Mechanics and Thermomechanics of Rubberlike Solids

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-ix

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2. Experimental Methods for Rubberlike Solids

   • Paul Buckley

   Pages 1-62

3. Molecular Aspects of Rubber Elasticity

   • Burak Erman

   Pages 63-89

4. Phenomenology of Rubber-Like Materials

   • Giuseppe Saccomandi

   Pages 91-134

5. Elasticity and Inelasticity of Rubber

   • R. W. Ogden

   Pages 135-185

6. Numerical Issues in Finite Elasticity and Viscoelasticity

   • Sanjay Govindjee

   Pages 187-232

7. Laminated Rubber Bearings for Seismic Applications

   • Franco Bettinali, Alberto Dusi

   Pages 233-252

This work gives for the first time an interdisciplinary and deep approach to the mathematical modelling of rubber-like materials considering both the molecular and phenomenological point of views. It contains an introduction to the suitable numerical techniques and an overview of experimental techniques and data with a short survey on some industrial applications. Elastic and inelastic effects are discussed in details. The book is suitable for applied mathematicians, mechanical engineers, civil engineers, material scientists and polymer scientists.

• Elasticity
• Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mechanics
• Rubber
• Viscoelasticity
• elasticity
• material
• materials
• materials science
• mechanics
• modeling
• polymer
• thermomechanics
• viscoelasticity

• University of Lecce, Italy

  Giuseppe Saccomandi

• University of Glasgow, UK

  Raymond W. Ogden

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