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A hyperelastic constitutive model for rubber-like materials

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In this contribution, a new form of the strain energy function is proposed to describe the hyperelastic behavior of rubber-like materials under various deformation. The proposed function represents an invariant-based model and contains two material parameters. The model was tested with the experimental data of vulcanized rubbers, collagen and fibrin. The material parameters are kept constant for a material subjected to different types of loading. Good agreement between model and experimental data was obtained for all materials.

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Külcü, İ.D. A hyperelastic constitutive model for rubber-like materials. Arch Appl Mech 90, 615–622 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-019-01629-7

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