ME601: Assignment 2 Due: 3/8/18

T11 T12  T22 T23  T11 T13  1

1. Show that  + +  = [(tr T )2 − tr T 2 ].
T21 T22  T32 T33  T31 T33  2
2. Use the definition or indicial notation to show,

a ⊗ b )t = b ⊗ a ,
(a
(a
a ⊗ b )(cc ⊗ d ) = (bb · c )a
a ⊗ d,
(a
a ⊗ b ) : (u
u ⊗ v ) = (a
a · u )(bb · v ),
T (a
a ⊗ b ) = (T
T a) ⊗ b,
(a
a ⊗ b )T
T = a ⊗ (TT tb ),
T : (a
a ⊗ b) = a · T b.

3. Use results of Problem 2, to show that for a symmetric second order tensor S = λ1e∗1 ⊗ e∗1 +
λ2e ∗2 ⊗ e ∗2 + λ3e ∗3 ⊗ e ∗3 , the spectral decompositions of S 2 and S −1 (when it exists) are,

S 2 = λ21 e ∗1 ⊗ e ∗1 + λ22 e ∗2 ⊗ e ∗2 + λ23 e ∗3 ⊗ e ∗3 ,

S −1 = λ−1 ∗ ∗ −1 ∗ ∗ −1 ∗ ∗
1 e 1 ⊗ e 1 + λ2 e 2 ⊗ e 2 + λ3 e 3 ⊗ e 3 .

4. Use results of Problem 2, to show that,

Q = e 1 ⊗ e 1′ + e 2 ⊗ e 2′ + e 3 ⊗ e 3′ ,

is an orthogonal tensor. Show that the components of Q are li′ i = e i′ · e i .

5. Show that,
R : (S S tR ) : T = (R
S T ) = (S RT t ) : S = (T
T Rt) : S t.