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Finite strain solutions in compressible isotropic elasticity

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Three classes of compressible isotropic elastic solids are introduced, for each of which the strain energy, expressed as a function of the three principal invariants of the stretch tensors, is linear in two of its arguments and nonlinear in the third argument. One of these is the class of harmonic materials. Several deformation fields are examined, for which the governing equations, for general compressible isotropic elastic response, reduce to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. For the three special classes of materials, this differential equation may be solved in closed form, giving a deformation field which is independent of the material response function, or its solution may be reduced to a single quadrature, involving the nonlinear material response function.

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Carroll, M.M. Finite strain solutions in compressible isotropic elasticity. J Elasticity 20, 65–92 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042141

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