Soft elastic bending response of a nematic elastomer described by a microstructurally relaxed free energy

DOI10.1007/S00161-006-0028-3zbMath1161.76009OpenAlexW2053313946MaRDI QIDQ1018437

Thomas J. Pence

Publication date: 20 May 2009

Published in: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-006-0028-3

zbMATH Keywords

finite strainphase transformationhyperelasticity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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