Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2006 / iii / Paper 76 / 3

Use reference cylindrical coordinates $(R,\Theta ,Z)$ and current coordinates $(r,\theta ,z)$. The prescribed map has $r={\lambda }^{-1/2}R$, $\theta =\Theta +\alpha Z$ and $z=\lambda Z$. In the corresponding orthonormal cylindrical bases, differentiate physical line elements to obtain the deformation gradientThe radial direction is an eigenvector of the right Cauchy-Green deformation tensor with eigenvalue ${\lambda }^{-1}$. Its other block isIts trace is $s={\lambda }^{-1}(1+{\alpha }^2{R}^2)+{\lambda }^2$ and its determinant is $\lambda$. Thus its eigenvalues solve $z^2-sz+\lambda =0$. The principal stretches are the positive square roots of these eigenvalues:Their product is one, independently checking incompressibility.

The strain energy density $W$ is per reference volume, so stored energy per initial cylinder height is $\mathcal{E}(\alpha ,\lambda )=2\pi {\int }_0^{A}W({\lambda }_1,{\lambda }_2,{\lambda }_3)RdR$. The end rotation is $\alpha H$ and the current height is $\lambda H$, giving applied power per initial height $M\dot{\alpha }+N\dot{\lambda }$. For quasistatic reversible loading, equate this with $\dot{\mathcal{E}}$ for independent changes of $\alpha ,\lambda$. This proves the torque and axial force of a twisted incompressible cylinder formulasIn the second derivative hold $\alpha$, the twist per initial length, fixed. Holding twist per current length instead would mix the generalized forces.

For the Mooney-Rivlin solid, compute invariants directly from $F$ rather than differentiating individual eigenvalue square roots:The second identity follows from $I_2=\mathrm{tr}(F^{T}F{)}^{-1}$ when $J=1$. Retain the paper's minus sign on its ${\mu }_2$ term. Integrating $R$ and $R^3$ givesConsequentlyAs checks, untwisted unit stretch gives $M=N=0$, and setting ${\mu }_2=0$ recovers the neo-Hookean solid formulas. A convention with a positive second-invariant coefficient corresponds to replacing this ${\mu }_2$ by its negative.