Experimental and numerical investigations of the deformation of soft materials under tangential loading

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 2364-2377

  Ren, X J ^a   Smith, C W ^b   Evans, K E ^b   Dooling, P J ^c   Burgess, A ^c   Wiechers, J ^d   Zahlan, N ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ICI Strategic Technology   (United Kingdom)

^d Uniqema Skin R and D   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inverse engineering; Soft materials; Tangential loading

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TENSILE TESTING;

INVERSE ENGINEERING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SOFT MATERIALS; TANGENTIAL LOADING;

MATERIALS;

EID: 32344453669     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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