3.3.

Nonlinear Elastic Isotropic Stress-Strain Relation 149

er" ~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-==-~A_-::==:::=-

dW - erdE'

FIGURE 3.9. Strain energy density function W and complementary energy density
function O.

volume) for the uniaxial case, is expressed as

O(u) = {'T Edu (3.113)

In the multiaxial case, it takes the form

(3.114)

The strain energy density W and the complementary energy density 0 are
functions of strain, Eij, and stress, Uij, respectively. It is evident that the
energy functions W and 0 are related by
(3.115)
Regarding the stress-strain relationships, there are two approaches to
describing the reversible behavior of elastic materials. First, we may assume
that there is a one-ta-one correspondence between stress and strain, or in
other words, the stress Uij is determined uniquely from the current strain