Strain Field Construction
The following sections are included:
Why constructing strain field?
Discrete models: a base for strain construction
General procedure for strain construction
Admissible conditions for constructed strain field
Condition 1: orthogonal condition
Condition 2a: norm equivalence condition
Condition 2b: strain convergence condition
Condition 3: zero-sum condition
Strain construction techniques
At a glance
Strain construction by generalized smoothing
Strain construction by point interpolation
Strain construction by least square approximation
A brief historical note
Concluding remarks
References