A Continuum-Mechanical Theory for Nematic Elastomers

Journal of Elasticity

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-58

  Anderson, David R ^a   Carlson, Donald E ^a   Fried, Eliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive representations; Material constraints; Nematic elastomers; Optical elastomers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002426045     PISSN: 03743535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007647913363     Document Type: Article

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