DIRECT COMPARISON OF THE GHENT AND THE ARRUDA-BOYCE CONSTITUTIVE MODELS OF RUBBER ELASTICITY

Authors
BOYCE MC
Citation
Mc. Boyce, DIRECT COMPARISON OF THE GHENT AND THE ARRUDA-BOYCE CONSTITUTIVE MODELS OF RUBBER ELASTICITY, Rubber chemistry and technology, 69(5), 1996, pp. 781-785
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Rubber chemistry and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00359475
Volume
69
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
781 - 785
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9475(1996)69:5<781:DCOTGA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The Arruda and Boyce eight-chain network constitutive model for rubber elastic materials(1,2) is compared to the new Gent constitutive model for rubber elasticity.(3) The salient features of each of the two mod els are compared. The ability of both models to predict three dimensio nal large strain deformation is demonstrated showing the near equivale nce of these two model constructions as well as their abilities to pre dict complex three-dimensional deformation with only two material cons tants.