Soft polymeric materials such as elastomers and hydrogels have played a significant role in
recent interdisciplinary research. They are subjected to large stretch and high cyclic loading …

An alternative modelling framework is proposed for capturing the rate-dependency in the
loading and unloading (ie, with softening) deformation behaviour of a wide range of isotropic …

This paper seeks to put forward an alternative notion for modelling the continuous softening
in the finite deformation of incompressible isotropic rubber-like materials, up to the onset of …

A new modelling framework is proposed to predict the inelastic features in elastomers'
mechanical behaviour such as the Mullins effect, the permanent set and the induced …

This paper presents a comparative analysis on the application of two models from the family
of principal stretches–based strain energy functions to a wide range of incompressible …

Building on a recently devised approach of hyperelasticity with intrinsic softening, a new
framework for capturing both continuous and discontinuous softening in the finite …

Abstract The Pucci–Saccomandi model of rubber elasticity, also known as the Gent–Gent
model, is generalised in this manuscript for a more enhanced applicability to a wider range …

Given the importance of hyperelastic constitutive models in the design of engineering
components, researchers have been developing the improved and new constitutive models …

Abstract A generalised WI 1, I 2 strain energy function, a generalisation of previously
devised response functions W 1 and W 2, of binomial form is presented in this work for …

A modelling framework is adopted and adapted here to model the rate-dependent
deformation behaviour of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs). On using an isotropic …