Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
280472 International Journal of Solids and Structures 2007 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper studies a subclass of isotropic tensor-valued functions of a nonsymmetric tensor, which satisfy the commutative condition, and their derivatives. This subclass of tensor functions includes tensor power series, exponential tensor function, etc., and is more general than those investigated before. In the case of three distinct eigenvalues, the derivatives of these tensor functions are constructed by solving a tensor equation, which is acquired by differentiating the commutative condition. By taking limits, the results are extended to the cases of repeated eigenvalues.

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