ON THE INCLUSION OF THE COMPLETE SYMMETRY GROUP IN THE UNIMODULAR GROUP.

Abstract

The complete symmetry of a group of a material is usually assumed to consist only of transformations which preserve the density of the material. In this paper it is shown that for a large class of materials this restriction is in fact a consequence of the Clausius-Duhen inequality. It is shown that elastic materials and a particular type of rate dependent materials fall into this class; the proof extends to quasi-elastic materials and quasi-Rivlin-Ericksen materials of all orders. Finally certain restriction which the Clausius-Duhen inequality places on the individual (stress, heat flux, entropy, etc.) Symmetry groups are established for an elastic material. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0637520

Entities

People

  • M. E. Gurtin
  • W. O. Williams

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Elastic Materials
  • Heat Flux
  • Inequalities
  • Materials
  • Symmetry

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.