The mechanical response of a homogeneous isotropic linearly elastic material can be fully
characterized by two physical constants, the Young's modulus and the Poisson's ratio, which …

Soft materials that are subjected to large deformations exhibit an extremely rich
phenomenology, with properties lying in between those of simple fluids and those of elastic …

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 great variety of models can describe the nonlinear response of rubber to uniaxial tension.
Yet an in-depth understanding of the successive stages of large extension is still lacking. We …

We present a physics-based theoretical framework to describe the transient mechanical
response of polymers undergoing finite deformation. For this, a statistical description of the …

Elastomers are typically considered incompressible or slightly compressible. However, we
present simple tension and bulk tests showing that, under large deformations, these …

We present a new model within the class of generalised neo-Hookean strain energy
functions for application to the finite deformation of incompressible elastomers. The model …

Due to their intrinsic complexity, it is not easy to model the mechanical behaviour of
biomaterials. Despite the challenges they faced, some researchers have presented …

The Ogden model is often considered as a standard model in the literature for application to
the deformation of brain tissue. Here, we show that, in some of those applications, the use of …

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 …