Submacroscopically stable equilibria of elastic bodies undergoing disarrangements and dissipation

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-638

  Deseri, Luca ^a,b   Owen, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dissipation; elasticity; nematic elastomers; stability; submacroscopic structures

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF FORCE; DISSIPATION; ELASTIC BODY; ENERGY RESPONSE; FIELD THEORY; GEOMETRICAL CHANGES; INELASTIC BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL DISSIPATION; MACROSCOPIC DEFORMATIONS; MICRO VOIDS; MICROSLIPS; MIXED BOUNDARY CONDITION; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS; NON-SMOOTH; STABLE CONFIGURATION; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM; STRUCTURED DEFORMATION; SUBMACROSCOPIC STRUCTURES;

DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; RUBBER;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 77956752534     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286509106101     Document Type: Article

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