Post-bifurcation of inflated fibrous cylindrical membranes under different fiber configurations

H Topol, H Asghari, M Stoffel, B Markert… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
We consider a cylindrical membrane that consists of an isotropic ground substance and
fibers symmetrically arranged in two helically distributed families which are mechanically …

[HTML][HTML] Bulging of inflated membranes made of fiber reinforced materials with different natural configurations

H Topol, NK Jha, H Demirkoparan, M Stoffel… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article, we study the inflation and bulging of fiber reinforced hyperelastic membranes
in which fibers are symmetrically arranged in two helically distributed families that are …

Bulging of dielectric elastomer tubes considering residual stress and viscoelasticity

L Liu, Y Han, H Yong - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impacts of residual stress and viscoelasticity on the bifurcation
and post-bifurcation behaviors of dielectric elastomer tube actuator (DETA) with finite …

Bifurcation of Fiber-Reinforced Cylindrical Membranes under‎ Extension, Inflation, and Swelling

H Topol, MJ Al-Chlaihawi, H Demirkoparan… - Journal of Applied and …, 2023 - jacm.scu.ac.ir
We analyze bifurcation for a cylindrical membrane capable of swelling subjected to
combined axial loading and internal pressure. The material is conceptualized as an isotropic …

Application of sensitivity analysis in extension, inflation, and torsion of residually stressed circular cylindrical tubes

H Asghari, H Topol, B Markert, J Merodio - Probabilistic Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper deals with applying two main sensitivity analysis (SA) methods, namely, the
Sobol method and the Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (FAST) method on the problem of …

On the helical buckling of anisotropic tubes with application to arteries

NK Jha, S Moradalizadeh, J Reinoso, H Topol… - Mechanics Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The helical stability experienced by elastic cylinders is investigated using numerical
methods. A doubly fiber-reinforced incompressible nonlinear elastic tube subject to axial …

Remarks on bifurcation of an inflated and extended swellable isotropic tube

S Moradalizadeh, H Topol… - … and Mechanics of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We consider a tubular membrane whose mechanical behavior is defined by a strain energy
density function that combines the neo-Hookean model with the Demiray model. Both, the …

Sensitivity analysis of fibrous thick-walled tubes with mechano-sensitive remodeling fibers in homeostasis

H Asghari, H Topol, J Lacalle, J Merodio - Acta Mechanica, 2024 - Springer
In this article, we apply the sensitivity analysis method to capture the influence of various
parameters on the inflation pressure, axial force, and the deformation for an inflated and …

Constitutive relation, limited stretchability, and stability of residually stressed gent materials

S Mukherjee - Mechanics Research Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
We exactly determine the constitutive relation and the strain energy function for an initially
stressed material that completely follows the characteristics of the Gent model in the virtual …

Instabilities of an inflated and extended doubly fiber-reinforced cylindrical membrane under damage processes and different natural configurations of its constituents …

H Topol, H Nazari, M Stoffel, B Markert, J Lacalle… - Thin-Walled …, 2024 - Elsevier
This article studies extended and inflated tubes made of doubly fiber-reinforced hyperelastic
material in which the constituents undergo damage processes at large deformations …