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R. 
W. 
Ogden 
2.3 
Elasticity 
We motivate the definition of elasticity by considering the work done 
by  the surface  a.nd  body  forces  in 
a 
virtual  displacement 
6x 
from 
the current configuration 
f3. 
By  use of  the divergence theorem  and 
equation  (17) we  obtain the 
virtual 
work 
equation 
where  the left-hand  side of 
(20) 
represents  the virtual work  and tr 
denotes  the trace of 
a 
second-order  tensor.  This work  is  converted 
into stored energy 
if 
there exists 
a 
scalar function, 
IV 
say, defined on 
the set of  deformation gradients, such that 
614' 
M 
tr(SGA).  It follows 
that 
dW 
s=- 
dA 
' 
or, in  components, 
S,i 
= 
BW/BAi,. 
This is the 
stress-defomaution 
relation 
or 
constitutive  equation 
for  ail  elastic  material  which 
pos- 
sesses 
a 
struin-energy function 
IY, 
W 
being defined  per unit volume 
Thus, for purposes of  this article, an elastic material is character- 
ized by the existence of 
a 
strain-energy function such that (21) holds. 
At this point there is 
no 
restriction on the form of the function 
IY, 
but 
there are 
a 
number 
of 
factors limiting the class 
of 
functions that are 
acceptable  for  the description  of  the elastic  behaviour  of  materials, 
as we  see  shortly.  First, however,  we  examine how  (21) is  modified 
if 
the material is  subject to internal constraints. 
We  illustrate this 
by  considering the 
incompressibility  constraint, 
so 
that 
( 
10) holds at 
each  point 
X 
E 
f?,. 
Using  the fact  that 
BJ/BA 
= 
A-' 
we  see  that 
(21) is replaced  by 
in 
f?,. 
PA-' 
detA 
= 
1, 
s=-- 
dl,Y 
dA 
where 
p 
is 
a 
Lagrange multiplier associated  with  the constraint: 
p 
is 
often  referred  to 
as 
an arbitrary hydrostatic pressure.  Thus, (22) is 
the stress-deformation rela.tion for an 
incompressible elastic 
material.