Anisotropic Hill Strain

The PolyUMod© library uses the following equation to calculate an effective strain for anisotropic materials. This equation is based on the work by Rodney Hill:

\( \varepsilon_{hill} = \displaystyle\left\{ \frac{2}{9} \left[ F(\varepsilon_{22} – \varepsilon_{33})^2 + G(\varepsilon_{33} – \varepsilon_{11}) + H(\varepsilon_{11}-\varepsilon_{22})^2\right] + \frac{4}{3} \left[ L\varepsilon_{23}^2 + M \varepsilon_{31}^2 + N \varepsilon_{12}^2 \right] \right\}^{1/2}, \)

where \(\varepsilon_{ij}\) are the true strain components.

• If F=G=H=L=M=N=1, then the response becomes isotropic.
• If the strain state is incompressible and uniaxial then \( \varepsilon_{hill} = \varepsilon\).
• If the only non-zero strain component is \(\varepsilon_{12}\) then \(\varepsilon_{hill}=2 \varepsilon_{12}/\sqrt{3}\).

For incompressible uniaxial loading the anisotropic Hill strain equation can be simplified to:

• For tension in the 1-direction: \(\varepsilon_{hill} = \varepsilon \cdot \sqrt{(G+H)/2}\).
• For tension in the 2-direction: \(\varepsilon_{hill} = \varepsilon \cdot \sqrt{(F+H)/2}\).
• For tension in the 3-direction: \(\varepsilon_{hill} = \varepsilon \cdot \sqrt{(F+G)/2}\).

Examples:

• If the anisotropic Hill strain should be 10% higher in the 1-direction, then set F=0.79, G = H = 1.21.
• If the anisotropic Hill strain should be 10% higher in the 2-direction, then set G=0.79, F = H = 1.21.
• If the Hill strain should be 10% higher in the 3-direction, then set H=0.79, F = G = 1.21.