On thermodynamically consistent constitutive equations for fiber-reinforced nonlinearly viscoelastic solids with application to biomechanics

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 561-571

  Merodio, J ^a   Goicolea, J M ^a  

^a Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforcement; Invariants; Nonlinear viscoelasticity; Viscoelastic potentials

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DEFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALGEBRAIC INVARIANTS; NONLINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOELASTIC POTENTIALS; VISCOELASTIC SOLIDS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 35348968339     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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