Nonlinear Mechanics of Soft Fibrous Materials

Nonlinear Mechanics of Soft Fibrous Materials - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences Courses and Lectures

2015

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The book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the fundamental theories, established models and ongoing research related to the modeling of these materials. Two approaches are conventionally used to develop constitutive relations for highly deformable fibrous materials. According to the phenomenological approach, a strain energy density function can be defined in terms of strain invariants. The other approach is based on kinetic theories, which treats a fibrous material as a randomly oriented inter-tangled network of long molecular chains bridged by permanent and temporary junctions. At the micro-level, these are associated with chemical crosslinks and active entanglements, respectively.

The papers include carefully crafted overviews of the fundamental formulation of the three-dimensional theory from several points of view, and address their equivalences and differences. Also included are solutions to boundary-value problems which are amenable to experimental verification. A further aspect is the elasticity of filaments, stability of equilibrium and thermodynamics of the molecular network theory.

Book information

ISBN: 9783709118375
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Imprint: Springer
Pub date:
Edition: 2015
DEWEY: 620.118
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 305
Weight: 739g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 25mm