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. 2015 Jul 7;4:325. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1019-2

Measurement of third-order elastic constants and applications to loaded structural materials

Sennosuke Takahashi 1,, Ryohei Motegi 1
PMCID: PMC4493263  PMID: 26180745

Abstract

The objective of this study is to obtain the propagation velocity of an elastic wave in a loaded isotropic solid and to show the usefulness of the third-order elastic constant in determining properties of practical materials. As is well known, the infinitesimal elastic theory is unable to express the influence of stress on elastic wave propagating in loaded materials. To solve this problem, the authors derive an equation of motion for elastic wave in a finitely deformed state and use the Lagrangian description where the state before deformation is used as a reference, and Murnaghans finite deformation theory for the unidirectional deformed isotropic solid. Ordinary derivatives were used for the mathematical treatment and although the formulas are long the content is simple. The theory is applied to the measurement of the third-order elastic constants of common steels containing carbon of 0.22 and 0.32 wt%. Care is taken in preparing specimens to precise dimensions, in properly adhering of transducer to the surface of the specimen, and in having good temperature control during the measurements to obtain precise data. As a result, the stress at various sites in the structural materials could be estimated by measuring the elastic wave propagation times. The results obtained are graphed for illustration.

Keywords: Third-order elastic modulus, Elastic wave, Stress, Propagation time

Background

There is little discussion of the practical application of the third-order elastic constants from the viewpoint of engineering. The third-order elastic constants and its mathematical procedure of practical materials were first reported by Hughes and Kelly (1953), however their mathematical treatments were difficult to understand.

In this paper we introduced the formulas to show the relationship between the velocity of the elastic wave propagation and the stresses under the assumption that the elastic waves propagate in the unidirectional loaded isotropic materials. Cast in plain mathematics, we use Murnaghans finite elastic theory (Murnaghan 1951) combined with the Lagrangian description for a simpler description.

Three coordinate systems were used to treat the elastic waves in the finitely deformed solid; the first coordinate system corresponds to the non-deformed state, the second to the statically finitely deformed state, and the third to the state where an infinitesimal dynamical deformation is superposed on the finite deformation of the second state.

The application of our formulas in estimating unknown stresses were tested by measuring the ratio of change in propagation time to stress for the common steels. The points to be elaborated are based on followings;

  • (A)

    Use of the Lagrangian description for an unloaded non-deformed isotropic object;

  • (B)

    Propagation of an elastic wave in a finitely deformed object loaded and stressed in the uniaxial direction.

  • (C)

    Derivation of the propagation velocity of the elastic wave in a loaded object from the viewpoint of Murnaghans’s finite deformation theory;

  • (D)

    Application of the third-order elastic constants to the stress measurement.

Coordinates

  1. The coordinates of the unloaded and non-deformed isotropic object are denoted by a1,a2,a3, and expressed as ai, here i=1,2,3.

  2. The coordinates in the statically and elastically deformed state are denoted by X1,X2,X3, then expressed as Xi, and the displacements are denoted by U1, U2, U3, then expressed similarly by Ui, here U1=X1-a1, U2=X2-a2, U3=X3-a3, so Ui=Xi-ai

  3. The coordinates of the statically deformed state superposed by the elastic wave are denoted similarly by xi. The infinitesimal displacement of elastic wave are denoted by u1,u2,u3, then expressed by ui, here u1=x1-X1,u2=x2-X2,u3=x3-X3, so ui=xi-Xi

  4. When the coordinate ai in the non-deformed state changes to the coordinate Ui of the finitely deformed state by applying load and further applying the infinitesimal displacement of ui, the coordinates xi are expressed as formula (1) as
    xi=ai+Ui+ui=Xi+ui,Xi=ai+Ui 1

Strain

Total strain η¯ij superposed by the infinitesimal strain of elastic wave ηij^ on the static strain ηij is expressed as formula (2) as

η¯ij=12xαai·xαaj-δij 2
η¯ij=ηij+η^ij 3

where subscripts i, j, α and β take 1, 2, and 3. We assume that Greek lettered subscripts are summed indices, but Roman lettered subscripts are not summed. δij: Kronecker’s delta, when i=j, δij=1, and ij, δij=0

Using formula (1), formula (2) is rewritten as

η¯ij=12xαaixαaj-δij=12(aα+Uα)ai+uαai·(aα+Uα)aj+uαaj-δij=12(aα+Uα)ai·(aα+Uα)aj-δij+12(aα+Uα)ai·uαaj+(aα+Uα)aj·uαai+uαai·uαaj 4

The first term in formula (4) corresponds to ηij of formula (3) whereas the second term corresponds to η^ij. After this, the derivation of the formula stands on the following assumptions,

  1. Terms equal or higher than second order in the infinitesimal displacement gradient ui/Xj can be neglected.

  2. Terms equal or higher than third-order products of ui/Xj and the finite displacement gradient Ui/aj can be neglected.

Next, η^ij in formula (4) is written as

η^ij=12[δαi+Uαai·uαXβ·Xβaj+δαj+Uαaj·uαXβ·Xβai+uαXβ·Xβai·uαXγ·Xγaj]12[δαi+Uαaiδβj+Uβaj+δαj+Uαajδβi+Uβai]uαXβ 5

In the above formula (5), the two terms in the first factor are symmetric with regard to interchanging i and j; then interchanging αβ, and βα in the second factor, and similarly changing the subscript of the Greek alphabet in the uα/Xβ yields

η^ij=12δαi+Uαaiδβj+UβajuαXβ+uβXα 6

Accordingly η^ij=η^ji, and the infinitesimal strain is symmetric.

See Appendix A about the calculations of η^11, η^22, and η^33.

Stresses

Static stress Tij

Following Murnaghan’s theory, static stress Tij is written as

Tij=Jiα(ρ0ϕ)ηαj 7

where Jiα is the Jacobian matrix, ρ0ϕ the free energy per unit volume of deformed isotropic solid, and ρ0 the density of isotropic solid in non-deformed state. The free energy per unit volume can be written in terms of the strain invariants I1,I2,I3

ρ0ϕ=A0I1+(λ+2μ)2I12-2μI2+(+m)3I13-2mI1I2+nI3 8

and hence its derivatives with respect to the static strain coefficients are

(ρ0ϕ)ηij=(λ+2μ)I1+(+2m)I12-2mI2I1ηij-(μ+mI1)I2ηij+nI3ηij 9

where A0=0,λ and μ are the Lamé constants, l,m,n are Murnaghan’s third-order elastic constants, and the strain invariants are defined by

I1=η11+η22+η33=ηβαδβα
I2=η22η23η32η33+η33η31η13η11+η11η12η21η22=12(ηααηββ-ηαβηβα) 10
I3=η11η12η13η21η22η23η31η32η33=12ηαα(ηγγηββ-ηαβηβα),(αβγ) 11

The derivatives of the above invariants of I1,I2 and I3 are given as,

I1η11=1,I1η23=0,I2η11=η22+η33=I1-η11,I2η23=-η32,I3η11=η22η33-η23η32, 12
I3η23=η12η31-η11η32=-η11η12η31η32 13

Thus the derivative of the free energy ρ0ϕ with respect to η11, for example, becomes

(ρ0ϕ)η11=(λ+2μ)I1+(+2m)I12-2mI2-2(μ+mI1)(I1-η11)+n(η22η33-η23η32) 14

See Appendix B on the derivative with respect to η22, η33, η23, η31, η12.

Infinitesimal stress of elastic wave T^ij

The total stress T¯ij is defined as the sum of the infinitesimal stress T^ij and the static stress Tij, that is,

T¯ij=(Tij+T^ij) 15

Using formula (7) and replacing ρ for ρ0ϕ, formula (15) is rewritten as

T¯ij=J¯iα(ϕ¯ηαj)=(Jiα+J^iα)(ϕηαj+ϕ^ηαj)=Jiαϕηαj+J^iαϕηαj+Jiαϕ^ηαj+J^iαϕ^ηαj 16
T^ij=J^iαϕηαj+(Jiα+J^iα)ϕ^ηαj 17

Here the elements of the Jacobian matrix are expressed as

J¯iα=xiai,Jiα=Xiaα=(ai+Ui)aα=δiα+Uiaα,J^iα=J¯iα-Jiα=xiaα-Xiaα=uiaα 18

Using the above formula (18),

J11=X1a1=1+U1a1,J23=X2a3=U2a3,J^11=x1a1-X1a1=u1a1,J^22=u2a2,J^33=u3a3 19
J^23=x2a3-X2a3=u2a3,J^31=u3a1,J^12=u1a2 20

See Appendix C about expressions for the derivatives of u1/a1, u1/a2, and u1/a3.

T^ijJ^iαϕηαj+Jiαϕ^ηαj 21

Setting α=1, and j=1 in the ϕ^/ηαj, yield

ϕ^η11=ϕ¯η11-ϕη11 22

Expanding formula (22) using formula (14) then gives

ϕ^η11=λI¯1+I¯12-2mI¯2+2η¯11(μ+mI¯1)+n(η¯22η¯33-η¯23η¯32)-λI1-I12+2mI2-2η11(μ+mI1)-n(η22η33-η23η32)(λ+2μ+2I1+4mη11)η^11+(λ+2I1-(2m-n)η33)η^22+(λ+2I1-(2m-n)η22)η^33+(2m-n)(η23η^32+η32η^23)+2m(η13η^31+η31η^13+η12η^21+η21η^12) 23

See Appendix D for a detailed derivation. Other derivatives are similarly obtained

An expression for ϕ^ / η22 can be obtained through changing subscripts 12, 23, 31 in the formula 23).

The formula of ϕ^/η33 can be obtained in a similar manner. Also

ϕ^η12(2m-n)η21η^33+2mη21(η^11+η^22)+(2μ+2mI1-nη33)η^21+n(η31η^23+η23η^31) 24

and hence by 12

ϕ^η21(2m-n)η12η^33+2mη12(η^22+η^11)+(2μ+2mI1-nη33)η^12+n(η32η^13+η13η^32) 25

Using the above formulas (21) to (25), formula (17) for the infinitesimal stress is rewritten as follows.

T^11=J^1αϕηα1+J1αϕ^ηα1λ+2μ+(λ+2)I1+(3λ+8μ+4m)η1η1˙+λ+(λ+2)I1+λη2-(λ+2m-n)η3η2˙+λ+(λ+2)I1+λη3-(λ+2m-n)η2η3˙+12(λ+2m-n)η4η4˙+12(2λ+3μ+2m)(η5η5˙+η6η6˙)+2μη12u1X2+η13u1X3 26

See Appendix E for details of the derivation for T^11. Also,

T^22(λ+2μ+(λ+2)I1+(3λ+8μ+4m)η2η2˙+λ+(λ+2)I1+λη3-(λ+2m-n)η1η3˙+λ+(λ+2)I1+λη1-(λ+2m-n)η3η1˙+12(λ+2m-n)η5η5˙+12(2λ+2m+3μ)(η4η4˙+η6η6˙)+2μη23u2X3+η21u2X1 27
T^33λ+2μ+(λ+2)I1+(3λ+8μ+4m)η3η3˙+λ+(λ+2)I1+λη1-(λ+2m-n)η2η1˙+λ+(λ+2)I1-(λ+2m-n)η1+λη2η2˙+12(λ+2m-n)η6η6˙+12(2λ+2m+3μ)(η4η4˙+η5η5˙)+2μη31u3X1+η32u3X2 28

In the expression for T^ij, the subscripts of 1, 2, and 3 for ηα and ηα´ change cyclically with 1 2, 2 3, 3 1. Similarly, indices 4, 5, 6 change cyclically like 4 5, 5 6, 6 4.

For ηαβ and uα/Xβ, the subscripts change cyclically as well with 1 2, 2 3, 3 1. Hence from

T^23=J^2αϕηα3+J2αϕ^ηα3=2μη31u2X1+(λI1+2μη33)u2X3+12((λ+2m-n)η1˙+12(λ+4μ+2m)η2˙+12(λ+4μ+2m)η3˙)η4+122μ+2(μ+m)I1-(2μ+n)η1+2μη2η4˙+14(4μ+n)η6η5˙+14(2μ+n)η5η6˙ 29

we obtain

T^32=(λI1+2μη22)u3X2+2μη21u3X1+12((λ+2m-n)η1˙+12(λ+2m+4μ)η2˙+12(λ+4μ+2m)η3˙)η4+12(2μ+2(μ+m)I1-(2μ+n)η1+2μη3)η4˙+14(4μ+n)η5η6˙+14(2μ+n)η6η5˙ 30

See 13 about induction process of T^11.

T^31=(λI1+2μη11)u3X1+2μη12u3X2+12(λ+2μ+2m-n)η2˙+12(λ+4μ+2m)η3˙+12(λ+4μ+2m-n)η1˙+12(2μ+2(μ+m)I1-(2μ+n)η2+2μη3)η5˙+14(4μ+n)η4η6˙+14(2μ+n)η6η4˙ 31

T^13 can be obtained from formula (31) for T^31 by substituting elements as follows:

u3/X1u1/X3,u3/X2u1/X2,η4η6´η6η4´,η6η4´η4η6´

and retaining the elements within the parentheses as these are unaffected by the interchange in the formula of T^13.

T^12 is expressible as

T^12=(λI1+2μη22)u1X2+2μη23u1X3+12(λ+2μ+2m-n)η3˙+12(λ+4μ+2m)η1˙+12(λ+4μ+2m-n)η2˙+12(2μ+2(μ+m)I1-(2μ+n)η3+2μη1)η6˙+14(4μ+n)η5η4˙+14(2μ+n)η4η5˙ 32

from which T21^ can be obtained by changing elements u1/X2u2/X1, u1/X3u2/X3, η5η4´η4η5´, η4η5´η5η4´, while retaining the elements in the parentheses as these are unaffected by the index interchanges.

Propagation velocity of elastic wave to the direction of static uniaxial stress

The infinitesimal displacement of an elastic wave ui is expressed as

ui=Aexpi(ωt-κXi) 33

where A is the amplitude, ω the angular frequency, κ the wave number, and i the imaginary unit.

The equation of motion for an elastic wave is written as

ρ02uit2=T^iαaα=T^iαXβXβaα 34

The various expansions of formula (34) are given as (A) to (E) as bellow:

  • (A)
    For longitudinal wave
    ρ02u1t2=T^1αXβXβaα=T^11XβXβa1+T^12XβXβa2+T^13XβXβa3 35
    Ui/aj=0, (ij) The expansion of the above formula (35) is
    ρ02u1t2=T^11X11+U1a1+T^12X21+U2a2+T^13X31+U3a3 36
    u1=Aexpi(ωt-κX1),u2=u3=0η2˙=η3˙=η4˙=η5˙=η6˙=0
    Accordingly,
    ρ02u1t2=(1+η1)X1(λ+2μ+(λ+2)I1+(3λ+8μ+4m)η1)η1˙ 37
    From the expressions for 2u1/t2, /X1, and η1˙ of the above formula (37),
    2u1t2/η1˙X1=(ω/k)2=V112 38
    and hence
    ρ0V112=(1+η1)(λ+2μ+(λ+2)I1+(3λ+8μ+4m)η1)λ+2μ+T11E(λ+2μ+λ+2+3λ+8μ+4m-2ν(λ+2))=λ+2μ+T11E(5λ+10μ+2+4m-2ν(λ+2)) 39
    where the term quadratic in strain, η12 is neglected, and we have used
    η1=U1a1=T11E,η2η1=η3η1=-ν 40
    where ν is Poisson’s ratio, and E is Young’s modulus
  • (B)
    For transverse wave
    ρ02u2t2=1+U1a1T^21X1+1+U2a2T^22X2+1+U3a3T^23X3 41
    u2=Aexpi(ωt-kX1),u1=u3=0,η6˙0
    the others are 0,
    Uiaj=0,ij
    then
    ρ02u2t2=(1+η1)((λI1+2μη11)+12(2μ+2(μ+m)I1-(2μ+n)η3+2μη2))2u2X12 42
    2u2t2/2u2X12=(ω/k)2=V122 43
    ρ0V122=(1+η1)(μ+(λ+μ+m)I1+2μη11+μη2-12(2μ+n)η3)=μ+T11E(μ+λ+μ+m+2μ-ν2λ+2μ+2m+μ-μ-n2)=μ+T11E(λ+4μ+m-ν2λ+2μ+2m-n2) 44
    where the term of η12 is also neglected in a similar way to formula (39).
  • (C)
    For transverse wave
    ρ02u1t2=1+U1a1T^11X1+1+U2a2T^12X2+1+U3a3T^13X3u1=Aexpi(ωt-kX2),u2=u3=0 45
    ρ02u1t2=(1+η2)(λI1+2μη2+μ+(μ+m)I1-μ+n2η3+μη1)u1X3 46
    ρ0V212=(1+η2)μ+(λ+μ+m)I1+μη1+2μη2-μ+n2η3=μ+T11Eλ+μ+m-ν2λ+4μ+2m-n2 47
  • (D)
    For longitudinal wave
    ρ02u2t2=(1+U1a1)T^21X1+(1+U2a2)T^22X2+(1+U3a3)T^33X3u2=Aexpi(ωt-kX2),u1=u3=0 48
    ρ02u2t2=(1+η2)(λ+2μ+(λ+2)I1+(3λ+8μ+4m)η2)2u2X22 49
    ρ0V222=λ+2μ+T11Eλ+2-ν(λ+2μ+2λ+4+3λ+8μ+4m)=λ+2μ+T11Eλ+2-ν(6λ+10μ+4+4m) 50
  • (E)
    For transverse wave
    ρ02u3t2=1+U1a1T^31X1+1+U2a2T^32X2+1+U3a3T^33X3u3=Aexpi(ωt-kX2),u1=u2=0 51
    ρ02u3t2=(1+η2)(λI1+2μη2+μ+(μ+m)I1-μ+n2η1+μη3)2u3X22 52
    ρ0V232=(1+η2)μ+(λ+μ+m)I1-μ+n2η1+2μη2+μη3=μ+T11Eλ+μ+m-μ-n2-ν(μ+2λ+2μ+2m+2μ+μ)=μ+T11Eλ+m-n2-ν(2λ+6μ+2m) 53

Measurement of the propagation velocity of elastic waves and the third-order elastic constants

Figure 1 gives a diagram of the axial cross-section through a specimen for tensile testing. In its fabrication, we had to take special care in mixing the raw materials, melting, casting, annealing, and precision working to fix the final form. As stress in the gripping regions is complicated, and should be eliminated, two specimens with identical grip sizes but different gauge lengths were prepared (Takahashi and Motegi 1987).

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Specimen.

A transducer was attached at the face of the long axis of the specimen fixed with a chuck with the lead wire. The transducer, a 2–5 MHz PZT, was used for both longitudinal and transverse waves in our experiment. The adhesion conditions between transducer and specimen produced an influence on the accuracy of measurements. The room temperature was kept constant during the measurement. In the above formulas (A)–(E) in the Sect. (4.3), the propagation velocity of elastic waves depends on factor T11/E and the second or the third-order elastic modulus.

Vij=V01+αijT11E 54

where αij is the strain dependency coefficient. Thus, for example

V112=V021+α11T11E2V021+2α11T11E 55

Without load, V02=(λ+2μ)/ρ0. If α11 is written as in formula (56), then using V11 from formula (39),

α11=12(λ+2μ)(5λ+10μ+2+4m-2ν(λ+2)) 56

Similarly α22 is written as in formula (57). Then letting i=j=2 and using V22 as in formula (50), we have

α22=12(λ+2μ)(λ+2-ν(6λ+10μ+4+4m)) 57

The values of α11 and α22 can be obtained from measuring Vij, V0 and strain in the formula (54). The value of αij is necessary to obtain the third-order elastic constants. From the obtained α11, α22, α23, and Lame’s constants λ, μ, and Poisson’s ratio ν, Murnaghan’s third order elastic constants are given as:

=(2α11-5)(λ+2μ)/2(1-ν)-(2m-νλ)/(1-2ν) 58
m=((α11-α22)/2(1+ν)-1)(λ+2μ)-μ2 59
n=2(λ+m-2ν(λ+3μ+m)-2μα23) 60

Engineering application of the third order elastic constants

When the third-order elastic constants are a priori obtained for the structural materials, the stress situation in various sites in the material can be estimated by measuring the elastic wave propagation times. These applications are given in both Japanese and USA patents (Takahashi 2007, 2012).

Figure 2 shows the stress measurement for structural object under an applied load of T11 using an elastic wave. We denoted the width of the non-loaded object by W.

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Schematic diagram of stress measurement system.

The propagation time t is defined by the following,

t=W(1-νT11/E)V0(1+α22T11/E) 61

where V0 is the propagation velocity of the elastic wave in the non-loaded object and α22 the strain dependency coefficient.

Formula (61) is rearranged to give

T11=-Eα22+ν(Δtt0),Δt=t-t0 62

where t0 is propagation time in the non-loaded object and Δt/t0 is the change ratio in propagation time with t0=W/V0.

If we know α22, E, and ν, the value of T11 can be obtained through measuring Δt/t0 using formula (62).

Figure 3 shows the relationship between the change ratio in propagation time with stress for the carbon steel samples S20C and S30C.

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Change ratio in propagation time vs stresses.

Table 1 shows the chemical composition for both S20C and S30C samples of which were used in the stress experiment.

Table 1.

Chemical composition of S20C and S30C specimens (wt%)

Sample C Si Mn
S20C 0.22 0.29 0.52
S30C 0.32 0.31 0.81

Discussion

The coordinates used for describing an isotropic solid before deformation, the large non-linear displacement, and the infinitesimal displacement of the elastic wave have been clearly defined using orthogonal Cartesian coordinates. The expressions for stress and strain as presented in Eqs. (6) and (21) are polynomial and the strain tensor is symmetric, so their development becomes comparatively easy. The theory reported by Hughes and Kelly (1953) for the measurement of the third-order elastic constants of practical materials is difficult because of its unique treatment of the strain and the use of special coordinate functions as well as of the bulk modulus to obtain the third-order elastic constants. Our method using the tensile testing machine is easy to apply in the measurement of the parameters necessary for the determination of these elastic constants. Murnaghans third-order elastic constants ,m,n can be obtained from their changes with time. We demonstrated that they are very useful for the evaluation of stress in structural materials and in the identification of materials. The density of the material is not required in obtaining these changes and hence the method is of great benefit in practical applications. In establishing the equation of motion of elastic wave, the infinitesimal strain, stress, and Jacobian are found to be the main elements along with the load stress. The carbon content and the stress applied to the carbon steel are varied systematically in accordance with the relation of frequency ratio with stress (Takahashi et al. 1978) and also from the relation of stress with the time rate of change of the longitudinal and transverse waves (Takahashi and Motegi 1987). These provide the fundamental data for stress measurements and are essential for the identification of materials. In stress measurements of actual structures, it is necessary to collect quantitative data under various conditions as laboratory conditions are hard to establish.

Conclusion

The change of propagation velocity of elastic wave due to the static stress cannot be expressed essentially by the infinitesimal elastic theory. The second and the third-order elastic moduli and additional elastic strains contribute to the change in propagation velocity. The analysis of the applied stress, strain, infinitesimal stress of elastic wave and its strain related to an isotropic elastic body were performed using the theory of Murnaghan combined with the Lagrangian description. The formulas are lengthy, but the contents is simple. Our analytical procedure is different to that of Hughes and Kelly (1953), however the results obtained were equivalent in regard to the equations giving the propagation velocity of an elastic wave.

Finally this paper demonstrated that the third-order elastic constants for engineering materials were useful in estimating the unknown stresses of structural materials.

Nomenclature

a1, a2, a3

coordinate of the non-deformed state

X1, X2, X3

coordinate of the statically and finitely deformed state

x1, x2, x3

coordinate of the state where dynamic and infinitesimal deformations are superposed on the finitely deformed state.

U1, U2, U3

coordinated for finite displacement

u1, u2, u3

coordinates for infinitesimal displacement

ηij

static strain coefficients in the finitely deformed state

η^ij

infinitesimal strain coefficients of the elastic wave

η¯ij

coefficients for total strain superposed by the infinitesimal strain of η^ij on the static strain

δij

Kronecker’s delta function

I1, I2, I3

strain invariants

ρ0

density in the non-deformed state

ρ0ϕ

free energy per unit volume

Jij

Jacobian matrix in the finitely deformed state

J^, J¯

Jacobian matrix in the infinitesimal deformed state, and the total Jacobian matrix

l, m, n

Murnahan’s third-order elastic constants

λ, μ

Lamé constants

E

Young’s modulus

Tij

stress in the finitely deformed state

T^ij

stress in the infinitesimal deformed state

T¯ij

total stress superposed by the T^ij on the stress Tij

ω, κ

angular frequency and wave number

ν

Poisson’s ratio

A

amplitude

Vij

elastic wave velocity

α, β

greek letter subscripts indicate summation over all spacial indices 1, 2 and 3, for example η1α=η11+η12+η13

Authors’ contribution

ST carried out the measurement of the third-order elastic constants and applications to practical materials and drafted the manuscript. RM participated in the experiment and the discussions. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Hiroshi Iwasaki and Kazuhiko Seki for their fruitful discussions.

Compliance with ethical guidelines

Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Appendix A

The following presents a calculation of η^11 using formula (6) of the main text

η^11=δα1+Uαa1δβ1+Uβa1uαXβ 63
η^11=(1+U1a1)2η11˙+(1+U1a1)U2a1η12˙+(1+U1a1)U3a1η13˙+U2a1(1+U1a1)η21˙+U2a1U2a1η22˙+U2a1U3a1η23˙+U3a1(1+U1a1)η31˙+U3a1U2a1η32˙+U3a1U3a1η33˙ 64

We then neglect higher-order terms of U2a1U2a1 and set u1X1=η11˙, u1X2+u2X1=η˙6,

u1X3+u3X1=η˙5, u2X3+u3X2=η4˙

With the change in subscripts of η˙ given as follows,

η11˙η1˙, η22˙η2˙, η33˙η3˙, η32˙η4˙, η31˙η5˙, η21˙η6˙

we obtain

η^11(1+2U1a1)η1˙+U2a1η6˙+U3a1η5˙ 65

Also changing the subscripts as prescribed by 12,23,31 and 45,56,64 produces the other coefficients of infinitesimal strain,

η^22(1+2U2a2)η2˙+U3a2η4˙+U1a2η6˙ 66
η^33(1+2U3a3)η3˙+U1a3η5˙+U2a3η4˙ 67
η^23=12δα2+Uαa2δβ3+Uβa3uαXβ+uβXα 68

In similar manner with η^11, replacing α and β with 1, 2, 3, and summing up each term, we find on neglecting higher orders involving the derivative terms,

η^23=U2a3η˙2+U3a2η˙3+12U1a3η˙6+12U1a2η˙5+121+U2a2+U3a3η˙4 69
η^31=U3a1η3˙+U1a3η1˙+12U2a1η4˙+12U2a3η6˙+12(1+U3a3+U1a1)η5˙ 70
η^12=U1a2η1˙+U2a1η2˙+12U3a2η5˙+12U3a1η4˙+12(1+U1a1+U2a2)η6˙ 71

We then use the following expressions

U1a1=η1,U2a2=η2,U3a3=η3,U3a2=η4,U3a1=η5,U2a1=η6 72

and the following relation

Uαaβ=Uβaα 73

which can be applied in the case of an isotropic object, to simplify the expression for each of the infinitesimal strains.

Appendix B

(ρ0ϕ)η22=(λ+2μ)I1+(+2m)I12-2mI2-2(μ+mI1)I1+2η22(μ+mI1)+n(η33η11-η31η13) 74
(ρ0ϕ)η33=λI1+I12-2mI2+2η33(μ+mI1)+n(η11η22-η12η21) 75
(ρ0ϕ)η23=2(μ+mI1)η32+n(η12η31-η11η32) 76
(ρ0ϕ)η31=2(μ+mI1)η13+n(η23η12-η22η13) 77
(ρ0ϕ)η12=2(μ+mI1)η21+n(η31η23-η33η21) 78

Derivatives of the free energy with respect to η32, η13, and η21 are equivalent to those above because of the symmetry ηij=ηji.

Given the definition of the invariants I^1 and I^2 in terms of the infinitesimal strain,

I^1=η^11+η^22+η^33 79

and

I^2=(I1-η11)η^11+(I1-η22)η^22+(I1-η33)η^33-η32η^23-η23η^32-η13η^31-η31η^13-η21η^12-η12η^21=I1I^1-η11η^11-η22η^22-η33η^33-η32η^23-η23η^32-η13η^31-η31η^13-η21η^12-η12η^21 80

then their partial derivatives follow directly;

I1η11=1, I1η23=0,    I2η11=η22+η33, I2η23=-η32,

I3η11=η22η33-η23η32,    I3η23=η12η31-η11η32.

The expression of the first invariant can be used to obtain

I2η11=I1-η11 81

Appendix C

From the definition of the Jacobian matrix, we have the following expressions:

J^11=u1a1=1+U1a1u1X1+U2a1u1X2+U3a1u1X3 82
J^12=u1a2=U1a2u1X1+1+U2a2u1X2+U3a2u1X3 83
J^13=u1a3=U1a3u1X1+U2a3u1X2+1+U3a3u1X3 84

Similar expression for J^21, J^22, and the others can be obtained from the formula,

uiaj =(δjα+Uαaj)uiXα.

Appendix D

We develop here an approximation for the partial derivative of ϕ^ with respect to static strain η11 to illustrate our procedure:

ϕ^η11=λI¯1+I¯12-2mI¯2+2η¯11(μ+mI¯1)+n(η¯22η¯33-η¯23η¯32)-λI1-I12+2mI2-2η11(μ+mI1)-n(η22η33-η23η32) 85
=λI^1+(I¯1-I1)(I¯1+I1)-2mI^2+2μη^11+2m(η¯11I¯1-η11I1)+n(η¯22η¯33-η22η33-η¯23η¯32+η23η32) 86
=(λ+(2I1+I^1))I^1-2mI^2+2μη^11+2m(η¯11I1+η11I^1+η^11I^1)+n(η^22η33+η22η^33+η^22η^33-η^23η32-η23η^32-η^23η^32) 87
(λ+2I1)I^1-2m(I1I^1-η11η^11-η22η^22-η33η^33-η32η^23-η23η^32-η13η^31-η31η^13-η21η^12-η12η^21)+2μη^11+2mI1η^11+2mη11I^1+n(η33η^22+η22η^33-η32η^23-η23η^32) 88
=(λ+2I1-2mI1+2mη11)I^1+(2mη11+2μ+2mI1)η^11+(2mη22+nη33)η^22+(2mη33+nη22)η^33+(2m-n)(η32η^23+η32η^23+η23η^32)+2m(η21η^12+η12η^21+η13η^31+η31η^13) 89
=(λ+2I1+2mη11+2mη11+2μ)η^11+(λ+2(-m)I1+2mη11+2mη22+nη33)η˙22+(λ+2(-m)I1+2mη11+2mη33+nη22)η^33+2m(η12η^21+η21η^12+η13η^31+η31η^13)-(2m-n)(η23η^32+η32η^23) 90
=(λ+2μ+2I1+4mη11)η^11+(λ+2I1-(2m-n)η33)η^22+(λ+2I1-(2m-n)η22)η^33+(2m-n)(η23η^32+η32η^23)+2m(η13η^31+η31η^13+η12η^21+η21η^12) 91

Appendix E

We develop here an approximation for the stress in the infinitesimal deformed state using T^11 to illustrate our procedure:

T^11=J^1αϕηα1+J1αϕ^ηα1=u1a2(λI1+I12-2mI2+2η11(μ+mI1)+n(η22η33-η23η32))+u1a2(2(μ+mI1)η12+n(η32η13-η33η12))+u1a3(2(μ+mI1)η13+n(η23η12-η22η13))+1+U1a1((λ+2μ+2I1+4mη11)η^11+(λ+2I1-(2m-n)η33)η^22+(λ+2I1-(2m-n)η22)η^33+(2m-n)(η23η^32-η32η^23)+2m(η13η^31+η31η^13+η12η^21+η21η^12))+U1a2((2m-n)η12η^33+2mη12(η^11+η^22)+(2μ+2mI1-nη33)η^12+n(η32η^13-η13η^32))+U1a3((2m-n)η13η^22+2mη13(η^33+η^11)+(2μ+2mI1-nη22)η^13+n(η23η^12+η12η^23)) 92
u1a1(λI1+2μη11)+2μη12u1a2+2μη13u1a3+U1a1((λ+2μ)η^11+λ(η^22+η^33))+(λ+2μ+2I1+4mη11)η^11+(λ+2I1)(η^22+η^33)+(2m-n)(η23η^32+η32η^23-η33η^22-η22η^33)+2m(η21η^12+η12η^21+η13η^31+η31η^13)+2μU1a2η^12+2μU1a3η^13 93

Using the formulas for u1/a1 etc in Appendix C, we then obtain

T^11(λI1+2μη11)1+U1a1u1X1+U2a1u1X2+U3a1u1X3+2μη12U1a2u1X1+1+U2a2u1X2+U3a2u1X3+2μη13U1a3u1X1+U2a3u1X2+1+U3a3u1X3+U1a1(λI^1+2μη^11)+(λ+2I1)I^1+(2μ+4mη11)η^11+(2m-n)(η32η^23+η23η^32-η33η^22-η22η^33)+2m(η31η^13+η13η^31+η12η^21+η21η^12)+2μU1a2η^12+2μU1a3η^13 94
(λI1+2μη11)u1X1+2μu1X2+2μη13u1X3+λ+2I1+λU1a1I^1+2μU1a1+2μ+4mη11η^11+(2m-n)(η32η^23+η23η^32-η33η^22-η22η^33)+2m(η31η^13+η13η^31+η12η^21+η21η^12)+2μ(U1a2η^12+U1a3η^13) 95
(λI1+2μη11)u1X1+2μη12u1X2+2μη13u1X3+λ+2I1+λU1a1(1+2U1a1η1˙+1+2U2a2η2˙+1+2U3a3η3˙+U3a2+U2a3η4˙+U1a3+U3a1η5˙+U2a1+U1a2η6˙)+2μ1+U1a1+4mη111+2U1a1η1˙+U2a1η6˙+U3a1η5˙+(2m-n)η3212η4˙+η2312η4˙-η33η2˙-η22η3˙+2mη3112η5˙+η1312η5˙+η1212η6˙+η2112η6˙+2μU1a212η6˙+2μU1a312η5˙ 96
T^11(λI1+2μη11)η1˙+2μη12u1X2+2μη13u1X3+λ(1+2η1)η1˙+(1+2η2)η2˙+(1+2η3)η3˙+η4η4˙+η5η5˙+η6η6˙+(2I1+λη1)(η1˙+η2˙+η3˙)+2μ(1+3η1)η1˙+U2a1η6˙+U3a1η5˙+4mη1η1˙+(2m-n)12(η23+η32)η4˙-η3η2˙-η2η3˙+2m12(η31+η13)η5˙+12(η12+η21)η6˙+μU1a2η6˙+U1a3η5˙ 97
T^11(λI1+2μη1+λ(1+2η1)+2I1+λη1+2μ(1+3η1)+4mη1)η1˙+(λ(1+2η2)+λη1+2I1-(2m-n)η3)η2˙+(λ(1+2η3)+λη1+2I1-(2m-n)η2)η3˙+λη4+(2m-n)2η4η4˙+λη5+2μU3a1+mη5+μU1a3η5˙+λη6+2μU2a1+mη6+μU1a2η6˙+2μη12u1X2+η13u1X3 98
T^11=(λ+2μ+(λ+2)I1+(3λ+8μ+4m)η1)η1˙+(λ+(λ+2)I1+λη2-(λ+2m-n)η3)η2˙+(λ+(λ+2)I1-(λ+2m-n)η2+λη3)η3˙+12(λ+2m-n)η4η4˙+12(2λ+3μ+2m)(η5η5˙+η6η6˙)+2μ(η12u1X2+η13u1X3) 99

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