An inequality in the theory of a semilinear elastic body (Q1189940)

From author's introduction: An inequality for a geometrically nonlinear problem is obtained as an analogue of the Prager-Synge identity in linear elasticity theory. An attempt is made to establish an inequality of the type (1) \(\|\bar\sigma-\sigma^ 0\|_{L_ 2(V_ 0)}\leq C\|\bar\sigma-\sigma'\|_{L_ 2(V_ 0)}\) for a semilinear elastic body. To this end, a representation is given of the elastic energy density, which is identical with the standard one in the domain of small deformations. (The inequality (1) is obtained for geometrically linear problems due to the convexity of the potential energy functional which enables to formulate a dual variational problem. Here \(\bar\sigma\) is a statically admissible stress field, \(\sigma'\) is the kinematically admissible stress and \(\sigma^ 0\) is a true state of stress of the elastic body).