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. 2019 Dec 24;13(1):106. doi: 10.3390/ma13010106
Term: Mathematical definition: Physical definition:
Domain ([495] p. 222, same as Gebiet), [496] (p. 1, same as Region) see Illustration 1
Boundary [497] (pp. 25, 28, same as Frontier) see Illustration 1
Boundary Condition [498] (p. 23) see Illustration 2
Constitutive equation [499] (p. 170), [219] (p. 69), [500] (p. 1644), [494] (p. 276) [222] (p. 170), [499] (p. 169), [206] (p. 35), [219] (p. 69), [501] (p. 273), [502] (p. 2), [494] (p. 223), [500] (p. 1642)
Elastic material (or Cauchy-elastic material) [503] (p. 170), [504] (p. 207) [499] (p. 175), [502] (p. 117), [494] (p. 297) [505] (p. 201), [506] (pp. 1, 444), [28] (p. 147)
Hyperelastic material (or Green-elastic) [219] (p. 520), [503] (p. 171) [499] (p. 206), [502] (p. 294), [506] (p. 444) [219] (p. 519), [502] (p. 13), [499] (p. 206), [28] (p. 148), [501] (p. 282)
Plastic (or elasto-plastic) material [219] (p. 148), [506] (p. 131), [210] (p. 57) [219] (p. 1480), [506] (p. 131), [210] (p. 52), [507] (p. 75)
Viscoelastic material [503] (p. 174), [211] (p. 5) [211] (p. 5), [222] (pp. 59, 217), [210] (p. 65)
Viscoplastic (or elasto-viscoplastic) material [219] (p. 450) [506] (p. 133), [210] (p. 65), [219] (p. 435)
Poroelasticity [222] (p. 249) [222] (p. 247)
Poroplasticity [508] (p. 226) [508] (p. 225)
Poroviscoelasticity [508] (p. 261) [508] (p. 261)
Poroviscoplasticity [508] (p. 273) [508] (p. 272)
Damage mechanics [509] (p. 8) [510] (pp. 16, 142) [511] (p. 1) [510] (p. 3) [512] (p. 1)
Isotropic material [503] (p. 234), [502] (p. 78), [513] (p. 60), [504] (p. 243) [514] (p. 25), [250] (p. 41), [505] (p. 203), [499] (p. 170)
Anisotropic material [503] (p. 234), [502] (p. 78), [513] (p. 60), [504] (p. 243) [514] (p. 25), [250] (p. 41), [505] (p. 203)
Linear elastic anisotropy: triclinic, monoclinic, orthotropic (or rhomibc), trigonal, tetragonal, transversally isotropic (or hexagonal), cubic, isotropic [250] (p. 44), [222] (p. 150), [257] (p. 10) [250] (p. 44), [222] (p. 150), [257] (p. 10)
Homogeneous material [504] (p. 237), [502] (p. 58,59) [502] (pp. 58, 59), [514] (p. 25), [505] (p. 203)
Inhomogeneous (or non-homogeneous, heterogeneous) material [504] (p. 237) [514] (p. 25), [505] (p. 203)
Properties (not only mechanical properties): global and local [515] (p. 83) [515] (p. 83), [516] (p. 532)
Cauchy’s equation of motion (equilibrium equation) [504] (p. 223), [503] (pp. 153, 204), [499] (p. 148), [494] (pp. 139, 273, 307) [222] (p. 129), [222] (p. 196)
Strain-displacement equation (or Lagrange strain tensor, strain) [503] (p. 272), [505] (p. 84) [206] (p. 29), [505] (p. 84)
Stress (or Cauchy stress tensor) [504] (p. 174), [503] (p. 150) [494] (p. 137) [206] (p. 25), [222] (p. 122), [505] (p. 157)
Displacement (or displacement vector) [503] (p. 272), [494] (p. 297) [206] (p. 30), [505] (p. 81)
Body force [504] (p. 151), [503] (p. 97), [494] (p. 132) [499] (p. 144), [494] (p. 132)
Surface force (or surface traction, stress vector, Cauchy traction field) [503] (p. 97), [494] (p. 133) [494] (p. 133), [206] (p. 26), [505] (p. 155)
Materials with memory [504] (p. 201) [502, XVIII preface to third edition]
Hookean Material (or generalized Hooke’s law, Hooke’s law) [506] (pp. 2, 127), [505] (p. 204), [206] (p. 38) [222] (p. 58), [211] (p. 4)