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Keywords:
non-polyconvexity; stored energy function; Saint Venant-Kirchhoff material; counter-example
Summary:
A direct proof of the non-polyconvexity of the stored energy function of a Saint Venant-Kirchhoff material is given by means of a simple counter-example.
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