Uniaxial nematic elastomers: Constitutive framework and a simple application

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2068, 2006, Pages 1295-1314

  Chen, Yi Chao ^a   Fried, Eliot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive equations; Material constraints; Nematic clastomers; Optical switching; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845430463     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1585     Document Type: Article

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