Stiffening by fiber reinforcement in soft materials: A hyperelastic theory at large strains and its application

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1359-1368

  Ciarletta, Pasquale ^a   Izzo, Ivano ^b,d   Micera, Silvestro ^b   Tendick, Frank ^c  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Continental Automotive SpA ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Hyperelasticity; Large strains; Soft materials

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC RESPONSE; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE THEORY; DEFORMATION TENSORS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FIBER-REINFORCED RUBBERS; FINITE STRAIN; FITTING ACCURACY; GROUND RUBBERS; HYPER ELASTIC; HYPER-ELASTICITY; HYPERELASTIC THEORY; LARGE STRAINS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; REINFORCING MATERIALS; SOFT MATERIAL; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; UNIAXIAL TESTING;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHARACTERIZATION; DEFORMATION; NANOINDENTATION; REINFORCEMENT; RUBBER; RUBBER TESTING; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; RUBBER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; FIBER; KINEMATICS; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STIFFENING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL PROCESSES; RUBBER; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; REINFORCEMENT; RUBBER; STRAINS; TESTING; TISSUE;

EID: 79960557359     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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