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Past exam of the elasticity and plasticity course of the University of Oxford 2010 1 a Solution by
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The displacement follows a material point from its reference position to its current position:The deformation gradient is the Jacobian matrix , and the volume Jacobian isFor an orientation-preserving physical deformation, measures the local volume expansion factor. Incompressibility requires ; conservation of mass gives . For small displacement gradients, . If a spatial representation is desired, the same displacement is .
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