Kirchhoff stress tensor

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The Kirchhoff stress tensor is a measure of stress in a deforming continuum obtained by scaling the Cauchy stress with the determinant of the deformation gradient, commonly used in finite-strain formulations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf continuum mechanics concept
second-order tensor
stress measure
advantage removes explicit dependence of stress on volume change through J in some formulations
alsoKnownAs Kirchhoff stress NERFINISHED
weighted Cauchy stress
appliesTo fluids
solids
viscoelastic materials
assumes continuum hypothesis
category spatial stress measure
stress tensor
definedOn deforming continuum
definition \boldsymbol{\tau} = J \, \boldsymbol{\sigma}
dependsOn Jacobian J = \det \mathbf{F}
current configuration
deformation gradient F
dimension same physical dimension as Cauchy stress
field continuum mechanics
finite-strain theory
nonlinear solid mechanics
frame current (spatial) configuration
frameIndifference objective stress measure
hasComponent \tau_{ij}
introducedBy Gustav Kirchhoff NERFINISHED
isSpatialTensor true
order 2
property symmetric for non-polar continua without couple stresses
relatedTo Cauchy stress tensor NERFINISHED
deformation gradient
determinant of deformation gradient
first Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor NERFINISHED
second Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor
relationToCauchyStress \boldsymbol{\sigma} = J^{-1} \, \boldsymbol{\tau} GENERATED
relationToSecondPiolaKirchhoff \boldsymbol{\tau} = \mathbf{F} \, \mathbf{S} \, \mathbf{F}^T GENERATED
symbol \boldsymbol{\tau}
transformation push-forward of second Piola–Kirchhoff stress
unit Pascal
usedFor constitutive modeling at finite strains
formulation of work-conjugate stress–strain pairs
stress update algorithms in nonlinear FE codes
usedIn computational solid mechanics
finite element method
finite-strain formulations
hyperelastic material models
large-deformation analysis
workConjugateTo logarithmic strain in some formulations
rate of deformation tensor

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Cauchy stress tensor relatedTo Kirchhoff stress tensor