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Two states of the body are considered. One is called the initial state (this usually means the unstressed body state), while the other is the actual state, that is the stressed body state. Note that from a geometrical point of view this is a conditional definition; however, it becomes important when physical relations are considered.
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Slepyan, L.I. (2002). Nonlinear Elastic Body. In: Models and Phenomena in Fracture Mechanics. Foundations of Engineering Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48010-5_7
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