Explicit harmonic structure of bidimensional linear strain-gradient elasticity

Vector and tensor algebra, theory of invariants (15A72) Theory of constitutive functions in solid mechanics (74A20) Classical linear elasticity (74B05) Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10)

Abstract: In the perspective of homogenization theory, strain-gradient elasticity is a strategy to describe the overall behaviour of materials with coarse mesostructure. In this approach, the effect of the mesostructure is described by the use of three elasticity tensors whose orders vary from 4 to 6. Higher-order constitutive tensors make it possible to describe rich physical phenomena. However, these objects have intricate algebraic structures that prevent us from having a clear picture of their modeling capabilities. The harmonic decomposition is a fundamental tool to investigate the anisotropic properties of constitutive tensor spaces. For higher-order tensors (i.e. tensors of order

n g e q

3), its establishment is generally a difficult task. In this paper a novel procedure to obtain this decomposition is introduced. This method, that we have called the extit{Clebsch-Gordan Harmonic Algorithm}, allows to obtain emph{explicit} harmonic decompositions satisfying good properties such as orthogonality and unicity. The elements of the decomposition also have a precise geometrical meaning simplifying their physical interpretation. This new algorithm is here developed in the specific case of 2D space and applied to Mindlin's Strain-Gradient Elasticity. We provide, for the first time, the harmonic decompositions of the fifth- and sixth-order elasticity tensors involved in this constitutive law.

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The paper presents an extension of linear algebra results that provide a computational path to obtain generalized constitutive relations with applications to 2D strain-gradient elasticity. It is well known that the formulation of the linear constitutive relations in strain-gradient elasticity requires not only a symmetric fourth order-tensor but also higher-order (fifth- and sixth-order) tensors with various symmetries. The authors obtained a parametrization of the generic linear constitutive relations by using \(n\)th-order harmonic tensors, here defined as totally symmetric and traceless tensors. An application to classical elasticity and an extension to strain-gradient elasticity are presented, and the relations of the obtained decompositions with symmetry classes are also discussed.

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