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Anisotropy Consistent with Spherical Symmetry in Continuum Mechanics

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We characterize the kinds of anisotropy (besides transverse isotropy) that are compatible with spherically symmetric deformations of balls and spherical shells having nonlinear constitutive equations.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4015, U.S.A.

    Stuart S. Antman

  2. Department of Civil and Material Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street (M/C 246), Chicago, IL, 60607-7023, U.S.A.

    T.C.T. Ting

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Antman, S.S., Ting, T. Anisotropy Consistent with Spherical Symmetry in Continuum Mechanics. Journal of Elasticity 62, 85–93 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010965213263

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