 Biot strain tensor

The Biot strain tensor uses $f(\lambda )=\lambda -1$, so $E^{(1)}=U-I$. Its principal values are extension ratios minus one. It is a spectral strain measure, since $f(1)=0$, $f^{\prime }(1)=1$ and $f^{\prime }>0$. Its reference-volume work conjugate is the symmetric Biot stress.