Isotropic elastic strain Green kernel

ID: isotropic-elastic-strain-green-kernel

Isotropic elastic strain Green kernel by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
For a three-dimensional isotropic comparison material, the contraction of its elastic strain Green operator is the displayed distributional derivative. Its double trace is , because . Away from zero the contraction is ; the full distribution also includes . This contact term must not be discarded when computing hydrostatic strain.

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