On completion of this TLP you should:
- Understand what a tensor is
- Be familiar with some of the applications of tensors to Material Science
- Understand the significance of the representation surface of a tensor
- Be able to find the principal values and axes of a tensor
- Be able to transform tensors from one frame to another
- Be able to use the representation surface for a second rank matter tensor to describe and calculate material properties as a function of direction
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