Finger strain tensor time-dependent

In Equation (1.28) function M(t - r ) is the time-dependent memory function of linear viscoelasticity, non-dimensional scalars 4>i and 4>2 and are the functions of the first invariant of Q(t - f ) and F, t t ), which are, respectively, the right Cauchy Green tensor and its inverse (called the Finger strain tensor) (Mitsoulis, 1990). The memory function is usually expressed as... 

This general expression first accounts for the principal of causality by stating that the state of stress at a time t is dependent on the strains in the past only. Secondly, by using the time dependent Finger tensor B, one extracts from the fiow fields only those properties which produce stress and eliminates motions like translations or rotations of the whole body which leave the stress invariant. Equation (7.128) thus provides us with a suitable and sound basis for further considerations. 

The Boltzmann superposition principle represents the stress as a result of changes in the state of strain at previous times. In the linear theory valid for small strains, these can be represented by the linear strain tensor. In Lodge s equation the changes in the latter are substituted by changes in the time dependent Finger tensor... 

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