ISSN:
1435-1528
Keywords:
Finiteelasticity
;
squeezing deformation
;
Boundary Element method
;
rubber-likematerial
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We briefly review the phenomenological theory of rubber-like elasticity and report a microstructural model that leads us to eventually adopt a particular constitutive equation, which includes the Neo-Hookean and the Mooney materials. A numerical implementation of the Boundary Element method for solving a general two-dimensional or axisymmetric finite deformation problem is described and tested with some simple deformations. The resulting program is used to analyse the finite deformation of a circular elastic slice perfectly bonded to two parallel rigid end plates; the bottom plate is stationary and the top plate is given a constant displacement. The problem has a free surface which must be found as part of the solution. The results indicate that the Boundary Element method can be an efficient tool for stress-strain analyses with rubber-like materials.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01329739
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