2.2.2 - Major Symmetry
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What does Major Symmetry imply about the stiffness tensor?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between the indices of C.
How many independent constants are there after accounting for Major Symmetry?
💡 Hint: Consider the reduction process starting from 81.
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What is Major Symmetry in stiffness tensor?
💡 Hint: Focus on the relationship between the indices.
True or False: Major Symmetry reduces the material constants from 81 to 21.
💡 Hint: Recall the reduction process starting from 81.
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Consider a cubic material subjected to uniform stress. How does Minor and Major Symmetry influence the number of independent moduli needed to describe its elastic behavior?
💡 Hint: Think of how symmetries utilize the inherent properties of materials.
Explain how energy considerations from a spring apply to a three-dimensional elastic body under stress. Provide a derivation for the strain energy density.
💡 Hint: Consider how force extensions translate into potential energy.
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