Definition of Stiffness Components

Tensor components: (See [1] page 99 for details.)

\[\begin{split}\begin{align*} \mathbb{C} &= C_{ijkl} \; \mathbf{e}_{i} \otimes \mathbf{e}_{j} \otimes \mathbf{e}_{k} \otimes \mathbf{e}_{l}\\ \end{align*}\end{split}\]

Matrix components:

\[\begin{split}\begin{align*} \mathbb{C} &= \begin{bmatrix} C_{11} & C_{12} & C_{13} & C_{14} & C_{15} & C_{16} \\ & C_{22} & C_{23} & C_{24} & C_{25} & C_{26} \\ & & C_{33} & C_{34} & C_{35} & C_{36} \\ & & & C_{44} & C_{45} & C_{46} \\ & \text{sym} & & & C_{55} & C_{56} \\ & & & & & C_{66} \end{bmatrix}_{[\text{Voigt}]} \hspace{-10mm} \scriptsize{ \boldsymbol{V}_{\alpha} \otimes \boldsymbol{V}_{\beta} } \\ &= \begin{bmatrix} C_{11} & C_{12} & C_{13} & \sqrt{2}C_{14} & \sqrt{2}C_{15} & \sqrt{2}C_{16} \\ & C_{22} & C_{23} & \sqrt{2}C_{24} & \sqrt{2}C_{25} & \sqrt{2}C_{26} \\ & & C_{33} & \sqrt{2}C_{34} & \sqrt{2}C_{35} & \sqrt{2}C_{36} \\ & & & 2C_{44} & 2C_{45} & 2C_{46} \\ & \text{sym} & & & 2C_{55} & 2C_{56} \\ & & & & & 2C_{66} \end{bmatrix}_{[\text{Mandel6}]} \hspace{-15mm} \scriptsize{ \boldsymbol{B}_{\alpha} \otimes \boldsymbol{B}_{\beta} } \end{align*}\end{split}\]

with

  • \(\boldsymbol{B}_{\alpha}\) : Base dyad of Mandel6 notation (See mechkit.notation)

  • \(\boldsymbol{V}_{\alpha}\) : Base dyad of Voigt notation (See [csmbrannonMandel])