The determination of a highly elastic adhesive's material properties and their representation in finite element analysis

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-232

  Pearson, I ^a   Pickering, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastomeric; Finite element analysis; Material model

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MOONEY-RIVLIN CURVES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0035281625     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(00)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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