Investigation on Mullins effect of rubber materials by spherical indentation method>

Rubber-like soft materials usually experience load-induced softening behavior called the Mullins effect, in which the preloaded material exhibits a significantly more compliant response than the virgin material. However, rare quantitative and simple method of characterizing Mullins effect can be fou...

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Main Authors: Man-Gong Zhang, Wenshuai Xu, Tao Wu, Xiang-Dong Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zhao Li, Chao Zhang, Heng Jiang, Meng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Forces in Mechanics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666359721000287