Rotations, stress rates and strain measures in homogeneous deformation processes (Q1058347)

The article draws the distinction between homogeneous and pure homogeneous deformation. In the latter mode, an orthogonal triad can be identified (the principal axes), which remain orthogonal throughout the deformation. An appropriate strain measure in such processes is that of logarithmic strain. Furthermore, its material derivative equals the rate of deformation tensor. In homogeneous processes, the deformation gradient tensor is unsymmetric, and there is no triad which remains orthogonal throughout. This often leads to a description of the actual deformation by means of the polar decomposition theorem. The material derivative of the tensor logarithm is no longer simply related to the rate of deformation tensor, and this is exemplified herein. As a result of material rotation the stress components will vary, and constitutive equations which involve stress rate must be formulated to compensate for the rotation. A number of objective stress rates are examined herein, and employed in a constitutive equation describing a hypoelastic solid. The effect of stress rate on the evolution of stresses in the deforming solid is demonstrated for the case when the body undergoes simple (rectilinear) shear.