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{{Short description|Mathematical model for describing material deformation under stress}}
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In [[Physics:Continuum mechanics|continuum mechanics]], the '''finite strain theory'''—also called '''large strain theory''', or '''large deformation theory'''—deals with [[Physics:Deformation (mechanics)|deformations]] in which strains and/or rotations are large enough to invalidate assumptions inherent in [[Physics:Infinitesimal strain theory|infinitesimal strain theory]].  In this case, the undeformed and deformed configurations of the continuum are significantly different, requiring a clear distinction between them. This is commonly the case with [[Physics:Elastomer|elastomer]]s, [[Physics:Plasticity|plastically-deforming]] materials and other [[Physics:Fluid|fluid]]s and [[Biology:Biology|biological]] [[Physics:Soft tissue|soft tissue]].

==Displacement field==
{{excerpt|Displacement field (mechanics)#Decomposition}}

==Deformation gradient tensor==
[[File:Deformation.png|upright=1.4|thumb|Figure 2. Deformation of a continuum body.]]

The '''deformation gradient tensor''' <math>\mathbf F(\mathbf X,t) = F_{jK} \mathbf e_j \otimes \mathbf I_K</math> is related to both the reference and current configuration, as seen by the unit vectors <math>\mathbf e_j</math> and <math>\mathbf I_K\,\!</math>, therefore it is a ''[[Two-point tensor|two-point tensor]]''.
Two types of deformation gradient tensor may be defined.

Due to the assumption of continuity of <math>\chi(\mathbf X,t)\,\!</math>, <math>\mathbf F</math> has the inverse <math>\mathbf H = \mathbf F^{-1}\,\!</math>, where <math>\mathbf H</math> is the '''spatial deformation gradient tensor'''. Then, by the [[Implicit function theorem|implicit function theorem]],<ref name=Lubliner2008>{{cite book
 |last = Lubliner
 |first = Jacob
 |title = Plasticity Theory
 |publisher = Dover Publications
 |year = 2008
 |url = http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~coby/plas/pdf/book.pdf
 |isbn = 978-0-486-46290-5
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100331022415/http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~coby/plas/pdf/book.pdf
 |archive-date = 2010-03-31
|edition = Revised
 }}</ref> the [[Jacobian matrix and determinant|Jacobian]] determinant <math>J(\mathbf X,t)</math> must be [[Algebraic curve#Singularities|nonsingular]], i.e. <math>J(\mathbf X,t) = \det \mathbf F(\mathbf X,t) \neq 0</math>

The '''material deformation gradient tensor''' <math>\mathbf F(\mathbf X,t) = F_{jK} \mathbf e_j\otimes\mathbf I_K</math> is a [[Tensor#Tensor rank|second-order tensor]] that represents the gradient of the mapping function or functional relation <math>\chi(\mathbf X,t)\,\!</math>, which describes the [[Physics:Continuum mechanics|motion of a continuum]]. The material deformation gradient tensor characterizes the local deformation at a material point with position vector <math>\mathbf X\,\!</math>, i.e., deformation at neighbouring points, by transforming (linear transformation) a material line element emanating from that point from the reference configuration to the current or deformed configuration, assuming continuity in the mapping function <math>\chi(\mathbf X,t)\,\!</math>, i.e. [[Differentiable function|differentiable function]] of <math> \mathbf {X} </math> and time <math>t\,\!</math>, which implies that [[Physics:Fracture|crack]]s and voids do not open or close during the deformation. Thus we have,
<math display="block"> \begin{align}
    d\mathbf{x} &= \frac {\partial \mathbf{x}} {\partial \mathbf {X}}\,d\mathbf{X}
                  \qquad &\text{or}& \qquad
    dx_j =\frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_K}\,dX_K \\
                &= \nabla \chi(\mathbf X,t) \,d\mathbf{X}
                  \qquad &\text{or}& \qquad
    dx_j =F_{jK}\,dX_K \,. \\
    & = \mathbf F(\mathbf X,t) \,d\mathbf{X}
\end{align}</math>

===Relative displacement vector===
Consider a [[Physics:Continuum mechanics|particle or material point]] <math>P</math> with position vector <math>\mathbf X = X_I \mathbf I_I</math> in the undeformed configuration (Figure 2). After a displacement of the body, the new position of the particle indicated by <math>p</math> in the new configuration is given by the vector position <math>\mathbf{x} = x_i \mathbf e_i\,\!</math>. The coordinate systems for the undeformed and deformed configuration can be superimposed for convenience.

Consider now a material point <math>Q </math> neighboring <math>P\,\!</math>, with position vector <math>\mathbf{X}+ \Delta \mathbf{X} = (X_I+\Delta X_I) \mathbf I_I\,\!</math>. In the deformed configuration this particle has a new position <math>q</math> given by the position vector <math>\mathbf{x}+ \Delta \mathbf{x}\,\!</math>. Assuming that the line segments <math>\Delta X</math> and <math>\Delta \mathbf x</math> joining the particles <math>P</math> and <math>Q</math> in both the undeformed and deformed configuration, respectively, to be very small, then we can express them as <math>d\mathbf X</math> and <math>d\mathbf x\,\!</math>. Thus from Figure 2 we have
<math display="block">\begin{align}
\mathbf{x}+ d\mathbf{x}&= \mathbf{X}+d\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{u}(\mathbf{X}+d\mathbf{X}) \\
d\mathbf{x} &= \mathbf{X}-\mathbf{x}+d\mathbf{X}+ \mathbf{u}(\mathbf{X}+d\mathbf{X}) \\
 &= d\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{u}(\mathbf{X}+d\mathbf{X})- \mathbf{u}(\mathbf{X}) \\
 &= d\mathbf{X}+d\mathbf{u} \\
\end{align}</math>

where <math>\mathbf {du}</math> is the '''relative displacement vector''', which represents the relative displacement of <math>Q</math> with respect to <math>P</math> in the deformed configuration.

====Taylor approximation====
For an infinitesimal element <math>d\mathbf X\,\!</math>, and assuming continuity on the displacement field, it is possible to use a Taylor series expansion around point <math>P\,\!</math>, neglecting higher-order terms, to approximate the components of the relative displacement vector for the neighboring particle <math>Q</math> as
<math display="block">\begin{align}
\mathbf{u}(\mathbf{X}+d\mathbf{X})&=\mathbf{u}(\mathbf{X})+d\mathbf{u} \quad & \text{or} & \quad u_i^* = u_i+du_i \\
&\approx \mathbf{u}(\mathbf{X})+\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u\cdot d\mathbf X \quad & \text{or} & \quad u_i^* \approx u_i + \frac{\partial u_i}{\partial X_J}dX_J \,.
\end{align}</math>
Thus, the previous equation <math>d\mathbf x = d\mathbf{X} + d\mathbf{u}</math> can be written as
<math display="block">\begin{align}
d\mathbf x&=d\mathbf X+d\mathbf u \\
&=d\mathbf X+\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u\cdot d\mathbf X\\
&=\left(\mathbf I + \nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u\right)d\mathbf X\\
&=\mathbf F d\mathbf X
\end{align}</math>

===Time-derivative of the deformation gradient===
Calculations that involve the time-dependent deformation of a body often require a time derivative of the deformation gradient to be calculated.  A geometrically consistent definition of such a derivative requires an excursion into [[Differential geometry|differential geometry]]<ref name=Yavari>A. Yavari, J.E. Marsden, and M. Ortiz, [https://authors.library.caltech.edu/4639/1/YAVjmp06.pdf On spatial and material covariant balance laws in elasticity], Journal of Mathematical Physics, 47, 2006, 042903; pp. 1–53.</ref> but we avoid those issues in this article.

The time derivative of <math>\mathbf{F}</math> is
<math display="block"> \dot{\mathbf{F}} = \frac{\partial \mathbf{F}}{\partial t} = \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \left[\frac{\partial \mathbf{x}(\mathbf{X}, t)}{\partial \mathbf{X}}\right] = \frac{\partial}{\partial \mathbf{X}}\left[\frac{\partial \mathbf{x}(\mathbf{X}, t)}{\partial t}\right] = \frac{\partial}{\partial \mathbf{X}}\left[\mathbf{V}(\mathbf{X}, t)\right] </math>
where <math>\mathbf{V}</math> is the (material) velocity.  The derivative on the right hand side represents a '''material velocity gradient'''. It is common to convert that into a spatial gradient by applying the chain rule for derivatives, i.e.,
<math display="block">
  \dot{\mathbf{F}} =
  \frac{\partial}{\partial \mathbf{X}}\left[\mathbf{V}(\mathbf{X}, t)\right] =
  \frac{\partial}{\partial \mathbf{X}}\left[\mathbf{v}(\mathbf{x}(\mathbf{X}, t),t)\right] =
  \left.\frac{\partial}{\partial \mathbf{x}}\left[\mathbf{v}(\mathbf{x},t)\right]\right|_{\mathbf{x} = \mathbf{x}(\mathbf{X}, t)} \cdot
    \frac{\partial \mathbf{x}(\mathbf{X}, t)}{\partial \mathbf{X}}
   = \boldsymbol{l}\cdot\mathbf{F}
 </math>
where <math>\boldsymbol{l} = (\nabla_{\mathbf{x}} \mathbf{v})^T</math> is the '''spatial velocity gradient''' and where <math>\mathbf{v}(\mathbf{x},t) = \mathbf{V}(\mathbf{X},t)</math> is the spatial (Eulerian) velocity at <math>\mathbf{x} = \mathbf{x}(\mathbf{X}, t)</math>.  If the spatial velocity gradient is constant in time, the above equation can be solved exactly to give
<math display="block"> \mathbf{F} = e^{\boldsymbol{l}\, t} </math>
assuming <math>\mathbf{F} = \mathbf{1}</math> at <math>t = 0</math>.  There are several methods of computing the [[Matrix exponential|exponential]] above.

Related quantities often used in continuum mechanics are the '''rate of deformation tensor''' and the '''spin tensor''' defined, respectively, as:
<math display="block">
  \boldsymbol{d} = \tfrac{1}{2} \left(\boldsymbol{l} + \boldsymbol{l}^T\right) \,,~~
  \boldsymbol{w} = \tfrac{1}{2} \left(\boldsymbol{l} - \boldsymbol{l}^T\right) \,.
 </math>
The rate of deformation tensor gives the rate of stretching of line elements while the spin tensor indicates the rate of rotation or [[Vorticity|vorticity]] of the motion.

The material time derivative of the inverse of the deformation gradient (keeping the reference configuration fixed) is often required in analyses that involve finite strains.  This derivative is
<math display="block"> \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \left(\mathbf{F}^{-1}\right) = - \mathbf{F}^{-1} \cdot \dot{\mathbf{F}} \cdot \mathbf{F}^{-1} \,. </math>
The above relation can be verified by taking the material time derivative of <math>\mathbf{F}^{-1} \cdot d\mathbf{x} = d\mathbf{X}</math> and noting that <math>\dot{\mathbf{X}} = 0</math>.

===Polar decomposition of the deformation gradient tensor===
[[File:Polar decomposition of F.png|upright=1.4|thumb|Figure 3. Representation of the polar decomposition of the deformation gradient]]

The deformation gradient <math>\mathbf{F}\,\!</math>, like any invertible second-order tensor, can be decomposed, using the [[Polar decomposition|polar decomposition]] theorem, into a product of two second-order tensors (Truesdell and Noll, 1965): an orthogonal tensor and a positive definite symmetric tensor, i.e., <math display="block"> \mathbf{F} = \mathbf{R} \mathbf{U} = \mathbf{V} \mathbf{R}</math> where the tensor <math>\mathbf{R}</math> is a proper orthogonal tensor, i.e., <math>\mathbf R^{-1} = \mathbf R^T</math> and <math>\det \mathbf R = +1\,\!</math>, representing a rotation; the tensor <math>\mathbf{U}</math> is the ''right stretch tensor''; and <math>\mathbf{V}</math> the ''left stretch tensor''. The terms ''right'' and ''left'' means that they are to the right and left of the rotation tensor <math>\mathbf{R}\,\!</math>, respectively. <math>\mathbf{U}</math> and <math>\mathbf{V}</math> are both [[Positive-definite matrix|positive definite]], i.e. <math>\mathbf x \cdot \mathbf U \cdot \mathbf x > 0 </math> and <math>\mathbf x\cdot\mathbf V \cdot \mathbf x > 0 </math> for all non-zero <math>\mathbf x \in \R^3</math>, and [[Symmetric tensor|symmetric tensor]]s, i.e. <math>\mathbf U = \mathbf U^T</math> and <math>\mathbf V = \mathbf V^T\,\!</math>, of second order.

This decomposition implies that the deformation of a line element <math>d\mathbf X</math> in the undeformed configuration onto <math>d\mathbf x</math> in the deformed configuration, i.e., <math>d\mathbf x = \mathbf F \,d\mathbf X\,\!</math>, may be obtained either by first stretching the element by <math>\mathbf U\,\!</math>, i.e. <math>d\mathbf x' = \mathbf U \,d\mathbf X\,\!</math>, followed by a rotation <math>\mathbf R\,\!</math>, i.e., <math>d\mathbf x' = \mathbf R \,d\mathbf x\,\!</math>; or equivalently, by applying a rigid rotation <math>\mathbf R</math> first, i.e., <math>d\mathbf x' = \mathbf R \, d\mathbf X\,\!</math>, followed later by a stretching <math>\mathbf V\,\!</math>, i.e., <math>d\mathbf x' = \mathbf V \, d\mathbf x</math> (See Figure 3).

Due to the orthogonality of <math>\mathbf R</math>
<math display="block">\mathbf V = \mathbf R \cdot \mathbf U \cdot \mathbf R^T</math>
so that <math>\mathbf U</math> and <math>\mathbf V</math> have the same eigenvalues or ''principal stretches'', but different eigenvectors or ''principal directions'' <math>\mathbf{N}_i</math> and <math>\mathbf{n}_i\,\!</math>, respectively. The principal directions are related by
<math display="block">\mathbf{n}_i = \mathbf{R} \mathbf{N}_i. </math>

This polar decomposition, which is unique as <math>\mathbf F</math> is invertible with a positive determinant, is a corollary of the singular-value decomposition.

===Transformation of a surface and volume element===
To transform quantities that are defined with respect to areas in a deformed configuration to those relative to areas in a reference configuration, and vice versa, we use '''Nanson's relation''', expressed as <math display="block"> da~\mathbf{n} = J~dA ~\mathbf{F}^{-T} \cdot \mathbf{N} </math> where <math>da</math> is an area of a region in the deformed configuration, <math>dA</math> is the same area in the reference configuration, and <math>\mathbf{n}</math> is the outward normal to the area element in the current configuration while <math>\mathbf{N}</math> is the outward normal in the reference configuration, <math>\mathbf{F}</math> is the [[Physics:Deformation gradient|deformation gradient]], and <math>J = \det\mathbf{F}\,\!</math>.

The corresponding formula for the transformation of the volume element is <math display="block"> dv = J~dV </math>

{{math proof
| title = Derivation of Nanson's relation (see also <ref>{{cite book|last3 = Owens | author1 = Eduardo de Souza Neto | author2 = Djordje Peric | first3 = David | title=Computational methods for plasticity : theory and applications |date=2008 |publisher=Wiley |location=Chichester, West Sussex, UK |isbn=978-0-470-69452-7 |page=65}}</ref>)
| proof = To see how this formula is derived, we start with the oriented area elements in the reference and current configurations:
<math display="block"> d\mathbf{A} = dA~\mathbf{N} ~;~~ d\mathbf{a} = da~\mathbf{n} </math>
The reference and current volumes of an element are
<math display="block"> dV = d\mathbf{A}^{T}\cdot d\mathbf{L} ~;~~ dv = d\mathbf{a}^{T} \cdot d\mathbf{l} </math>
where <math>d\mathbf{l} = \mathbf{F}\cdot d\mathbf{L}\,\!</math>.

Therefore,
<math display="block"> d\mathbf{a}^{T} \cdot d\mathbf{l}= dv = J~dV = J~d\mathbf{A}^{T}\cdot d\mathbf{L}
</math>
or,
<math display="block">d\mathbf{a}^{T} \cdot \mathbf{F}\cdot d\mathbf{L} = dv = J~dV = J~d\mathbf{A}^{T} \cdot d\mathbf{L}</math>
so,
<math display="block"> d\mathbf{a}^{T} \cdot \mathbf{F} = J~d\mathbf{A}^{T}</math>
So we get
<math display="block"> d\mathbf{a} = J~\mathbf{F}^{-T} \cdot d\mathbf{A} </math>
or,
<math display="block"> da~\mathbf{n} = J~dA~\mathbf{F}^{-T} \cdot \mathbf{N}</math>
[[Q.E.D.]]
}}

==Fundamental strain tensors==

A strain tensor is defined by the IUPAC as:<ref name=IUPAC/>
<blockquote>"A symmetric tensor that results when a deformation gradient tensor is factorized into a rotation tensor followed or preceded by a symmetric tensor".</blockquote>

Since a pure rotation should not induce any strains in a deformable body, it is often convenient to use rotation-independent measures of deformation in [[Physics:Continuum mechanics|continuum mechanics]]. As a rotation followed by its inverse rotation leads to no change (<math>\mathbf{R}\mathbf{R}^T=\mathbf{R}^T\mathbf{R}=\mathbf{I}\,\!</math>) we can exclude the rotation by multiplying the deformation gradient tensor <math>\mathbf{F}</math> by its [[Transpose|transpose]].

Several rotation-independent deformation gradient tensors (or "deformation tensors", for short) are used in mechanics.  In solid mechanics, the most popular of these are the right and left Cauchy–Green deformation tensors.

===Cauchy strain tensor (right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor) {{Anchor|Cauchy strain tensor}}===
In 1839, [[Biography:George Green (mathematician)|George Green]] introduced a deformation tensor known as the ''right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor'' or ''Green's deformation tensor'' (the IUPAC recommends that this tensor be called the '''Cauchy strain tensor'''),<ref name=IUPAC>{{cite journal|author=A. Kaye, R. F. T. Stepto, W. J. Work, J. V. Aleman (Spain), A. Ya. Malkin|year=1998|title=Definition of terms relating to the non-ultimate mechanical properties of polymers|journal= Pure Appl. Chem.|volume= 70|issue=3|pages=701–754|url=http://old.iupac.org/reports/1998/7003kaye/index.html|doi=10.1351/pac199870030701|doi-access=free}}</ref> defined as:

<math display="block">\mathbf C=\mathbf F^T\mathbf F=\mathbf U^2 \qquad \text{or} \qquad C_{IJ}=F_{kI}~F_{kJ} = \frac {\partial x_k} {\partial X_I} \frac {\partial x_k} {\partial X_J}.</math>

Physically, the Cauchy–Green tensor gives us the square of local change in distances due to deformation, i.e. <math>d\mathbf x^2=d\mathbf X\cdot\mathbf C \cdot d\mathbf X</math>

Invariants of <math>\mathbf{C}</math> are often used in the expressions for [[Physics:Strain energy density function|strain energy density function]]s.  The most commonly used [[Invariants of tensors|invariants]] are
<math display="block">
  \begin{align}
     I_1^C & := \text{tr}(\mathbf{C}) = C_{II} = \lambda_1^2 + \lambda_2^2 + \lambda_3^2 \\
     I_2^C & := \tfrac{1}{2}\left[(\text{tr}~\mathbf{C})^2 - \text{tr}(\mathbf{C}^2) \right]
       = \tfrac{1}{2}\left[(C_{JJ})^2 - C_{IK}C_{KI}\right] = \lambda_1^2\lambda_2^2 + \lambda_2^2\lambda_3^2 + \lambda_3^2\lambda_1^2 \\
     I_3^C & := \det(\mathbf{C}) = J^2 = \lambda_1^2\lambda_2^2\lambda_3^2.
  \end{align}
</math>
where <math>J:=\det\mathbf{F}</math> is the determinant of the deformation gradient <math>\mathbf{F}</math> and <math>\lambda_i</math> are stretch ratios for the unit fibers that are initially oriented along the eigenvector directions of the right (reference) stretch tensor (these are not generally aligned with the three axis of the coordinate systems).

===Finger strain tensor===
The IUPAC recommends<ref name=IUPAC/> that the inverse of the right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor (called the Cauchy strain tensor in that document), i. e., <math>\mathbf C^{-1}</math>, be called the '''Finger strain tensor'''.  However, that nomenclature is not universally accepted in applied mechanics.

<math display="block">\mathbf{f}=\mathbf C^{-1}=\mathbf F^{-1}\mathbf F^{-T} \qquad \text{or} \qquad f_{IJ}=\frac {\partial X_I} {\partial x_k} \frac {\partial X_J} {\partial x_k}</math>

===Green strain tensor (left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor)===
Reversing the order of multiplication in the formula for the right Green–Cauchy deformation tensor leads to the ''left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor'' which is defined as:
<math display="block">\mathbf B = \mathbf F\mathbf F^T = \mathbf V^2 \qquad \text{or} \qquad B_{ij} = \frac {\partial x_i} {\partial X_K} \frac {\partial x_j} {\partial X_K}</math>

The left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor is often called the ''Finger deformation tensor'', named after [[Biography:Josef Finger|Josef Finger]] (1894).<ref>Eduardo N. Dvorkin, Marcela B. Goldschmit, 2006 [https://books.google.com/books?id=MVqa05_2QmAC&pg=PA25 Nonlinear Continua], p. 25, Springer {{ISBN|3-540-24985-0}}.</ref>

The IUPAC recommends that this tensor be called the '''Green strain tensor'''.<ref name=IUPAC/>

Invariants of <math>\mathbf{B}</math> are also used in the expressions for [[Physics:Strain energy density function|strain energy density function]]s.  The conventional invariants are defined as
<math display="block">
  \begin{align}
  I_1 & := \text{tr}(\mathbf{B}) = B_{ii} = \lambda_1^2 + \lambda_2^2 + \lambda_3^2\\
  I_2 & := \tfrac{1}{2}\left[(\text{tr}~\mathbf{B})^2 - \text{tr}(\mathbf{B}^2)\right]
        = \tfrac{1}{2}\left(B_{ii}^2 - B_{jk}B_{kj}\right) = \lambda_1^2\lambda_2^2 + \lambda_2^2\lambda_3^2 + \lambda_3^2\lambda_1^2 \\
  I_3 & := \det\mathbf{B} = J^2 = \lambda_1^2\lambda_2^2\lambda_3^2
  \end{align}
 </math>
where <math>J:=\det\mathbf{F}</math> is the determinant of the deformation gradient.

For compressible materials, a slightly different set of invariants is used:
<math display="block"> (\bar{I}_1 := J^{-2/3} I_1 ~;~~ \bar{I}_2 := J^{-4/3} I_2 ~;~~ J\neq 1) ~. </math>

===Piola strain tensor (Cauchy deformation tensor)===
Earlier in 1828,<ref>Jirásek,Milan; Bažant, Z. P. (2002) [https://books.google.com/books?id=8mz-xPdvH00C&pg=PA463 Inelastic analysis of structures], Wiley, p. 463 {{ISBN|0-471-98716-6}}</ref> [[Biography:Augustin-Louis Cauchy|Augustin-Louis Cauchy]] introduced a deformation tensor defined as the inverse of the left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor, <math>\mathbf B^{-1}\,\!</math>.  This tensor has also been called the '''Piola strain tensor''' by the IUPAC<ref name=IUPAC /> and the '''Finger tensor'''<ref>J. N. Reddy, David K. Gartling (2000) [https://books.google.com/books?id=sv0VKLL5lWUC&pg=PA317 The finite element method in heat transfer and fluid dynamics], p. 317, CRC Press {{ISBN|1-4200-8598-0}}.</ref> in the rheology and fluid dynamics literature.

<math display="block">\mathbf{c}=\mathbf B^{-1}=\mathbf F^{-T}\mathbf F^{-1} \qquad \text{or} \qquad c_{ij}=\frac {\partial X_K} {\partial x_i} \frac {\partial X_K} {\partial x_j}</math>

===Spectral representation===
If there are three distinct principal stretches <math>\lambda_i \,\!</math>, the [[Eigendecomposition of a matrix|spectral decompositions]] of <math>\mathbf{C}</math> and <math>\mathbf{B}</math> is given by

<math display="block"> \mathbf{C} = \sum_{i=1}^3 \lambda_i^2 \mathbf{N}_i \otimes \mathbf{N}_i \qquad \text{and} \qquad \mathbf{B} = \sum_{i=1}^3 \lambda_i^2 \mathbf{n}_i \otimes \mathbf{n}_i</math>

Furthermore,

<math display="block"> \mathbf U = \sum_{i=1}^3 \lambda_i \mathbf N_i \otimes \mathbf N_i ~;~~
        \mathbf V = \sum_{i=1}^3 \lambda_i \mathbf n_i \otimes \mathbf n_i </math>
<math display="block"> \mathbf R = \sum_{i=1}^3 \mathbf n_i \otimes \mathbf N_i ~;~~
        \mathbf F = \sum_{i=1}^3 \lambda_i \mathbf n_i \otimes \mathbf N_i </math>

Observe that
<math display="block">
  \mathbf{V} = \mathbf{R}~\mathbf{U}~\mathbf{R}^T =
   \sum_{i=1}^3 \lambda_i~\mathbf{R}~(\mathbf{N}_i\otimes\mathbf{N}_i)~\mathbf{R}^T =
   \sum_{i=1}^3 \lambda_i~(\mathbf{R}~\mathbf{N}_i)\otimes(\mathbf{R}~\mathbf{N}_i)
</math>
Therefore, the uniqueness of the spectral decomposition also implies that <math> \mathbf{n}_i = \mathbf{R}~\mathbf{N}_i \,\!</math>.  The left stretch (<math>\mathbf{V}\,\!</math>) is also called the ''spatial stretch tensor'' while the right stretch (<math>\mathbf{U}\,\!</math>) is called the ''material stretch tensor''.

The effect of <math>\mathbf{F}</math> acting on <math>\mathbf{N}_i</math> is to stretch the vector by <math>\lambda_i</math> and to rotate it to the new orientation <math>\mathbf{n}_i\,\!</math>, i.e.,
<math display="block"> \mathbf{F}~\mathbf{N}_i = \lambda_i~(\mathbf{R}~\mathbf{N}_i) = \lambda_i~\mathbf{n}_i </math>
In a similar vein,
<math display="block">
  \mathbf{F}^{-T}~\mathbf{N}_i = \cfrac{1}{\lambda_i}~\mathbf{n}_i ~;~~
  \mathbf{F}^T~\mathbf{n}_i = \lambda_i~\mathbf{N}_i ~;~~
  \mathbf{F}^{-1}~\mathbf{n}_i = \cfrac{1}{\lambda_i}~\mathbf{N}_i ~.
</math>

====Examples====
; Uniaxial extension of an incompressible material
: This is the case where a specimen is stretched in 1-direction with a stretch ratio of <math>\mathbf{\alpha=\alpha_1}\,\!</math>.  If the volume remains constant, the contraction in the other two directions is such that <math>\mathbf{\alpha_1 \alpha_2 \alpha_3 =1}</math> or <math>\mathbf{\alpha_2=\alpha_3=\alpha^{-0.5}}\,\!</math>.  Then: <math display="block">\mathbf{F}=\begin{bmatrix}
\alpha & 0 & 0 \\
0 & \alpha^{-0.5} & 0 \\
0 & 0 & \alpha^{-0.5}
\end{bmatrix}</math> <math display="block">\mathbf{B} = \mathbf{C} = \begin{bmatrix}
\alpha^2 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & \alpha^{-1} & 0 \\
0 & 0 & \alpha^{-1}
\end{bmatrix}</math>
; Simple shear
:<math display="block">\mathbf{F}=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & \gamma & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}</math> <math display="block">\mathbf{B} = \begin{bmatrix}
1+\gamma^2 & \gamma & 0 \\
\gamma & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}</math> <math display="block">\mathbf{C} = \begin{bmatrix}
1 & \gamma & 0 \\
\gamma & 1+\gamma^2 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}</math>
; Rigid body rotation
:<math display="block">\mathbf{F} = \begin{bmatrix}
\cos \theta & \sin \theta & 0 \\
- \sin \theta & \cos \theta & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}</math> <math display="block">\mathbf{B} = \mathbf{C} = \begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix} = \mathbf{1}</math>

===Derivatives of stretch===
[[Physics:Tensor derivative (continuum mechanics)|Derivatives]] of the stretch with respect to the right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor are used to derive the stress-strain relations of many solids, particularly [[Physics:Hyperelastic material|hyperelastic material]]s.  These derivatives are
<math display="block">
  \cfrac{\partial\lambda_i}{\partial\mathbf{C}} =
       \cfrac{1}{2\lambda_i}~\mathbf{N}_i\otimes\mathbf{N}_i =
       \cfrac{1}{2\lambda_i}~\mathbf{R}^T~(\mathbf{n}_i\otimes\mathbf{n}_i)~\mathbf{R} ~;~~ i=1,2,3
 </math>
and follow from the observations that
<math display="block">
   \mathbf{C}:(\mathbf{N}_i\otimes\mathbf{N}_i) = \lambda_i^2 ~;~~~~\cfrac{\partial\mathbf{C}}{\partial\mathbf{C}} = \mathsf{I}^{(s)} ~;~~~~ \mathsf{I}^{(s)}:(\mathbf{N}_i\otimes\mathbf{N}_i)=\mathbf{N}_i\otimes\mathbf{N}_i.
 </math>

===Physical interpretation of deformation tensors===
Let <math>\mathbf{X} = X^i~\boldsymbol{E}_i</math> be a Cartesian coordinate system defined on the undeformed body and let <math>\mathbf{x} = x^i~\boldsymbol{E}_i</math> be another system defined on the deformed body.  Let a curve <math>\mathbf{X}(s)</math> in the undeformed body be parametrized using <math>s \in [0,1]</math>.  Its image in the deformed body is <math>\mathbf{x}(\mathbf{X}(s))</math>.

The undeformed length of the curve is given by
<math display="block">
l_X
= \int_0^1 \left| \cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s} \right|~ds
= \int_0^1 \sqrt{ \cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s}\cdot\cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s}}~ds
= \int_0^1 \sqrt{ \cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s}\cdot\boldsymbol{I} \cdot\cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s} }~ds
</math>
After deformation, the length becomes
<math display="block">
\begin{align}
l_x & = \int_0^1 \left| \cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d s} \right|~ds
      = \int_0^1 \sqrt{\cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d s}\cdot\cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d s}}~ds
      = \int_0^1 \sqrt{
        \left(\cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d \mathbf{X}}\cdot\cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s}\right)
        \cdot
        \left(\cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d \mathbf{X}}\cdot\cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s}\right)}~ds
\\
      & = \int_0^1 \sqrt{\cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s}\cdot\left[
                        \left(\cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d \mathbf{X}}\right)^T\cdot \cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d \mathbf{X}}\right]
\cdot\cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s} }~ds
  \end{align}
</math>
Note that the right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor is defined as
<math display="block">
   \boldsymbol{C} := \boldsymbol{F}^T\cdot\boldsymbol{F} = \left(\cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d \mathbf{X}}\right)^T\cdot \cfrac{d \mathbf{x}}{d \mathbf{X}}
</math>
Hence,
<math display="block">
   l_x = \int_0^1 \sqrt{ \cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s}\cdot\boldsymbol{C} \cdot\cfrac{d \mathbf{X}}{d s} }~ds
</math>
which indicates that changes in length are characterized by <math>\boldsymbol{C}</math>.

==Finite strain tensors==
The concept of ''strain'' is used to evaluate how much a given displacement differs locally from a rigid body displacement.<ref name=Lubliner2008/><ref name=BelytschkoLiuMoran2000>{{cite book
| last1 = Belytschko
| first1 = Ted
| last2 = Liu
| first2 = Wing Kam
| last3 = Moran
| first3 = Brian
| title = Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and Structures
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
| year = 2000
| edition = reprint with corrections, 2006
| isbn = 978-0-471-98773-4
| pages = 92–94}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zeidi|first1=Mahdi|last2=Kim|first2=Chun IL|date=2018|title=Mechanics of an elastic solid reinforced with bidirectional fiber in finite plane elastostatics: complete analysis|journal=Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics|volume=30|issue=3|pages=573–592|doi=10.1007/s00161-018-0623-0|bibcode=2018CMT....30..573Z |s2cid=253674037 |issn=1432-0959}}</ref> One of such strains for large deformations is the '''Lagrangian finite strain tensor''', also called the ''Green-Lagrangian strain tensor'' or ''Green–St-Venant strain tensor'', defined as

<math display="block">\mathbf E=\frac{1}{2}(\mathbf C - \mathbf I)\qquad \text{or} \qquad E_{KL}=\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_K}\frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_L}-\delta_{KL}\right)</math>

or as a function of the displacement gradient tensor
<math display="block">\mathbf E =\frac{1}{2}\left[ (\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u)^T + \nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u + (\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u)^T \cdot\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u\right]</math>
or
<math display="block">E_{KL}=\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{\partial u_K}{\partial X_L}+\frac{\partial u_L}{\partial X_K}+\frac{\partial u_M}{\partial X_K}\frac{\partial u_M}{\partial X_L}\right)</math>

The Green-Lagrangian strain tensor is a measure of how much <math>\mathbf C</math> differs from <math>\mathbf I\,\!</math>.

The '''Eulerian finite strain tensor''', or ''Eulerian-Almansi finite strain tensor'', referenced to the deformed configuration (i.e. Eulerian description) is defined as

<math display="block">\mathbf e=\frac{1}{2}(\mathbf I - \mathbf c)=\frac{1}{2}(\mathbf I - \mathbf B ^{-1})
\qquad \text{or} \qquad
e_{rs} = \frac{1}{2} \left(\delta_{rs} - \frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_r} \frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_s}\right)</math>

or as a function of the displacement gradients we have
<math display="block">e_{ij} = \frac{1}{2} \left(\frac{\partial u_i}{\partial x_j} + \frac{\partial u_j}{\partial x_i} - \frac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_i} \frac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_j}\right)</math>

{{ math proof
| title = Derivation of the Lagrangian and Eulerian finite strain tensors
| proof = A measure of deformation is the difference between the squares of the differential line element <math>d\mathbf X\,\!</math>, in the undeformed configuration, and <math>d\mathbf x\,\!</math>, in the deformed configuration (Figure 2). Deformation has occurred if the difference is non zero, otherwise a rigid-body displacement has occurred. Thus we have,

<math display="block">d\mathbf{x}^2 - d\mathbf{X}^2=d\mathbf x\cdot d\mathbf x-d\mathbf X\cdot d\mathbf X
\qquad \text{or} \qquad
(dx)^2 - (dX)^2=dx_jdx_j-dX_M\,dX_M</math>

In the Lagrangian description, using the material coordinates as the frame of reference, the linear transformation between the differential lines is

<math display="block"> d\mathbf x = \frac {\partial \mathbf x} {\partial \mathbf X}\,d\mathbf X=\mathbf F \,d\mathbf{X} \qquad\text{or} \qquad dx_j=\frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_M} \,dX_M</math>

Then we have,

<math display="block">\begin{align}
d\mathbf{x}^2&=d\mathbf x \cdot d\mathbf x \\
&= \mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X \cdot \mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X \\
&= d\mathbf X \cdot \mathbf F^T\mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X \\
&= d\mathbf X\cdot\mathbf C\cdot d\mathbf X
\end{align}
\qquad \text{or} \qquad
\begin{align}
(dx)^2&=dx_j\,dx_j \\
&= \frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_K}\frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_L}\,dX_K\,dX_L \\
&= C_{KL}\,dX_K\,dX_L \\
\end{align}</math>

where <math>C_{KL}</math> are the components of the ''right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor'', <math>\mathbf C = \mathbf F^T \mathbf F\,\!</math>. Then, replacing this equation into the first equation we have,

<math display="block">\begin{align}
d\mathbf{x}^2 - d\mathbf{X}^2 &= d\mathbf X\cdot\mathbf C\cdot d\mathbf X-d\mathbf X\cdot d\mathbf X \\
&=d\mathbf X\cdot (\mathbf C - \mathbf I)\cdot d\mathbf X \\
&= d\mathbf X \cdot 2\mathbf E \cdot d\mathbf X \\
\end{align}</math>
or
<math display="block">\begin{align}
(dx)^2 - (dX)^2 &= \frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_K}\frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_L}\,dX_K\,dX_L-dX_M\,dX_M \\
&= \left( \frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_K}\frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_L}-\delta_{KL}\right)\,dX_K\,dX_L \\
&=2E_{KL}\,dX_K\,dX_L
\end{align}</math>
where <math>E_{KL}\,\!</math>, are the components of a second-order tensor called the ''Green – St-Venant strain tensor'' or the ''Lagrangian finite strain tensor'',
<math display="block">\mathbf E=\frac{1}{2}(\mathbf C - \mathbf I)\qquad \text{or} \qquad E_{KL}=\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_K}\frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_L}-\delta_{KL}\right)</math>

In the Eulerian description, using the spatial coordinates as the frame of reference, the linear transformation between the differential lines is
<math display="block"> d\mathbf{X} = \frac {\partial \mathbf{X}} {\partial \mathbf {x}}d\mathbf{x}=\mathbf F^{-1} \, d\mathbf{x}=\mathbf{H} \,d\mathbf{x} \qquad \text{or} \qquad dX_M=\frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_n}\, dx_n</math>
where <math>\frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_n}</math> are the components of the ''spatial deformation gradient tensor'', <math>\mathbf{H}\,\!</math>. Thus we have

<math display="block">\begin{align}
d\mathbf{X}^2 &= d\mathbf X \cdot d\mathbf X \\
&= \mathbf F^{-1} \cdot d\mathbf x \cdot \mathbf F^{-1} \cdot d\mathbf x \\
&= d\mathbf x \cdot \mathbf F^{-T}\mathbf F^{-1} \cdot d\mathbf x \\
&= d\mathbf x\cdot\mathbf c\cdot d\mathbf x
\end{align}
\qquad \text{or} \qquad
\begin{align}
(dX)^2&=dX_M\,dX_M \\
&= \frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_r}\frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_s}\,dx_r\,dx_s \\
&= c_{rs}\,dx_r\,dx_s \\
\end{align}</math>
where the second order tensor <math>c_{rs}</math> is called ''Cauchy's deformation tensor'', <math>\mathbf c=\mathbf F^{-T}\mathbf F^{-1}\,\!</math>. Then we have,

<math display="block">\begin{align}
d\mathbf{x}^2 - d\mathbf{X}^2 &= d\mathbf x\cdot d\mathbf x-d\mathbf x\cdot\mathbf c\cdot d\mathbf x \\
&=d\mathbf x\cdot (\mathbf I - \mathbf c)\cdot d\mathbf x \\
&= d\mathbf x \cdot 2\mathbf e \cdot d\mathbf x \\
\end{align}</math>
or
<math display="block">\begin{align}
(dx)^2 - (dX)^2 &= dx_j\,dx_j-\frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_r}\frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_s}\,dx_r\,dx_s \\
&= \left(\delta_{rs} - \frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_r}\frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_s} \right)\,dx_r\,dx_s \\
&=2e_{rs}\,dx_r\,dx_s
\end{align}</math>

where <math>e_{rs}\,\!</math>, are the components of a second-order tensor called the ''Eulerian-Almansi finite strain tensor'',
<math display="block">\mathbf e=\frac{1}{2}(\mathbf I - \mathbf c)
\qquad \text{or} \qquad
e_{rs}=\frac{1}{2}\left(\delta_{rs} - \frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_r}\frac{\partial X_M}{\partial x_s} \right)</math>

Both the Lagrangian and Eulerian finite strain tensors can be conveniently expressed in terms of the ''displacement gradient tensor''. For the Lagrangian strain tensor, first we differentiate the displacement vector <math>\mathbf u(\mathbf X, t)</math> with respect to the material coordinates <math>X_M</math> to obtain the ''material displacement gradient tensor'', <math>\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u</math>

<math display="block">\begin{align}
\mathbf u(\mathbf X,t) &= \mathbf x(\mathbf X,t) - \mathbf X \\
\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u &= \mathbf F - \mathbf I \\
\mathbf F &= \nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u + \mathbf I \\
\end{align}
\qquad \text{or} \qquad
\begin{align}
u_i& = x_i-\delta_{iJ}X_J \\
\delta_{iJ}U_J &= x_i-\delta_{iJ}X_J \\
x_i&=\delta_{iJ}\left(U_J+X_J\right) \\
\frac{\partial x_i}{\partial X_K}&=\delta_{iJ}\left(\frac{\partial U_J}{\partial X_K}+\delta_{JK}\right) \\
\end{align}
</math>

Replacing this equation into the expression for the Lagrangian finite strain tensor we have
<math display="block">\begin{align}
\mathbf E &= \frac{1}{2}\left(\mathbf F^T\mathbf F-\mathbf I\right) \\
&=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \left\{ (\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u)^T+\mathbf I\right\}\left( \nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u+\mathbf I\right)-\mathbf I\right] \\
&=\frac{1}{2}\left[ (\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u)^T + \nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u + (\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u)^T \cdot\nabla_{\mathbf X}\mathbf u\right] \\
\end{align}</math>
or
<math display="block">\begin{align}
E_{KL}&=\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_K} \frac{\partial x_j}{\partial X_L} - \delta_{KL}\right) \\
&=\frac{1}{2} \left[\delta_{jM}\left(\frac{\partial U_M}{\partial X_K}+\delta_{MK}\right)\delta_{jN}\left(\frac{\partial U_N}{\partial X_L}+\delta_{NL}\right)-\delta_{KL}\right] \\
&=\frac{1}{2}\left[\delta_{MN}\left(\frac{\partial U_M}{\partial X_K}+\delta_{MK}\right)\left(\frac{\partial U_N}{\partial X_L}+\delta_{NL}\right)-\delta_{KL}\right] \\
&=\frac{1}{2}\left[\left(\frac{\partial U_M}{\partial X_K}+\delta_{MK}\right)\left(\frac{\partial U_M}{\partial X_L}+\delta_{ML}\right)-\delta_{KL}\right] \\
&=\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{\partial U_K}{\partial X_L} +\frac{\partial U_L}{\partial X_K} +\frac{\partial U_M}{\partial X_K} \frac{\partial U_M}{\partial X_L}\right)
\end{align}</math>

Similarly, the Eulerian-Almansi finite strain tensor can be expressed as

<math display="block">e_{ij} = \frac{1}{2} \left(\frac{\partial u_i}{\partial x_j} +\frac{\partial u_j}{\partial x_i} - \frac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_i} \frac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_j}\right)</math>
}}

===Seth–Hill family of generalized strain tensors===
B. R. Seth from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur was the first to show that the Green and Almansi strain tensors are special cases of a more general [[Physics:Deformation#Strain measures|strain measure]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Seth|first=B. R.| year=1961|title=Generalized strain measure with applications to physical problems|journal=MRC Technical Summary Report #248|publisher=Mathematics Research Center, United States Army, University of Wisconsin|pages=1–18|url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0266913|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822233433/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0266913|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Seth|first=B. R.|year=1962|title=Generalized strain measure with applications to physical problems|journal=IUTAM Symposium on Second Order Effects in Elasticity, Plasticity and Fluid Mechanics, Haifa, 1962.}}</ref> The idea was further expanded upon by Rodney Hill in 1968.<ref>{{Citation|last=Hill|first=R.|year=1968|title=On constitutive inequalities for simple materials—I|journal=Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids|volume=16|number=4|pages=229–242|doi=10.1016/0022-5096(68)90031-8|bibcode = 1968JMPSo..16..229H }}</ref> The Seth–Hill family of strain measures (also called Doyle-Ericksen tensors)<ref name="DoyEri56">T.C. Doyle and J.L. Eriksen (1956). "Non-linear elasticity." ''Advances in Applied Mechanics'' 4, 53–115.</ref> can be expressed as

<math display="block">\mathbf E_{(m)}=\frac{1}{2m}(\mathbf U^{2m}- \mathbf I) = \frac{1}{2m}\left[\mathbf{C}^{m} - \mathbf{I}\right]</math>

For different values of <math>m</math> we have:
* Green-Lagrangian strain tensor <math display="block">\mathbf E_{(1)} = \frac{1}{2} (\mathbf U^{2}- \mathbf I) = \frac{1}{2} (\mathbf{C}-\mathbf{I})</math>
* Biot strain tensor <math display="block"> \mathbf E_{(1/2)} = (\mathbf U - \mathbf I) = \mathbf{C}^{1/2}-\mathbf{I}</math>
* Logarithmic strain, Natural strain, True strain, or Hencky strain <math display="block">\mathbf E_{(0)} = \ln \mathbf U = \frac{1}{2}\,\ln\mathbf{C}</math>
* Almansi strain <math display="block">\mathbf{E}_{(-1)} = \frac{1}{2}\left[\mathbf{I}-\mathbf{U}^{-2}\right]</math>
The second-order approximation of these tensors is
<math display="block">
  \mathbf{E}_{(m)} = \boldsymbol{\varepsilon} + {\tfrac 1 2}(\nabla\mathbf{u})^T\cdot\nabla\mathbf{u} - (1 - m) \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}^T\cdot\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}
</math>
where <math>\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}</math> is the infinitesimal strain tensor.

Many other different definitions of tensors <math>\mathbf{E}</math> are admissible, provided that they all satisfy the conditions that:<ref name="BazCed91">Z.P. Bažant and L. Cedolin (1991). ''Stability of Structures. Elastic, Inelastic, Fracture and Damage Theories.'' Oxford Univ. Press, New York (2nd ed. Dover Publ., New York 2003; 3rd ed., World Scientific 2010).</ref>
* <math>\mathbf{E}</math> vanishes for all rigid-body motions
* the dependence of <math>\mathbf{E}</math> on the displacement gradient tensor <math>\nabla\mathbf{u}</math> is continuous, continuously differentiable and monotonic
* it is also desired that <math>\mathbf{E}</math> reduces to the infinitesimal strain tensor <math>\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}</math> as the norm <math>|\nabla\mathbf{u}| \to 0</math>

An example is the set of tensors
<math display="block">
  \mathbf{E}^{(n)} = \left({\mathbf U}^n - {\mathbf U}^{-n}\right)/2n
 </math>
which do not belong to the Seth–Hill class, but have the same 2nd-order approximation as the Seth–Hill measures at <math>m=0</math> for any value of <math>n</math>.<ref name="Baz98">Z.P. Bažant (1998). "[http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/PDFs/Backup%20of%20Papers/373.pdf Easy-to-compute tensors with symmetric inverse approximating Hencky finite strain and its rate]." ''Journal of Materials of Technology ASME'', 120 (April), 131–136.</ref>

===Physical interpretation of the finite strain tensor===
The diagonal components <math>E_{KL}</math> of the Lagrangian finite strain tensor are related to the normal strain, e.g.

<math display="block">E_{11}=e_{(\mathbf I_1)}+\frac{1}{2} e_{(\mathbf I_1)}^2</math>

where <math>e_{(\mathbf I_1)}</math> is the normal strain or engineering strain in the direction <math>\mathbf I_1\,\!</math>.

The off-diagonal components <math>E_{KL}</math> of the Lagrangian finite strain tensor are related to shear strain, e.g.

<math display="block">E_{12}=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{2E_{11}+1}\sqrt{2E_{22}+1}\sin\phi_{12}</math>

where <math>\phi_{12}</math> is the change in the angle between two line elements that were originally perpendicular with directions <math>\mathbf I_1</math> and <math>\mathbf I_2\,\!</math>, respectively.

Under certain circumstances, i.e. small displacements and small displacement rates, the components of the Lagrangian finite strain tensor may be approximated by the components of the [[Physics:Infinitesimal strain theory#Infinitesimal strain tensor|infinitesimal strain tensor]]

{{math proof
| title = Derivation of the physical interpretation of the Lagrangian and Eulerian finite strain tensors
| proof = The stretch ratio for the differential element <math>d\mathbf X = dX\mathbf N</math> (Figure) in the direction of the unit vector <math>\mathbf N</math> at the material point <math>P\,\!</math>, in the undeformed configuration, is defined as

<math display="block">\Lambda_{(\mathbf N)}=\frac{dx}{dX}</math>

where <math>dx</math> is the deformed magnitude of the differential element <math>d\mathbf X\,\!</math>.

Similarly, the stretch ratio for the differential element <math>d\mathbf x = dx\mathbf n</math> (Figure), in the direction of the unit vector <math>\mathbf n</math> at the material point <math>p\,\!</math>, in the deformed configuration, is defined as
<math display="block">\frac{1}{\Lambda_{(\mathbf n)}} = \frac{dX}{dx}</math>

The square of the stretch ratio is defined as
<math display="block">\Lambda_{(\mathbf N)}^2=\left (\frac{dx}{dX}\right )^2</math>

Knowing that
<math display="block">(dx)^2=C_{KL}dX_KdX_L</math>
we have
<math display="block">\Lambda_{(\mathbf N)}^2 = C_{KL} N_K N_L</math>
where <math>N_K</math> and <math>N_L</math> are unit vectors.

The normal strain or engineering strain <math>e_{\mathbf N}</math> in any direction <math>\mathbf N</math> can be expressed as a function of the stretch ratio,

<math display="block">e_{(\mathbf N)}=\frac{dx-dX}{dX}=\Lambda_{(\mathbf N)}-1</math>

Thus, the normal strain in the direction <math>\mathbf I_1</math> at the material point <math>P</math> may be expressed in terms of the stretch ratio as

<math display="block">\begin{align}
e_{(\mathbf I_1)}=\frac{dx_1-dX_1}{dX_1}&=\Lambda_{(\mathbf I_1)}-1\\
&=\sqrt {C_{11}} -1=\sqrt{\delta_{11}+2E_{11}}-1\\
&=\sqrt{1+2E_{11}}-1
\end{align}</math>

solving for <math>E_{11}</math> we have

<math display="block"> \begin{align}
2E_{11}&= \frac{(dx_1)^2 - (dX_1)^2}{(dX_1)^2} \\
E_{11}&= \left(\frac{dx_1-dX_1}{dX_1}\right)+ \frac {1}{2} \left(\frac{dx_1-dX_1}{dX_1}\right)^2 \\
&=e_{(\mathbf I_1)}+\frac{1}{2}e_{(\mathbf I_1)}^2
\end{align}</math>

The ''shear strain'', or change in angle between two line elements <math>d\mathbf X_1</math> and <math>d\mathbf X_2</math> initially perpendicular, and oriented in the principal directions <math>\mathbf I_1</math> and <math>\mathbf I_2\,\!</math>, respectively, can also be expressed as a function of the stretch ratio. From the [[Dot product|dot product]] between the deformed lines <math>d\mathbf x_1</math> and <math>d\mathbf x_2</math> we have

<math display="block">\begin{align}
d\mathbf x_1 \cdot d\mathbf x_2 &=dx_1 dx_2 \cos\theta_{12} \\
\mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X_1\cdot \mathbf F\cdot d\mathbf X_2&= \sqrt {d\mathbf X_1 \cdot \mathbf F^T\cdot\mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X_1}\cdot \sqrt {d\mathbf X_2 \cdot \mathbf F^T\cdot\mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X_2} \cos\theta_{12} \\
\frac{d\mathbf X_1\cdot \mathbf F^T\cdot\mathbf F\cdot d\mathbf X_2}{dX_1 dX_2} &=\frac{\sqrt {d\mathbf X_1 \cdot \mathbf F^T\cdot\mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X_1}\cdot \sqrt {d\mathbf X_2 \cdot \mathbf F^T\cdot\mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf X_2}}{dX_1 dX_2} \cos\theta_{12}\\
\mathbf I_1 \cdot \mathbf C \cdot \mathbf I_2&= \Lambda_{\mathbf I_1}\Lambda_{\mathbf I_2}\cos\theta_{12}
\end{align}</math>

where <math>\theta_{12}</math> is the angle between the lines <math>d\mathbf x_1</math> and <math>d\mathbf x_2</math> in the deformed configuration. Defining <math>\phi_{12}</math> as the shear strain or reduction in the angle between two line elements that were originally perpendicular, we have

<math display="block">\phi_{12}=\frac{\pi}{2}-\theta_{12}</math>
thus,
<math display="block">\cos\theta_{12}=\sin\phi_{12}</math>
then
<math display="block">\mathbf I_1 \cdot \mathbf C \cdot \mathbf I_2= \Lambda_{\mathbf I_1} \Lambda_{\mathbf I_2}\sin\phi_{12}</math>

or

<math display="block">\begin{align}
C_{12}&=\sqrt{C_{11}}\sqrt{C_{22}}\sin\phi_{12}\\
2E_{12}+\delta_{12}&=\sqrt{2E_{11}+1}\sqrt{2E_{22}+1}\sin\phi_{12}\\
E_{12}&=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{2E_{11}+1}\sqrt{2E_{22}+1}\sin\phi_{12}
\end{align}</math>
}}

==Compatibility conditions==
{{Main|Physics:Compatibility (mechanics)}}
The problem of compatibility in continuum mechanics involves the determination of allowable single-valued continuous fields on bodies.  These allowable conditions leave the body without unphysical gaps or overlaps after a deformation.  Most such conditions apply to simply-connected bodies.  Additional conditions are required for the internal boundaries of multiply connected bodies.

===Compatibility of the deformation gradient===
The necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a compatible <math>\boldsymbol{F}</math> field over a simply connected body are
<math display="block"> \boldsymbol{\nabla}\times\boldsymbol{F} = \boldsymbol{0} </math>

===Compatibility of the right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor===
The necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a compatible <math>\boldsymbol{C}</math> field over a simply connected body are
<math display="block">
  R^\gamma_{\alpha\beta\rho} :=
   \frac{\partial }{\partial X^\rho}[\,_{(X)}\Gamma^\gamma_{\alpha\beta}] -
   \frac{\partial }{\partial X^\beta}[\,_{(X)}\Gamma^\gamma_{\alpha\rho}] +
  \,_{(X)}\Gamma^\gamma_{\mu\rho}\,_{(X)}\Gamma^\mu_{\alpha\beta} -
  \,_{(X)}\Gamma^\gamma_{\mu\beta}\,_{(X)}\Gamma^\mu_{\alpha\rho} = 0
</math>
We can show these are the mixed components of the Riemann–Christoffel curvature tensor. Therefore, the necessary conditions for <math>\boldsymbol{C}</math>-compatibility are that the Riemann–Christoffel curvature of the deformation is zero.

===Compatibility of the left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor===
General sufficiency conditions for the left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor in three-dimensions were derived by Amit Acharya.<ref name=acharya>{{cite journal|author=Acharya, A.|url=http://imechanica.org/files/B-compatibility.pdf|year=1999|title=On Compatibility Conditions for the Left Cauchy–Green Deformation Field in Three Dimensions|journal=Journal of Elasticity|volume =56 | issue=2 |pages=95–105|doi=10.1023/A:1007653400249|s2cid=116767781}}</ref> Compatibility conditions for two-dimensional <math>\boldsymbol{B}</math> fields were found by Janet Blume.<ref name=Blume>{{cite journal|author=Blume, J. A.|year= 1989|title=Compatibility conditions for a left Cauchy–Green strain field|doi=10.1007/BF00045780|journal= Journal of Elasticity|volume=21|issue= 3|pages=271–308|s2cid= 54889553}}</ref>

==See also==
* Infinitesimal strain
* [[Physics:Compatibility (mechanics)|Compatibility (mechanics)]]
* [[Curvilinear coordinates]]
* Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor, the stress tensor for finite deformations.
* [[Physics:Stress measures|Stress measures]]
* [[Earth:Strain partitioning|Strain partitioning]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book
| last = Dill | first = Ellis Harold
| title =Continuum Mechanics: Elasticity, Plasticity, Viscoelasticity
| publisher = CRC Press
| year = 2006
| location = Germany
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Nn4kztfbR3AC
| isbn = 0-8493-9779-0}}
*{{cite book
| last = Dimitrienko | first = Yuriy
| title = Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics and Large Inelastic Deformations
| publisher = Springer
| year = 2011
| location = Germany
| url = https://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9789400700338
| isbn = 978-94-007-0033-8}}
*{{cite book
| last = Hutter | first = Kolumban
| author2 = Klaus Jöhnk
| title = Continuum Methods of Physical Modeling
| publisher = Springer
| year = 2004
| location = Germany
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=B-dxx724YD4C
| isbn = 3-540-20619-1}}
*{{cite book
| last = Lubarda
| first = Vlado A.
| title = Elastoplasticity Theory
| publisher = CRC Press
| year = 2001
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1P0LybL4oAgC
| isbn = 0-8493-1138-1 }}
*{{cite book
| last = Macosko
| first = C. W.
| title = Rheology: principles, measurement and applications
| publisher = VCH Publishers
| year = 1994
| isbn = 1-56081-579-5}}
*{{cite book
| last = Mase
| first = George E.
| title = Continuum Mechanics
| publisher = McGraw-Hill Professional
| year = 1970
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bAdg6yxC0xUC
| isbn = 0-07-040663-4 }}
*{{cite book
| last = Mase
| first = G. Thomas
| author2=George E. Mase
| title = Continuum Mechanics for Engineers
| publisher = CRC Press
| year = 1999
| edition= Second
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uI1ll0A8B_UC
| isbn = 0-8493-1855-6 }}
*{{cite book
| last = Nemat-Nasser
| first = Sia
| title = Plasticity: A Treatise on Finite Deformation of Heterogeneous Inelastic Materials
| publisher = Cambridge University Press
| year = 2006
| location = Cambridge
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5nO78Rt0BtMC
| isbn = 0-521-83979-3}}
*{{Cite book
| last = Rees | first = David
| title = Basic Engineering Plasticity – An Introduction with Engineering and Manufacturing Applications
| publisher = Butterworth-Heinemann
| year = 2006
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4KWbmn_1hcYC
| isbn = 0-7506-8025-3}}

==External links==
*[http://www.imechanica.org/node/3786 Prof. Amit Acharya's notes on compatibility on iMechanica]

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