Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2004 / iii / Paper 72 / 2

Use orthonormal cylindrical bases in the reference and deformed configurations. The radial coordinate remains $\rho$, the angular coordinate becomes $\theta =\Theta +\alpha {\xi }_3$, and the axial coordinate is unchanged. Removing the rotation of the cylindrical basis, the deformation gradient isIt is a local simple shear with unit determinant. The squared principal stretches are the eigenvalues ofOne principal stretch is one. The remaining squared principal stretches have product one and sum $2+s^2$. Consequently they can be written ${\lambda }^2$ and ${\lambda }^{-2}$, whereFor negative $s$ their ordering reverses, which is immaterial to the strain energy density of an isotropic material.

Let the reference length be $L$. By material isotropy, the total elastic energy and end rotation areFor a quasistatic change, incompressibility makes the constraint reaction do no work. The velocity on an end section is its rigid rotational velocity; its traction power is the resultant torque times the angular velocity. Thus conservation of energy, or equivalently the torque and axial force of a twisted incompressible cylinder work identity, gives $Md{\Theta }_{\mathrm{end}}=dE$ andThe radius $a$ is fixed in this derivative. This argument computes the required end torque along the prescribed deformation family; proving that a suitable end-only traction distribution sustains that family is unnecessary here.

For a neo-Hookean solid, the identity $\lambda -{\lambda }^{-1}=s$ gives ${\lambda }^2+{\lambda }^{-2}-2=s^2$. ThereforeThis is the signed torque in the twist direction; its magnitude is $\pi \mu a^4|\alpha |/2$. For the positive twist convention the signed value equals the magnitude.