Spectral decomposition of the compliance fourth-rank tensor for orthotropic materials

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-306

  Theocaris, P S ^a   Sokolis, D P ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Compliance tensor; Elastic strain energy; Euler angles; Orthotropic medium; Poisson's ratios; Quasi isotropic medium; Spectral decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010399546     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004199900066     Document Type: Article

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