In many aspects, elastomers and soft biological tissues exhibit similar mechanical properties
such as a pronounced nonlinear stress–strain relation and a viscoelastic response to …

Filled rubbers are an important part of engineering materials because they have unique
properties such as large deformability, increased stiffness and energy dissipation ability. The …

Abstract 3D printing of magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) can potentially create
versatile and complex mechanical structures with reversible stiffening properties. Several …

Mullins effect of carbon black filled nitrile butadiene rubber compounds and vulcanizates
during cyclic tensile deformation is investigated and the influences of thermal annealing 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 …

The Mullins effect is a characteristic property of filled rubber materials whose accurate and
efficient modelling is still a challenging task. Innumerable constitutive models for elastomers …

The transient response of elastomeric polymers is dependent on polymer composition,
temperature and the loading history. In particular, hysteresis, dissipation and creep are …

Strain energy functions (SEFs) are used to model the hyperelastic behavior of rubberlike
materials. In tension, the stress–strain response of these materials often exhibits three …

Rubber nanocomposites experiencing cyclic deformation undoubtedly exhibit Mullins effect
whose underlining mechanisms are not yet clear. Herein this effect in nitrile butadiene …