Isotropic hyperelastic stress invariant representation
ID: isotropic-hyperelastic-stress-invariant-representation
For a material isotropy and material frame indifference strain energy density , take , , , , . The chain rule and give . Multiplying by yields the displayed Cauchy stress tensor. Material isotropy allows an identity term and a quadratic term in , as well as the term proportional to .
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