Ogden-type energies for nematic elastomers

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 402-412

  Agostiniani, Virginia ^a   Desimone, Antonio ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastomers; Hyperelastic materials; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear elasticity; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION GRADIENTS; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; ENERGY WELLS; FINITE DEFORMATION THEORY; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; FREE ENERGY DENSITY; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; HYPERELASTIC MATERIALS; IN-PLANE STRAINS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLICATIVE DECOMPOSITION; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; PURE SHEAR; RELAXATION; SMALL STRAINS; SPONTANEOUS STRAIN; TAYLOR EXPANSIONS;

ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTICS; SET THEORY;

STRAIN;

EID: 84858279483     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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