Uniaxial nematic elastomers: constitutive framework and a simple application

DOI10.1098/rspa.2005.1585zbMath1149.74301OpenAlexW2127142046MaRDI QIDQ3503313

Yi-Chao Chen, Eliot Fried

Publication date: 22 May 2008

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/325

zbMATH Keywords

stabilityconstitutive equationsnematic elastomersoptical switchingmaterial constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Micromechanical theories (74A60) Liquid crystals (76A15) Theory of constitutive functions in solid mechanics (74A20) Material properties given special treatment (74E99)

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