New elastic behaviour arising from the unusual constitutive relation of nematic solids

DOI10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00100-8zbMath0972.74007OpenAlexW2093946876WikidataQ60459262 ScholiaQ60459262MaRDI QIDQ1968681

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 13 November 2001

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5096(98)00100-8

zbMATH Keywords

symmetrynonlinear constitutive relationsnematic elastomerselastic instabilitiescontinuum elasticity mechanism for zero energy responseinternal orientational degree of freedomsemi-soft elastic responsesemi-soft stress-strain curvessoft distortionsspontaneous shape change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical linear elasticity (74B05) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Liquid crystals (76A15) Theory of constitutive functions in solid mechanics (74A20)

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