Finite strain elastostatics is expressed for general anisotropic, piecewise linear stiffening materials, in the form of a constrained minimization problem. The corresponding boundary value problem statement is identified with the associated necessary conditions. Total strain is represented as a superposition of variationally independent constituent fields. Net stress-strain properties in the model are implicit in terms of the parameters that define the constituents. The model accommodates specification of load fields as functions of a process parameter.

Issue Section:
Brief Notes
Topics:
Anisotropy, Boundary-value problems, Stress
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