Computational Nonlinear Electro-Elasticity — Getting Started —

CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures

Volumn 527, Issue , 2011, Pages 181-230

  Steinmann, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary Integral Equation; Dielectric Elastomer; Material Body; Maxwell Stress; Total Energy Density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957924389     PISSN: 02541971     EISSN: 23093706     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0701-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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