Talk:Strain tensor

Pure shear strain
The diagram at the start of this section needs to be updated so that the equation for tan(γ) is correct. At present the diagram shows a pure rotation of AB to AB' through an angle of γ and this means that


 * $$\tan(\gamma/2) = \frac{\overline{BB'}/2}{\overline{AB}}$$

but the equation is correct as it stands in the article, so the diagram cannot be correct.

The area $$A_{rh}$$ of the rhombus diagram is


 * $$A_{rh}=\overline{AB'}^2\times \sin(90-\gamma)$$

whereas the area of the orginal square $$A_{sq}$$ is

$$A_{sq}=\overline{AB}^2$$

The areas must be the same in order to give pure shear strain. This means that

$$\overline{AB}=\overline{AB'}$$

cannot be true (given pure shear strain).

Also, this page instantly assumes the use of the Cartesian coordinate system. General vector notation should be used at the start, and then, if we only want to show the Cartesian component derivations, make specific note of it.

in general, it should be eps = 1/2 ( grad u + transpose grad u). from there you can do your component derivations in whatever coordinate system desired, and it turns into dui/dxj if you go Cartesian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.203.249.10 (talk) 00:47, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Issues with merge
This article was "merged" with Deformation (mechanics) without discussion, but none of the content was moved there. Therefore, this "merge" constitutes a deletion without due cause or discussion. I will revert the merge OR add this content to some other article and create a proper redirect by 21 January; discussion can continue afterward, but I would not like to see Wikipedia continue to lack this material. Awickert (talk) 19:28, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I see - this info is now on - I will fix redirect.