Causality and passivity in elastodynamics

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2015.0256MaRDI QIDQ5362480zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ankit Srivastava

Publication date 29 September 2017

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.09096

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical linear elasticity (74B05)

Abstract: What are the constraints placed on the frequency dependent constitutive tensors of elastodynamics by the requirements that the linear elastodynamic system under consideration be both causal (effects succeed causes) and passive (system doesn't produce energy)? Compared to electromagnetism, elastodynamics is complicated by its generally non diagonalizable constitutive tensors. In this paper we clarify the constraints that causality and passivity place on very general forms of elastodynamic constitutive relations. Specifically we show that the satisfaction of passivity (and causality) directly requires that the hermitian parts, as defined later, of the Fourier transforms of the time derivatives of the elastodynamic constitutive tensors be positive semi-definite at all frequencies. Additionally, we show that the conditions subsequently require that the non-hermitian parts of the Fourier transforms of the constitutive tensors, when divided by the imaginary number $i$, be positive semi-definite for positive values of frequency and negative semi-definite for negative values of frequency. We show that when major symmetries are assumed these definiteness relations apply simply to the real and imaginary parts of the relevant tensors. For diagonal and one-dimensional problems, these positive semi-definiteness relationships reduce to simple inequality relations. Finally we extend the results to highly general constitutive relations which include the Willis inhomogeneous relations as a special case.

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