Displacement gradient same as strain?

hoomanya · Nov 17, 2015

Hi, is displacement gradient du/dx same as strain? i though it would be until someone made a comment that they are not the same thing and now I am confused.

Chestermiller · Nov 20, 2015

hoomanya said:

Hi, is displacement gradient du/dx same as strain? i though it would be until someone made a comment that they are not the same thing and now I am confused.

Displacement gradient is the same as strain. Who made the comment and what was the context?

Displacement gradient same as strain?

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