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Stability of relative equilibria. Part II: Application to nonlinear elasticity

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Abbreviations

Q = Emb+(ℬ, ℝ3):

Configuration Space, with elements denoted byϕQ

TQ :

State Space; points in the state space correspond to configurations and velocities and are denoted by\((\varphi ,\dot \varphi )\)

P =T * Q :

Phase Space; points inP correspond to configurations and momenta and are denoted by z = (ϕ, p)

(δϕ, δp):

Configuration-momentum variations inT ϕ Q ×T *ϕ P

SO(3):

Special orthogonal group; orthogonal 3 × 3 matrices with determinant 1

so(3):

Lie algebra of SO(3); 3 × 3 skew symmetric matrices

η Q(ϕ):

Infinitesimal generator;η Q =η × ϕ

〈·, ·〉g :

Riemannian metric; for elasticity the inner product\(\left\langle {\delta \varphi _1 ,\delta \varphi _2 } \right\rangle _g = \int\limits_B {\rho _{ref} \delta \varphi _1 \cdot \delta \varphi _2 dV} \).

:

Locked inertia tensor; defined as

A(ϕ):

First elasticity tensor; defined as\(A(\varphi ) = \left. {\frac{{\partial ^2 W}}{{\partial F\partial F}}} \right|_{F = D\varphi } \)

J:Pso *(3):

Angular momentum map;J(ϕ, p)· n = < 〈p,η Q(ϕ)〉

K:P → ℝ:

Kinetic energy

V:Q → ℝ:

Potential energy

H:P → ℝ:

Hamiltonian function;H=K + V

H ξ:P × ℝ3→ ℝ:

Energy-momentum functional (Routhian)

£d b :

Lie derivative ofb in directiona

ϱ ref B(ϕ):

Configuration dependent body force with potentialL: Q → ℝ

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Simo, J.C., Posbergh, T.A. & Marsden, J.E. Stability of relative equilibria. Part II: Application to nonlinear elasticity. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 115, 61–100 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01881679

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