Instabilities in elastomers and in soft tissues
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Instabilities in Elastomers and in Soft Tissues
Biological soft tissues exhibit elastic properties which can be dramatically different from rubber-type materials (elastomers). To gain a better understanding of the role of constitutive relationships in determining material responses under loads we compare three different types of instabilities (two in compression, one in extension) in hyperelasticity for various forms of strain energy functio...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0033-5614,1464-3855
DOI: 10.1093/qjmam/hbl017