Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when local mechanical load exceeds certain tolerance
levels for brain tissue. Extensive research has been done previously for brain matter …

Mechanical stresses across different length scales play a fundamental role in understanding
biological systems' functions and engineering soft machines and devices. However, it is …

In this paper, we provide a new example of the solution of a finite deformation boundary-
value problem for a residually stressed elastic body. Specifically, we analyse the problem of …

The theory of superimposed incremental elastic deformations is applied to a deformed
configuration of a residually-stressed circular cylindrical tube. The tube is subject to internal …

Even when entirely unloaded, biological structures are not stress-free, as shown by YC
Fung׳ s seminal opening angle experiment on arteries and the left ventricle. As a result of …

The main purpose of industrial nondestructive testing (NDT) is to diagnose the stability,
reliability and failure probability of materials, components and structures. Industrial …

There seems to be a basic misconception in several recent papers concerning the material
symmetry of bodies in configurations that are pre-stressed. In this short paper we point to the …

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 …

Implicit elasticity presents the general response of materials without imposing assumptions
at the fundamental level. A popular implausible assumption of continuum mechanics is that …

We show that a smooth giant voltage actuation of soft dielectric plates is not easily obtained
in practice. In principle one can exploit, through pre-deformation, the snap-through behavior …