3.8 Geometrical Meaning of E_ij

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Consider two material elements

 Diagonal Terms

Case (i)

Let

Let  be the deformed length, then

     Elongation in 1 direction,  in 2 and  in 3 hence engineering strain  is the diagonal term of E in three directions.

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