Striping of nematic elastomers

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 39, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 3451-3467

  Fried, Eliot ^a   Korchagin, Vladimir ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Nematic elastomers; Stability; Stripe formation

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ENERGY DENSITY;

ELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMER; POLYMER;

EID: 0037014480     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(02)00169-5     Document Type: Article

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