On anisotropic elastic materials for which Young's modulus \(E(\mathbf{n})\) is independent of \(\mathbf{n}\) or the shear modulus \(G(\mathbf{n},\mathbf{m})\) is independent of \(\mathbf{n}\) and \(\mathbf{m}\) (Q2499335)

The author deals with finding anisotropic elastic materials described in the title. The structure of elastic compliances for the materials is put in evidence, and conditions to identify whether they are orthotropic or hexagonal are given. If there is a plane to which \({\mathbf n}\) of \(E({\mathbf n})\) and \({\mathbf n}\), \({\mathbf m}\) of \(G({\mathbf n},{\mathbf m})\) belong and have this property, then Poisson's ratio \(\nu({\mathbf n},{\mathbf m})\) has the same property, but the converse does not necessarily hold. Such a plane exists always for trigonal, hexagonal and cubic materials.