The axiomatic introduction of arbitrary strain tensors by Hans Richter – a commented translation of ‘Strain tensor,strain deviator and stress tensor for finite deformations’

Abstract

We provide a faithful translation of Hans Richter’s important 1949 paper ‘Verzerrungstensor, Verzerrungsdeviator und Spannungstensor bei endlichen Formänderungen’ from its original German version into English, complemented by an introduction summarizing Richter’s achievements.

Keywords

Nonlinear elasticity hyperelasticity logarithmic strain tensor family of strain tensors isotropy covariant and contravariant tensors stress tensor Seth–Hill strain measures Doyle–Ericksen strain measures stress–strain relation

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