Abstract
Based on the choice of two physically meaningful strain measures, we study necessary and sufficient conditions for strong ellipticity of the equilibrium equations for two-dimensional isotropic hyperelastic bodies. Specifically, we show, depending on the values of the derivatives of the energy function, that strong ellipticity is equivalent to a single condition with a clear physical interpretation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 67-74 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Elasticity |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Isotropic materials
- Nonlinear elasticity
- Plane deformations
- Strong ellipticity