A note on the derivation of the derivatives of invariants of stretch tensor to the right Cauchy-Green tensor

摘要

A new approach for the derivation of the principal invariants of the stretch tensor with respect to the right Cauchy-Green tensor is presented in this paper. According to the definition of the derivation of tensor function, the three first-order derivatives for the principal invariants of the stretch tensor are obtained through derivation directly to the right Cauchy-Green tensor by incremental method. Then the three second-order derivatives are yielded by the derivation to the right Cauchy-Green strain tensor directly. Furthermore, an explicit expression of the tangent modulus of the general Varga material is given as an example.