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Past exam of the solid mechanics course of the University of Oxford / 2023 / 2 / b / i / Solution by

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The Cauchy momentum equation in static elastic equilibrium, with zero body force, is

div T = 0

. The Cauchy stress tensor is symmetric. Material isotropy and the equal tangential principal stretches imply

t_{θ} = t_{ϕ}

, so its radial equation is

\frac{d t _{r}}{d r} + \frac{2}{r} (t_{r} - t_{θ}) = 0, equivalently \frac{d t _{r}}{d r} = \frac{2}{r} (t_{θ} - t_{r}) .

All stresses and spatial derivatives in this equation are measured in the current configuration.

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