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Theory cases for the nonlinear solver, each frozen as a fixture: uniaxial
stretch of a neo-Hookean block to twice its length (closed form), the
nonlinear patch test on a distorted hex8 mesh, a quarter turn of the same
mesh (objectivity: zero stress), the elastica of a hex20 cantilever at
P L²/(E I) = 1, 2, 5, 10 against Bisshopp–Drucker (0.2–0.5 %), and the
inflation of a thick neo-Hookean tube by a follower pressure against
Rivlin's closed form (0.08 % at the bore). A finite-strain Cook's membrane
is pending its transcribed reference. docs/fem.md describes the
formulation, the material point interface, the follower-pressure choice and
what nonlinear steps refuse; the literature, parity and roadmap pages
follow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NmAttHhUZTokgPeEJia8sm
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Large-deflection cantilever (elastica)

A cantilever L = 10, b = 1, h = 0.5 (L/h = 20) of 40 × 1 × 2 hex20 elements, clamped at x = 0, E = 10⁴, ν = 0 (an elastic material in a nonlinear step: St Venant–Kirchhoff, exact for large rotations with these small strains), under a dead vertical tip force P spread over the end face. Four steps at P L²/(E I) = 1, 2, 5 and 10 (rotations of the tip 0.46 to 1.43 rad). The tip's neutral-axis node (10, 0, 0.25) is compared with the elastica (Bisshopp–Drucker), whose values were computed by shooting and agree with Mattiasson's table.