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Euler�Rodrigues and Cayley Formulae for Rotation of Elasticity Tensors
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ
08854-8058, USA
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It is well known that rotation in three dimensions can be expressed as a quadratic in a skew symmetric matrix via the Euler�Rodrigues formula. A generalized Euler�Rodrigues polynomial of degree 2n in a skew symmetric generating matrix is derived for the rotation matrix of tensors of order n. The Euler�Rodrigues formula for rigid body rotation is recovered by n = 1. A Cayley form of the nth-order rotation tensor is also derived. The representations simplify if there exists some underlying symmetry, as is the case for elasticity tensors such as strain and the fourth-order tensor of elastic moduli. A new formula is presented for the transformation of elastic moduli under rotation: as a 21-vector with a rotation matrix given by a polynomial of degree 8. Explicit spectral representations are constructed from three vectors: the axis of rotation and two orthogonal bivectors. The tensor rotation formulae are related to Cartan decomposition of elastic moduli and projection onto hexagonal symmetry. Key Words: rotation, tensor, transverse isotropy, Cartan
First published on April 3, 2008, doi:10.1177/1081286507077982 |
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