This monograph presents a general mathematical theory for biological growth. It provides
both a conceptual and a technical foundation for the understanding and analysis of …

In contemporary elasticity theory, the strain–energy function predominantly relies on the first
invariant I 1 of the deformation tensor; a practice that has been influenced by models derived …

A book of 420 pages with the simple title Rheology, written in 2006, that's intriguing! After an
introduction and a literature survey (citing many of the classical works on fluid mechanics …

The necessity of the inclusion of the second invariant of the left Cauchy-Green deformation
tensor B, namely I 2, in the strain energy function W of rubber-like materials is analysed …

Molecular constitutive models for rubber based on non-Gaussian statistics generally involve
the inverse Langevin function. Such models are widely used since they successfully capture …

In this paper, a micromechanical model for rubber elasticity is proposed on the basis of
analytical network-averaging of the tube model and by applying a closed-form of the …

Elastomers are known to exhibit viscoelastic behavior under deformation, which is linked to
the diffusion processes of the highly mobile and flexible polymer chains. Inspired by the …

Continuum models describing ideal nematic solids are widely used in theoretical studies of
liquid crystal elastomers. However, experiments on nematic elastomers show a type of …

The power law in terms of stretch, the truncated series representation and the Valanis–
Landel hypothesis are distinguished features of Ogden's strain-energy density function …

A generalisation of the hyperinelasticity modelling framework devised in Part I of this sequel
is formulated here, by presenting a (principal) stretches-based hyperinelastic deformation …