Treloar's biaxial tests and Kearsley's bifurcation in rubber sheets

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 705-713

  Batra, R C ^a   Mueller, Ingo ^b   Strehlow, Peter ^c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Rubber elasticity; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ELASTICITY; KINETIC THEORY; MATERIALS TESTING; TENSILE TESTING;

RUBBER SHEETS; SYMMETRY BREAKING;

RUBBER PRODUCTS;

EID: 29244479530     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286505043032     Document Type: Review

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4. Müller I. and Strehlow, P. Rubber and Rubber Balloons. Lecture Notes on Physics, Springer, Berlin (in press).