In this paper, we investigate the stability of microstructured dielectric elastomer (DE) plates
under electro-mechanical finite deformations. We examine the influence of the DE …

This summary focuses on spectral formulations developed by the authors for nonlinear
anisotropic solids, where their advantages have been demonstrated in the literature. Some …

Two-phase piecewise homogeneous plane deformations are examined in respect of a neo-
Hookean matrix material reinforced with embedded aligned fibres characterized by a single …

We use a spectral approach to model residually stressed elastic solids that can be applied to
carbon fiber reinforced solids with a preferred direction; since the spectral formulation is …

When a transversely isotropic circular cylindrical tube is subject to axial extension and
inflation, the governing equations of equilibrium can lose ellipticity under certain …

To accurately predict the mechanical behavior of soft materials, continuum mechanics-
based phenomenological constitutive models are analyzed. This work examines three …

Fiber-reinforced materials are widely observed in biological tissue such as human arteries
and tendons. Characterizing the influence of fibers on crack-tip fields in such nonlinear …

Tubular organs with multilayers are common in human bodies and important for maintaining
normal lives by transporting fluid, nutrient, or waste throughout the bodies. The inner layers …

Problems of inflation, extension and torsion of hyperelastic rods and tubes are of great
interest for modelling and characterizing rubber-like materials and soft biological tissues. For …

In fiber-reinforced materials several different instability mechanisms can be operative. These
include fiber kinking, fiber splitting, fiber debonding and matrix failure, inter alia. These …