Trouble with simple elasticity derivation

K29
Messages
103
Reaction score
0
Deriving the basics of infinitesmal elasticity, I have a proof regarding the physical significance of the strain tensor E_{11}

So we are considering a material line element parallel with the x_{1} axis being deformed.

At a point in the proof we have

du_{1} = u_{1}(x_{1}+dL_{0}, x_{2}, x_{3})-u_{1}(x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3})

This is just saying we have a deformation happening along thex_{1} axis.

where u is a displacement vector: u=R-r where r is the intiial position of an element in the elastic material and R is the same element's position while deformed. u_{1} is parallel to the x_{1} axis

L_{0} is a material line element parallel to the x_{1} axis. So considering that line element: dr = dL_{0}\hat{i}_{1}

Anyway they have the following step:

du_{1} = u_{1}(x_{1}+dL_{0}, x_{2}, x_{3})-u_{1}(x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3})

=u_{1}(x_{1},x_{2}, x_{3})+\frac{\partial u_{1}}{\partial x_{1}}dL_{0}+O(dL_{0})^{2}-u_{1}(x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3})

I am stuck with what happened there. Any help with what happened there would be appreciated.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I see on wikipedia that displacement functions can be represented as a sum of an infinite series. It does not give further details. Is it perhaps this? how so? Please help
 
Hello everyone, I’m considering a point charge q that oscillates harmonically about the origin along the z-axis, e.g. $$z_{q}(t)= A\sin(wt)$$ In a strongly simplified / quasi-instantaneous approximation I ignore retardation and take the electric field at the position ##r=(x,y,z)## simply to be the “Coulomb field at the charge’s instantaneous position”: $$E(r,t)=\frac{q}{4\pi\varepsilon_{0}}\frac{r-r_{q}(t)}{||r-r_{q}(t)||^{3}}$$ with $$r_{q}(t)=(0,0,z_{q}(t))$$ (I’m aware this isn’t...
Hi, I had an exam and I completely messed up a problem. Especially one part which was necessary for the rest of the problem. Basically, I have a wormhole metric: $$(ds)^2 = -(dt)^2 + (dr)^2 + (r^2 + b^2)( (d\theta)^2 + sin^2 \theta (d\phi)^2 )$$ Where ##b=1## with an orbit only in the equatorial plane. We also know from the question that the orbit must satisfy this relationship: $$\varepsilon = \frac{1}{2} (\frac{dr}{d\tau})^2 + V_{eff}(r)$$ Ultimately, I was tasked to find the initial...
Back
Top