants<br />

If the behavior of a material is elastic under a given set of circumstances, it<br />

is customarily spoken of as an elastic material when discussing that situation<br />

even though under a different set of circumstances its behavior may not be<br />

elastic. Furthermore, if a body’s elastic properties as described by the coefficients<br />

C ijkm are the same in every set of reference axes at any point <strong>for</strong> a<br />

given situation, we call it an isotropic elastic material. For such materials, the<br />

constitutive equation has only two elastic constants. A material that is not<br />

isotropic is called anisotropic; we shall define some of these based upon the<br />

degree of elastic symmetry each possesses.<br />

( )<br />

1<br />

1<br />

W( εij)= Cijkmεijεkm<br />

= σijεij 2<br />

2<br />

1 1<br />

W( ε )= C ε ε = σ ε<br />

2 2<br />

α αβ α β α α

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