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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.

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

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