Theorems in linear elastodynamics for plane cracked bodies

The motion of a plane cracked body is studied by assuming that the elasticity tensor is either positive semi-definite or strongly elliptic. It is proved that the basic theorems of linear elastodynamics hold in the class of all motions having bounded velocities near the crack tips.     

基于正则结构的各向异性损伤演化律

在Rice的正则结构框架下，推导出基于共轭力的各向异性损伤演化律。其中损伤变量采用二阶裂隙张量，它是固体内微裂纹的一个宏观测度。推导过程不涉及自由能的具体形式，主要结果包括损伤势函数及演化方程的解析表达式。在唯象的损伤力学模型里，损伤演化方程经常以唯象方程的形式出现。研究了唯象方程成立的条件及损伤特征张量的解析表达式。引入了广义裂隙张量及脆性指数的概念，并介绍了它们的作用和意义。     

A Formulation of Anisotropic Elastic Damage Using Compact Tensor Formalism

An anisotropic elastic-damage model for initially-isotropic materials is presented. The model is based on a pseudo-logarithmic second-order damage tensor rate. To derive the complete expression of the tangent stiffness entering the rate constitutive law, various tensor operations and derivatives of tensor functions must be developed. Such derivations have been performed in compact form. Some useful tensor derivatives and a table of tensor algebra operations are given in Appendix. This note should interest engineering researchers involved in the development of constitutive models through tensor formalism. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The angular-acceleration tensor of rigid-body kinematics and its properties

Summary The angular-acceleration tensor of rigid-body kinematics is recalled, and its invariant properties are analyzed. An explicit form of its inverse is given, its eigenvalues being calculated in symbolic form. The special case in which the tensor under study becomes singular, is given due attention. Received 8 May 1998; accepted for publication 27 July 1998     

Fifth-order isotropic descartes tensor

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A Direct Proof of the Uniqueness of the Square-Root of a Positive-Definite Tensor

The uniqueness of the square-root of a positive–definite tensor is shown without using the notion of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Basis-free expressions for derivatives of a subclass of nonsymmetric isotropic tensor functions

The present paper generalizes the method for solving the derivatives of sym- metric isotropic tensor-valued functions proposed by Dui and Chen(2004)to a subclass of nonsymmetric tensor functions satisfying the commutative condition.This subclass of tensor functions is more general than those investigated by the existing methods.In the case of three distinct eigenvalues,the commutativity makes it possible to introduce two scalar functions,which will be used to construct the general nonsymmetric tensor func- tions and their derivatives.In the cases of repeated eigenvalues,the results are acquired by taking limits.     

Stress and fabric in granular material

It has been well recognized that, due to anisotropic packing structure of granular material, the true stress in a specimen is different from the applied stress. However, very few research efforts have been focused on quantifying the relationship between the true stress and applied stress. In this paper, we derive an explicit relationship among applied stress tensor, material-fabric tensor, and force-fabric tensor; and we propose a relationship between the true stress tensor and the applied stress tensor. The validity of this derived relationship is examined by using the discrete element simulation results for granular material under biaxial and triaxial loading conditions.     

连续介质力学中变形梯度张量客观性表述的分歧

张量的客观性是连续介质力学中一个重要的概念,但现有文献对张量客观性的定义不一致导致有关变形梯度张量客观性的表述存在分歧.本文主要基于张量的逆及功共轭角度分析了不同客观性定义的差别,旨在加深对张量客观性,特别是对变形梯度等两点张量客观性的认识.     

A novel internal dissipation inequality by isotropy and its implication for inelastic constitutive characterization

In the present work a novel inelastic deformation caused internal dissipation inequality by isotropy is revealed. This inequality has the most concise form among a variety of internal dissipation inequalities, including the one widely used in constitutive characterization of isotropic finite strain elastoplasticity and viscoelasticiy. Further, the evolution term describing the difference between the rate of deformation tensor and the “principal rate” of the elastic logarithmic strain tensor is set, according to the standard practice by isotropy, to equal a rank-two isotropic tensor function of the corresponding branch stress, with the tensor function having an eigenspace identical to the eigenspace of the branch stress tensor. Through that a general form of evolution equation for the elastic logarithmic strain is formulated and some interesting and important results are derived. Namely, by isotropy the evolution of the elastic logarithmic strain tensor is embodied separately by the evolutions of its eigenvalues and eigenprojections, with the evolution of the eigenprojections driven by the rate of deformation tensor and the evolution of the eigenvalues connected to specific material behavior. It can be proved that by isotropy the evolution term in the present dissipation inequality stands for the essential form of the evolution term in the extensively applied dissipation inequality.     

Analysis of an upscaling method based on conservation of dissipation

In this paper, a scaling method based on conservation of dissipation and use of periodic boundary conditions is presented. We prove that the method leads to a symmetric positive definite tensor. We also show that the method is identical to the method of Durlovsky and Chung, therefore an important property of the latter method is proved. Some other existing methods are also discussed in terms of their boundary conditions. For this purpose, the concepts of basis and class of boundary conditions for scaling methods are introduced.     

The Explicit Determination of the Logarithm of a Tensor and Its Derivatives

The logarithm of a tensor is often used in nonlinear constitutive relations of elastic materials. Here we show how the logarithm of an arbitrary tensor can be explicitly evaluated for any underlying space dimension n. We also present a method for the explicit evaluation of the derivatives of the logarithm of a tensor.      

Averaging Anisotropic Elastic Constant Data

A method of averaging the data on the anisotropic elastic constants of a material is presented. The anisotropic elastic constants are represented by the elasticity tensor which is expressed as a second rank tensor in a space of six dimensions. The method consists of averaging eigenbases of different measurements of the elasticity tensor, then averaging the eigenvalues referred to the average eigenbasis. The eigenvalues and eigenvectors are obtained by using a representation of the stress-strain relations due, in principle, to Kelvin [17, 18]. The formulas for the representation of the averaged elasticity tensor are simple and concise. The applications of these formulas are illustrated using previously reported data, and are contrasted with the traditional analysis of the same data by Hearmon [9]. An interesting result that emerges from this analysis is a method dealing with variable composition anisotropic elastic materials whose elastic constants depend upon the particular composition. In the case of porous isotropic materials, for example, it is customary to regress the Young's modulus against porosity. The results of this paper suggest a structure or paradigm for extending to anisotropic materials this empirical method of regressing elastic constant data against composition or porosity.     

近场动力学框架下的键基对应模型

传统键基近场动力学模型存在泊松比限制的问题,为了解决这一问题发展了态基近场动力学模型。其中非常规态的近场动力学模型通过定义非局部的变形梯度将近场力和传统应力关联起来,方便使用传统本构,但是态基近场动力学计算效率低于键基近场动力学。结合态基模型和键基模型的优势,提出键基对应模型,定义了基于键的变形梯度,参考连续介质力学中变形梯度的极分解过程,将键的变形分为转动部分和伸长部分。从而进一步定义了应变,通过物理方程求应力,进而计算键传递的近场力。键基对应模型解决了键基近场动力学的泊松比限制问题,也不需要进行近场动力学微观材料常数的计算。数值算例和理论推导证明了键变形梯度定义以及近场力计算方式的正确性。     

Basic Issues Concerning Finite Strain Measures and Isotropic Stress-Deformation Relations

It is indicated that the commonly-used Rivlin–Ericksen representation formula for isotropic tensor functions exhibits some properties that might be undesirable for its reasonable and effective applications. Towards clarification and improvement, a set of three mutually orthogonal tensor generators is introduced to achieve an alternative representation formula for isotropic symmetric tensor-valued functions of a symmetric tensor. This representation formula enables us to express the unknown representative coefficients in terms of simple, explicit tensorial inner products of the argument tensor and the value tensor without involving their eigenvalues. In particular, the tensorial interpolation expressions thus obtained assume a unified form for the three different cases of coalescence of the eigenvalues of the argument tensor. Moreover, each summand in the alternative representation formula is shown to inherit the continuity and differentiability properties of the represented isotropic tensor function. These results are used to study some basic issues concerning finite strain measures and stress-deformation relations of isotropic materials, such as continuity and differentiability properties of the representation, determination of the representative coefficients in terms of experimental data for stress and deformation tensors, and computations of finite strain measures. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

二维裂隙渗流等效渗透系数张量的一种近似算法

地质体裂隙渗流十分复杂,通常可用等效渗透系数张量来描述其渗透特性. 本文基于无限延伸的多组平行裂隙的等效渗透系数张量的叠加算法,通过引入裂隙的贯通系数概念,并结合随机裂隙网络生成技术,发展了一种可用于估算二维裂隙等效渗透系数张量的叠加算法.     

裂隙岩体损伤局部化破坏分岔模型及其应用

采用概率统计方法分析节理裂隙岩体的几何特征，定义了反映裂隙岩体几何特征的组构张量．基于不可逆热力学理论，通过裂纹扩展的细观分析，得出了损伤的发展机理和演化方程，把损伤演化和裂隙的几何特征的变化联系起来，建立了弹塑性损伤本构关系．为分析含有节理裂隙岩体在发生局部化破坏时的特征，通过对发生局部化时的裂隙岩体的分析。构造了适用于节理裂隙岩体局部化分析的不连续分岔模型．利用非线性规划数值解法，可以得出局部化破坏的方向特征．在有限元方法中，根据该模型给出了节理裂隙岩体相关的算例，分析表明该模型用于分析裂隙岩体的局部化破坏是有效的．     

Spectral decomposition of the compliance fourth-rank tensor for orthotropic materials

Summary The compliance tensor related to orthotropic media is spectrally decomposed and its characteristic values are determined. Further, its idempotent tensors are estimated, giving rise to energy orthogonal states of stress and strain, thus decomposing the elastic potential in discrete elements. It is proven that the essential parameters, required for a complete characterisation of the elastic properties of an orthotropic medium, are the six eigenvalues of the compliance tensor, together with a set of three dimensionless parameters, the eigenangles θ, ϕ and ω. In addition, the intervals of variation of these eigenangles with respect to different values of the elastic constants are presented. Furthermore, bounds on Poisson's ratios are obtained by imposing the thermodynamical constraint on the eigenvalues to be strictly positive, as specified from the positive-definite character of the elastic potential. Finally, the conditions are investigated under which a family of orthotropic media behaves like a transversely isotropic or an isotropic one. Received 5 January 1999; accepted for publication 22 June 1999     

On Isotropic Invariants of the Elasticity Tensor

Isotropic invariants of the elasticity tensor always yield the same values no matter what coordinate system is concerned and therefore they characterize the linear elasticity of a solid material intrinsically. There exists a finite set of invariants of the elasticity tensor such that each invariant of the elasticity tensor can be expressed as a single-valued function of this set. Such a set, called a basis of invariants of the elasticity tensor, can be used to realize a parametrization of the manifold of orbits of elastic moduli, i.e. to distinguish different kinds of linear elastic materials. Seeking such a basis is an old problem in theory of invariants and seems to have been unsuccessful until now. In this paper, by means of the unique spectral decomposition of the elasticity tensor every invariant of the elasticity tensor is shown to be a joint invariant of the eigenprojections of the elasticity tensor, and then by utilizing some properties of the eigenprojections a basis for each case concerning the multiplicity of the eigenvalues of the elasticity tensor is presented in terms of joint invariants of the eigenprojections. In addition to the foregoing properties, the presented invariants may also be used to form invariant criteria for identification of elastic symmetry axes.