Mechanics of rubber shear springs

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Gent, A N ^a   Suh, J B ^a   Kelly III, S G ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond failure; Bond stresses; Crack growth; Edge effects; Elasticity; Large deformations; Rubber; Shear; Simple shear; Stress distributions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POISSON RATIO; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRESS;

BOND FAILURE; BOND STRESSES; EDGE EFFECTS; LARGE DEFORMATIONS;

RUBBER;

EID: 34247491921     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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