Introduction to Elasticity/Constitutive example 6

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[edit] Example 6

Given:

For an isotropic material

K = \lambda + \frac{2}{3} \mu~,~~~ E = \frac{\mu(3\lambda+2\mu)}{\lambda+\mu}~,~~~ \nu = \frac{\lambda}{2(\lambda+\mu)}

Verify:

  1. \mu = \frac{E - 3\lambda + r}{4}
  2. K = \frac{E + 3\lambda + r}{6}

where r = \sqrt{E^2 + 9\lambda^2 + 2E\lambda}.

[edit] Solution

From the second equation that has been given

Eλ + Eμ = 3μλ + 2μ2

or,

2μ2 − (E − 3λ)μ − Eλ = 0

Therefore,

\mu = \frac{(E-3\lambda) \pm \sqrt{(E-3\lambda)^2 + 8E\lambda}}{4}

or,

\mu = \frac{(E-3\lambda) \pm \sqrt{E^2 + 9\lambda^2 + 2E\lambda}}{4}

or,

\mu = \frac{E-3\lambda \pm r}{4}

To find out whether the plus or the minus sign should be placed before r in the above equation, we put everything in terms of ν and E. Thus,

\begin{align} \mu & = \frac{E}{2(1+\nu)} \\ \lambda & = \frac{\nu E}{(1+\nu)(1-2\nu)} \\ E - 3\lambda & = \frac{E(1 - 2\nu^2 - 4\nu)}{(1+\nu)(1-2\nu)} \\ 8E\lambda & = \frac{8\nu E^2}{(1+\nu)(1-2\nu)} \end{align}

Plugging these into the equation for μ, multiplying both sides by (1 + ν)(1 − 2ν) and dividing by E, we get

2(1-2\nu) = (1-2\nu^2-4\nu) \pm \sqrt{(1-2\nu^2-4\nu)^2 + 8\nu(1+\nu)(1-2\nu)}

The limiting value of ν is 0.5. Plugging this value into the above equation, we get,

0 = -1.5 \pm 1.5

The above can be true only if the sign is positive. Therefore, the correct relation is

\mu = \frac{E-3\lambda + r}{4}

Plugging this relation into the first of the given equations, we have,

\begin{align} K & = \lambda + \cfrac{2}{3}\left(\cfrac{E-3\lambda+r}{4}\right) \\ & = \cfrac{6\lambda + E -3\lambda+r}{6} \\ K & = \cfrac{E +3\lambda+r}{6} \end{align}
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