The Mullins effect remains a major challenge in order to provide good mechanical modeling
of the complex behavior of industrial rubber materials. It has been forty years since Mullins …

We survey, in a partial way, multi-scale approaches for the modelling of rubber-like and soft
tissues and compare them with classical macroscopic phenomenological models. Our aim is …

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 …

The mechanical response of filled rubber depends on load history, strain rate and state,
temperature and even direction of previous loading. Although there is a plurality of both …

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 …

Fiber-reinforced elastomeric isolators are innovative devices for seismic isolation that
employ fibers, rather than steel, as reinforcement material. Their light weight and low cost …

Ecoflex silicone rubbers, served as the polymeric components of flexible electronic devices,
actuators, energy converters, etc., are subjected to repetitive loadings during their service …

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

The superior mechanical properties of biological materials originate in their complex
hierarchical microstructures, combining stiff and soft constituents at different length scales. In …

Structurally motivated material models may provide increased insights into the underlying
mechanics and physics of arteries under physiological loading conditions. We propose a …