Abstract:
Stress–strain equations for an isotropic hyperelastic body are formulated. It is shown that the strain energy density whose gradient determines stresses can be defined as a function of two rather than three arguments, namely, strain–tensor invariants. In the case of small strains, the equations become relations of Hooke's law with two material constants, namely, shear modulus and bulk modulus.
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