Stress Measures - Definitions of Stress Measures

Definitions of Stress Measures

Consider the situation shown the following figure. The following definitions use the notations shown in the figure.

In the reference configuration, the outward normal to a surface element is and the traction acting on that surface is leading to a force vector . In the deformed configuration, the surface element changes to with outward normal and traction vector leading to a force . Note that this surface can either be a hypothetical cut inside the body or an actual surface.

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