Besides the well-known landmark models for the hyperelastic response of rubberlike
materials, many new hyperelastic constitutive models have emerged over the last decade …

Many soft tissues are naturally made of a matrix and fibres that present some privileged
directions. They are known to support large reversible deformations. The mechanical …

For more than 100 years, chemical, physical, and material scientists have proposed
competing constitutive models to best characterize the behavior of natural and man-made …

Rubber-like materials consist of chain-like macromolecules that are more or less closely
connected to each other via entanglements or cross-links. As an idealisation, this particular …

The present paper proposes a thorough comparison of twenty hyperelastic models for
rubber-like materials. The ability of these models to reproduce different types of loading …

The so-called distance-minimizing data-driven computing method is extended to deal with
boundary-value problems of continuum mechanics within the finite strain theory. In the merit …

Nonlinear finite element analysis is widely used for structural optimization of the design and
the reliability analysis of complex elastomeric components. However, high-precision …

This work presents a new phase field model for rate-independent crack propagation in
rubbery polymers at large strains and considers details of its numerical implementation. The …

Many classic hyperelastic models fail to predict the stress responses of soft materials in
complex loading conditions with parameters calibrated through one simple test. To address …

Soft biological tissues are complex materials with a large structural variety, with differences
in behavior, but with some common characteristics. Skin is an archetypal soft tissue which …