Force-Free States, Relative Strain, and Soft Elasticity in Nematic Elastomers

Journal of Elasticity

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 161-180

  Carlson, Donald E ^a   Fried, Eliot ^a,b   Sellers, Shaun ^a  

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

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive theory; Microstructure; Relative strain; Soft elasticity

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTICITY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; FREE ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROTATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

FORCE-FREE STATES; FREE-ENERGY DENSITY;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0344496159     PISSN: 03743535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027377904576     Document Type: Review

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