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I develop a variational principle introduced in [2] for electromagnetic elastic bodies and discuss its consequences. Formulae for stress tensors and configurational stresses are derived by energy minimization.
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Ericksen, J.L. Theory of Elastic Dielectrics Revisited. Arch Rational Mech Anal 183, 299–313 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-006-0042-4
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