Natural state of a hyperelastic material ($DW(F)=0$)

An unconstrained natural state is a stress-free homogeneous deformation gradient. For $J>0$, its equivalent conditions are $DW(F)=0$ and $J^{-1}DW(F)F^T=0$. An interior differentiable minimum of the strain energy density is a natural state, although a stationary state need not minimize the energy. Constraints require allowing their reaction stress; the unconstrained equivalence must then be modified. Under strict Baker-Ericksen inequalities, an isotropic natural state is a dilation times a proper rotation.