A review of physically based and thermodynamically based constitutive models for soft materials

Y Xiang, D Zhong, S Rudykh… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this paper, we review constitutive models for soft materials. We specifically focus on
physically based models accounting for hyperelasticity, visco-hyperelasticity, and damage …

[HTML][HTML] Automated discovery of generalized standard material models with EUCLID

M Flaschel, S Kumar, L De Lorenzis - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
We extend the scope of our recently developed approach for unsupervised automated
discovery of material laws (denoted as EUCLID) to the general case of a material belonging …

[HTML][HTML] Cavitation in elastomers: A review of the evidence against elasticity

E Breedlove, C Chen, D Lindeman… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2024 - Elsevier
In spite of the growing body of evidence against it, the elasticity view of the phenomenon of
cavitation in elastomers continues to be utilized in numerous studies. In this context, the …

An explicit dissipative model for isotropic hard magnetorheological elastomers

D Mukherjee, M Rambausek, K Danas - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hard magnetorheological elastomers (h-MREs) are essentially two phase composites
comprising permanently magnetizable metallic inclusions suspended in a soft elastomeric …

[HTML][HTML] A computational framework for magnetically hard and soft viscoelastic magnetorheological elastomers

M Rambausek, D Mukherjee, K Danas - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work deals with a comprehensive theoretical and numerical framework that allows the
modeling of finite strain magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) comprising mechanically …

Data-driven anisotropic finite viscoelasticity using neural ordinary differential equations

V Taç, MK Rausch, FS Costabal, AB Tepole - Computer methods in applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
We develop a fully data-driven model of anisotropic finite viscoelasticity using neural
ordinary differential equations as building blocks. We replace the Helmholtz free energy …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the viscohyperelastic response of soft magnetorheological elastomers: Competition of macrostructural versus microstructural players

S Lucarini, MA Moreno-Mateos, K Danas… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are multifunctional composites that consist of an
elastomeric matrix filled with magnetic particles. These materials respond to an external …

Nonlinear anisotropic viscoelasticity

S Sadik, A Yavari - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we revisit the mathematical foundations of nonlinear viscoelasticity. We study
the underlying geometry of viscoelastic deformations, and in particular, the intermediate …

A physically based visco-hyperelastic constitutive model for soft materials

Y Xiang, D Zhong, P Wang, T Yin, H Zhou, H Yu… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
Viscoelasticity is an essential mechanical property of soft materials. Many constitutive
models have been proposed to capture this mechanical behavior, but few physically based …

The “pure-shear” fracture test for viscoelastic elastomers and its revelation on Griffith fracture

B Shrimali, O Lopez-Pamies - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Strikingly,“pure-shear” fracture tests have repeatedly shown that fracture nucleation
in (common hydrocarbon and other types of) viscoelastic elastomers occurs at a critical …