Infinitesimal strain theoryIn continuum mechanics, the infinitesimal strain theory is a mathematical approach to the description of the deformation of a solid body in which the displacements of the material particles are assumed to be much smaller (indeed, infinitesimally smaller) than any relevant dimension of the body; so that its geometry and the constitutive properties of the material (such as density and stiffness) at each point of space can be assumed to be unchanged by the deformation.
Loi de HookeEn physique, la loi de Hooke modélise le comportement des solides élastiques soumis à des contraintes. Elle stipule que la déformation élastique est une fonction linéaire des contraintes. Sous sa forme la plus simple, elle relie l'allongement (d'un ressort, par exemple) à la force appliquée. Cette loi de comportement a été énoncée par le physicien anglais Robert Hooke en 1676. La loi de Hooke est en fait le terme de premier ordre d'une série de Taylor. C'est donc une approximation qui peut devenir inexacte quand la déformation est trop grande.
Deformation (engineering)In engineering, deformation refers to the change in size or shape of an object. Displacements are the absolute change in position of a point on the object. Deflection is the relative change in external displacements on an object. Strain is the relative internal change in shape of an infinitesimally small cube of material and can be expressed as a non-dimensional change in length or angle of distortion of the cube. Strains are related to the forces acting on the cube, which are known as stress, by a stress-strain curve.
