A theory of elasticity in general relativity

1959/12/01 by J. L. Synge · 1 voice · 6 citations
Engineering · #Elasticity and Material Modeling

paper · doi:10.1007/bf01162939

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• Analogy of space-time as an elastic medium -- Study of the perturbation tensor of the metric h_μν through the prism of the analogy of the theory of elasticity -- Analysis and potential consequences
• Analysing the elasticity difference tensor of general relativity

Discussions

• [Probably a very niche question, but I hope someone here has useful information.] All treatments I've found so far of elastic materials in general relativity use a notion variously called "material pr [stackexchange, 3 points]