
278 Biomaterials for Bone Regeneration
In terms of stretch and Cauchy stress, we have
I
[9.18]
The response to a uniaxial test is, accordingly,
−
[9.19]
4. Logarithmic strain (one invariant, two parameters)
Finally, we propose here a phenomenological model based on loga-
rithmic strain ε = ln( U ). On account of incompressibility, the rst invari-
ant of this strain is zero ( I
1
= tr( ε ) = ln( J )). The second invariant is simply
−
2
.We assume the free energy in the form:
[9.20]
The conjugate stress of ε is, in this case, the rotated Cauchy stress ...