The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

M Ilton, MS Bhamla, X Ma, SM Cox, LL Fitchett, Y Kim… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Mechanical power, whether for launched missiles or running humans, is
limited by the universal, physical trade-off between force and velocity. However, many …

Interphase synergistic effects of dynamic bonds in multiphase thermoplastic elastomers

S Kawana, S Nakagawa, S Nakai… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Enhancing the mechanical reliability of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) is a key issue for
their application as a structural material. Here we systematically investigated the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Application of the Virtual Fields Method to the uniaxial behavior of rubbers at medium strain rates

S Yoon, I Giannakopoulos, CR Siviour - International Journal of Solids and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Virtual Fields Method (VFM) is used to explore strain-rate dependent
mechanical properties of a hyperelastic material. In this method, the principle of virtual work …

Applications of the virtual fields method to the mechanical behaviour of rubbers under dynamic loading

S Yoon - 2016 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Experimental techniques for measuring the mechanical response of rubbers under dynamic
loading are developed utilising the virtual fields method (VFM), to inversely identify …