A review on the Mullins effect

J Diani, B Fayolle, P Gilormini - European Polymer Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
The Mullins effect remains a major challenge in order to provide good mechanical modeling
of the complex behavior of industrial rubber materials. It has been forty years since Mullins …

A review of physically based and thermodynamically based constitutive models for soft materials

Y **ang, D Zhong, S Rudykh… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this paper, we review constitutive models for soft materials. We specifically focus on
physically based models accounting for hyperelasticity, visco-hyperelasticity, and damage …

Statistical damage mechanics of polymer networks

FJ Vernerey, R Brighenti, R Long, T Shen - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
The macroscopic mechanical response of polymers can be traced down to the microscale
physics of the network by using a statistical approach for the description of the configuration …

A micro–macro approach to rubber-like materials. Part III: The micro-sphere model of anisotropic Mullins-type damage

S Göktepe, C Miehe - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2005 - Elsevier
A micromechanically based non-affine network model for finite rubber elasticity and
viscoelasticity was discussed in Parts I and II [Miehe, C., Göktepe, S., Lulei, F., 2004. A micro …

A damage directional constitutive model for Mullins effect with permanent set and induced anisotropy

J Diani, M Brieu, JM Vacherand - European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2006 - Elsevier
A stress softening, commonly known as the Mullins effect, is observed usually in filled
rubberlike materials after the first load. Experimental observations have shown that the …

Damage models for soft tissues: a survey

W Li - Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2016 - Springer
Damage to soft tissues in the human body has been investigated for applications in
healthcare, sports, and biomedical engineering. This paper reviews and classifies damage …

[HTML][HTML] Observation and modeling of the anisotropic visco-hyperelastic behavior of a rubberlike material

J Diani, M Brieu, P Gilormini - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2006 - Elsevier
The visco-hyperelastic behavior of a filled rubberlike material has been studied
experimentally by large deformation cyclic uniaxial loadings, and an anisotropy induced by …

[HTML][HTML] On the Mullins effect and hysteresis of fibered biological materials: A comparison between continuous and discontinuous damage models

E Peña, JA Peña, M Doblaré - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2009 - Elsevier
Deformation induced softening is an inelastic phenomenon frequently accompanying
mechanical behavior of soft biological tissues. This paper presents and compare continuous …

Numerical implementation of an osmo-poro-visco-hyperelastic finite element solver: Application to the intervertebral disc

APG Castro, JL Alves - Computer Methods in Biomechanics and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This work deals with the finite element (FE) implementation of a biphasic poroelastic
formulation specifically developed to address the intricate behaviour of the Intervertebral …

Identification of damage development in the core of steel cord belts with the diagnostic system

R Blazej, L Jurdziak, A Kirjanow-Blazej, T Kozlowski - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Belt conveyors are used for transporting bulk materials over distances. The core of the belt,
by transferring the longitudinal stresses and ensuring proper frictional coupling of the belt …