A New Constitutive Relation for Rubber

1996/03/01 by A. N. Gent · 3 citations
Chemical Engineering · Engineering · Materials Science · #Elasticity and Material Modeling #Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties #Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

paper · doi:10.5254/1.3538357

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Abstract

Abstract A simple, two-constant, constitutive relation, applicable over the entire range of strains, is proposed for rubber networks. Behavior in simple extension is derived as an example.

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