A device for evaluating the multiaxial finite strain thermomechanical behavior of elastomers and soft tissues

Authors
Ortt, EM Doss, DJ Legall, E Wright, NT Humphrey, JD
Citation
Em. Ortt et al., A device for evaluating the multiaxial finite strain thermomechanical behavior of elastomers and soft tissues, J APPL MECH, 67(3), 2000, pp. 465-471
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
ISSN journal
00218936 → ACNP
Volume
67
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
465 - 471
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8936(200009)67:3<465:ADFETM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Described here is the design and development of a computer-controlled devic e capable of measuring the finite strain thermomechanical behavior of a gen eral class of polymeric materials including elastomers and biological soft tissues. The utility of this device for thermoelastic and thermophysical in vestigations is demonstrated by the measurement of the in-plane stress-stre tch response and in-plane and out-of-plane components of thermal diffusivit y of neoprene rubber undergoing finite deformations.