16.6.1. Constitutive Equations

The thermoelastic constitutive equations are:

(16–34)

(16–35)

where: 
 

= total strain vector

 

= temperature change =

 

= starting (reference) temperature

 

= total stress vector

 

= vector of coefficients of thermal expansion

 

= vector of thermoelastic coefficients =

 

= elastic stiffness matrix