A thermodynamically consistent phenomenological model of the anisotropic mullins effect

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 370-386

  Itskov, Mikhail ^a   Ehret, Alexander E ^a   Kazakevičiute Makovska, Rasa ^a   Weinhold, Georg W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic mullins effect; Damage function; Filled elastomers; Stretch surface; Three dimensional softening criterion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951743738     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zamm.200900279     Document Type: Article

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