Optimal orientation of anisotropic solids

DOI10.1093/QJMAM/HBI030zbMATH Open1087.74018arXivcond-mat/0501061OpenAlexW2011480542MaRDI QIDQ3378865FDOQ3378865

Authors: Andrew N. Norris 

Publication date: 4 April 2006

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Results are presented for finding the optimal orientation of an anisotropic elastic material. The problem is formulated as minimizing the strain energy subject to rotation of the material axes, under a state of uniform stress. It is shown that a stationary value of the strain energy requires the stress and strain tensors to have a common set of principal axes. The new derivation of this well known coaxiality condition uses the 6-dimensional expression of the rotation tensor for the elastic moduli. Using this representation it is shown that the stationary condition is a minimum or a maximum if an explicit set of conditions is satisfied. Specific results are given for materials of cubic, transversely isotropic (TI) and tetragonal symmetries. In each case the existence of a minimum or maximum depends on the sign of a single elastic constant. The stationary (minimum or maximum) value of energy can always be achieved for cubic materials. Typically, the optimal orientation of a solid with cubic material symmetry is not aligned with the symmetry directions. Expressions are given for the optimal orientation of TI and tetragonal materials, and are in agreement with results of Rovati and Taliercio cite{Rovati03} obtained by a different procedure. A new concept is introduced, the strain deviation angle, which defines the degree to which a state of stress or strain is not optimal. The strain deviation angle is zero for coaxial stress and strain. An approximate formula is given for the strain deviation angle which is valid for materials that are weakly anisotropic.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501061

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zbMATH Keywords

coaxiality conditioncubic material symmetrystrain deviation angle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics (74P10) Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10)

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