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stiffness constant

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stiffness constant [′stif·nəs ‚kän·stənt]
(mechanics)
Any one of the coefficients of the relations in the generalized Hooke's law used to express stress components as linear functions of the strain components. Also known as elastic constant.


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Second, all stiffness constants are determined separately, and requirements from a thermodynamic point of view, such as objectivity are not incorporated when simply applying the anisotropic stiffnesses as finite strain tangent stiffness.
The measured pattern of anisotropy agrees well with that calculated for a uniaxially oriented sheet, based on taking the mean of averaging the stiffness constants and the compliance constants respectively obtained for the predicted orthorhombic elastic constants.
 
 
 
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