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Analysis of Deformation
The analysis of deformation aims at deriving descriptions of the local deformation in a material suitable for use in a constitutive relation. Often, but not always, this amounts to deriving a strain tensor.
This section starts by a general description of finite deformation in solids. At the end, the specialization to engineering strains used in geometrically linear analysis, is made.
In this section:
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Lagrangian Formulation
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Deformation Measures
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Invariants of Strain
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Inelastic Strain Contributions
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Deformed Geometry
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Axial Symmetry
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Plane Strain
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Generalized Plane Strain