An Investigation of Finite Strain in an Isotropic Material Subjected to Hydrostatic Pressure and its Seismological Applications

An attempt is made to reduce the generality of the usual theories of finite strain and to concentrate on the case of hydrostatic pressure. The method used has been based on the works of Murnaghan (1951) and Birch (1952), and yields a general relation giving the elastic constants in terms of the strain and the derivatives of pressure with respect to strain.