Constitutive modelling of rubber-like and biological materials with limiting chain extensibility

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-371

  Horgan, Cornelius O ^a   Saccomandi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological materials; Limiting chain extensibility; Material hardening; Nonlinear elasticity; Rubber like materials

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; STIFFNESS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

NONLINEAR ELASTICITY;

RUBBER;

EID: 0036695696     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108128028477     Document Type: Article

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