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Complementary energy principle for large elastic deformation

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Using the “base forces” as the fundamental unknowns to determine the state of an elastic system, the complementary energy principle for large elastic deformation is constructed for the conjugate quantities being displacement gradients, which possesses exactly the same form as that of classical linear elasticity. It is revealed that the complementary energy contains deformation part and rotation part.

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Gao, Y. Complementary energy principle for large elastic deformation. SCI CHINA SER G 49, 341–356 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-006-0341-7

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