A review on the nonlinear dynamics of hyperelastic structures

HB Khaniki, MH Ghayesh, R Chin, M Amabili - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents a critical review of the nonlinear dynamics of hyperelastic structures.
Hyperelastic structures often undergo large strains when subjected to external time …

Mechanical instabilities of gels

J Dervaux, MB Amar - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2012 - annualreviews.org
Although the study of gels undoubtedly takes its roots within the field of physicochemistry,
the interest in gels has flourished and they have progressively become an important object …

The remarkable Gent constitutive model for hyperelastic materials

CO Horgan - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In 1996, Alan Gent published a short paper that proposed the use of a very simple
two parameter phenomenological constitutive model for hyperelastic isotropic …

Experimental characteristics and coupled nonlinear forced vibrations of axially travelling hyperelastic beams

HB Khaniki, MH Ghayesh, R Chin, LQ Chen - Thin-walled structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Comprehensively investigated in this paper is the coupled nonlinear dynamics of
hyperelastic beams. Experimental testing is performed to accurately model the …

Strain stiffening retards growth instability in residually stressed biological tissues

Y Wang, Y Du, F Xu - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft biological tissues often exhibit notable strain stiffening under increasing stretch, and this
can have significant effects on tissue growth and morphological development, such as …

A hyperelastic model to capture the mechanical behaviour and histological aspects of the soft tissues

KK Dwivedi, P Lakhani, S Kumar, N Kumar - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is well established that the soft connective tissues show a nonlinear elastic response that
comes from their microstructural arrangement. Tissues' microstructure alters with various …

Geometrical incompatibility guides pattern selection in growing bilayer tubes

C Liu, Y Du, K Li, Y Zhang, Z Han, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pattern selection and subsequent morphological evolution are of remarkable significance,
since they are critical for living creatures to fulfill certain biological functions and also have …

The importance of the second strain invariant in the constitutive modeling of elastomers and soft biomaterials

CO Horgan, MG Smayda - Mechanics of Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
The classical phenomenological constitutive modeling of the mechanical behavior of
isotropic incompressible rubber-like hyperelastic materials involves strain-energy densities …

Modified multiplicative decomposition model for tissue growth: beyond the initial stress-free state

Y Du, C Lü, W Chen, M Destrade - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The multiplicative decomposition model is widely employed for predicting residual stresses
and morphologies of biological tissues due to growth. However, it relies on the assumption …

Morphoelastic control of gastro-intestinal organogenesis: Theoretical predictions and numerical insights

V Balbi, E Kuhl, P Ciarletta - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2015 - Elsevier
With nine meters in length, the gastrointestinal tract is not only our longest, but also our
structurally most diverse organ. During embryonic development, it evolves as a bilayered …