A note on strong ellipticity in two-dimensional isotropic elasticity

Domenico De Tommasi, Giuseppe Puglisi, Giuseppe Zurlo

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)67-74
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Elasticity
Volume109
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Isotropic materials
  • Nonlinear elasticity
  • Plane deformations
  • Strong ellipticity

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