In this paper, the polar decomposition of a deformation gradient tensor is analyzed in detail. The four new methods for polar decompositioncomputation are given: (1) the iterated method, (2) the principal invariant...In this paper, the polar decomposition of a deformation gradient tensor is analyzed in detail. The four new methods for polar decompositioncomputation are given: (1) the iterated method, (2) the principal invariant's method, (3) the principal rotation axis' s method, (4) the coordinate transformation's method. The iterated method makes it possible to establish the nonlinear finite element method based on polar decomposition. Furthermore, the material time derivatives of the stretch tensor and the rotation tensor are obtained by explicit and simple expressions.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of Chinathe Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi of China in 1998.
文摘In this paper, the polar decomposition of a deformation gradient tensor is analyzed in detail. The four new methods for polar decompositioncomputation are given: (1) the iterated method, (2) the principal invariant's method, (3) the principal rotation axis' s method, (4) the coordinate transformation's method. The iterated method makes it possible to establish the nonlinear finite element method based on polar decomposition. Furthermore, the material time derivatives of the stretch tensor and the rotation tensor are obtained by explicit and simple expressions.
