Triangular equilibrium construction for inextensible-fibre plane strain

ID: triangular-equilibrium-construction-for-inextensible-fibre-plane-strain

Write the Cauchy stress tensor in the local fibre frame as . The compatible geometry has , and . With zero body force, force balance becomes and . For specified shear stress , the first equation determines along fibres, then the second determines along transverse curves. Pressure and fibre tension supply these two normal constraint reactions. This is a local stress construction; boundary tractions must be chosen consistently with its integration data.

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