INSTABILITY OF AN ELASTIC MATERIAL

Conditions are derived which are necessary for stability of incompressible elastic materials. These are obtained by considering the speeds of small-amplitude plane waves superposed on a finitely deformed state of the material.

• Corporate Authors:

  Lehigh University

  Center for the Application of Mathematics
  Bethlehem, PA  United States  18015
• Authors:
  • Sawyers, K N
  • Rivlin, R S
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Elastic analysis; Elasticity (Mechanics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Elastic stability
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034885
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CAM-100-14 Tech Rpt
• Contract Numbers: N00014-67-A-03700001
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1973 12:00AM