3.

2 Stress tensors

t dA

to dAo

CAUCHY stress vector:

t=to
dAo

pseudo-stress vector:
t dA

CAUCHY stress tensor:

t on = (a iig,g,) n
dAo

firstPIOLA-KIRCHHOFF stress tensor.

P N = (P jiG,Gi) N

t dA = Ul tdA

to dA o

dA
KIRCHHOFF stress tensor:

odAo

dAo

second PIOLA-KIRCHHOFF stress tensor:

(s ijGiGi) N
to dAo

BIOT stress tensor:

= (T iiqGj)

dAo

odAo

Fig.3.7. Definitionof material

and spatial stress tensors

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