Introduction to Elasticity/Constitutive example 2
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[edit] Example 1
Convert the stress-strain relation for isotropic materials (in matrix form) into an equation in index notation. Show all the steps in the process.
[edit] Solution
The stress-strain relation is
Let us expand out the terms and put all of them in a similar form. Thus,
We know that σ11 + σ22 + σ33 = σkk. Also a quantity that is 1 when i = j and 0 when
can be represented by the Kronecker δ. Therefore, we can write the above equations as
or,



