Harmonic Factorization and Reconstruction of the Elasticity Tensor

Abstract

In this paper, we study anisotropic Hooke’s tensor: we propose a factorization of its fourth-order harmonic part into second-order tensors. We obtain moreover explicit equivariant reconstruction formulas, using second-order covariants, for transverse isotropic and orthotropic fourth-order harmonic tensors, and for trigonal and tetragonal fourth-order harmonic tensors up to a cubic fourth order covariant remainder.