Displacement field (mechanics)
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A displacement field is an assignment of displacement vectors
for all points in a region or body that is displaced from one state to another. A displacement vector specifies the position of a point or a particle in reference to an origin or to a previous position. For example, a displacement field may be used to describe the effects of deformation
on a rigid body.
Before considering displacement, the state before deformation must be defined. It is a state in which the coordinates of all points are known and described by the function:
where
is a placement vector
are all the points of the body
are all the points in the space in which the body is present
Most often it is a state of the body in which no forces are applied.
Then given any other state of this body in which coordinates of all its points are described as
the displacement field is the difference between two body states:
where
is a displacement field, which for each point of the body specifies a displacement vector
.
Displacement (vector)
A displacement is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P. Thus, it is the length of an imaginary straight path, typically distinct from the path actually travelled by P...
for all points in a region or body that is displaced from one state to another. A displacement vector specifies the position of a point or a particle in reference to an origin or to a previous position. For example, a displacement field may be used to describe the effects of deformation
Deformation (mechanics)
Deformation in continuum mechanics is the transformation of a body from a reference configuration to a current configuration. A configuration is a set containing the positions of all particles of the body...
on a rigid body.
Before considering displacement, the state before deformation must be defined. It is a state in which the coordinates of all points are known and described by the function:
where
is a placement vector are all the points of the body are all the points in the space in which the body is presentMost often it is a state of the body in which no forces are applied.
Then given any other state of this body in which coordinates of all its points are described as
the displacement field is the difference between two body states:where
is a displacement field, which for each point of the body specifies a displacement vectorDisplacement (vector)
A displacement is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P. Thus, it is the length of an imaginary straight path, typically distinct from the path actually travelled by P...
.