Gent hyperelastic model¶
The Gent hyperelastic material model is a phenomenological model of rubber elasticity that is based on the concept of limiting chain extensibility.
Core Idea¶
Gent hyperelastic model is treated here as the recurring natural sciences, engineering, and health identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: The Gent hyperelastic material model is a phenomenological model of rubber elasticity that is based on the concept of limiting chain extensibility. The Gent hyperelastic material model is a phenomenological model of rubber elasticity that is based on the concept of limiting chain extensibility. In this model, the strain energy density function is designed such that it has a singularity when the first invariant of the left Cauchy-Green deformation tensor reaches a limiting value Im .
Scope of Application¶
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Documented setting. In this model, the strain energy density function is designed such that it has a singularity when the first invariant of the left Cauchy-Green deformation tensor reaches a limiting value Im .
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Documented setting. One such model has the form (the below strain energy function yields a non zero hydrostatic stress at no deformation, refer for compressible Gent models).
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Documented setting. The strain energy density function for the Gent model is.
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Consistency condition. For the model to be consistent with linear elasticity, the following condition has to be satisfied.
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Therefore, the consistency condition for the Gent model. \cfrac{2C0}{Jm} = \mu\, \qquad \implies \qquad C0 = -\cfrac{\mu Jm}{2}.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Gent hyperelastic model names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is The Gent hyperelastic material model is a phenomenological model of rubber elasticity that is based on the concept of limiting chain extensibility.
Manages Complexity¶
Gent hyperelastic model compresses multiple natural sciences, engineering, and health details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—for the model to be consistent with linear elasticity, the following condition has to be satisfied.—and the practical consequence—\boldsymbol{B} = \lambda^2~\mathbf{n}1\otimes\mathbf{n}1 +.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the natural sciences, engineering, and health entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: The Gent hyperelastic material model is a phenomenological model of rubber elasticity that is based on the concept of limiting chain extensibility.
- Check operation and conditions. \cfrac{2C0}{Jm} = \mu\, \qquad \implies \qquad C0 = -\cfrac{\mu Jm}{2}.
- Demand recognition evidence. = -p~\boldsymbol{\mathit{I}} + \cfrac{\mu Jm}{Jm - I1 + 3}~\boldsymbol{B}.
- Test variation.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Gent hyperelastic model transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. In this model, the strain energy density function is designed such that it has a singularity when the first invariant of the left Cauchy-Green deformation tensor reaches a limiting value Im . One such model has the form (the below strain energy function yields a non zero hydrostatic stress at no deformation, refer for compressible Gent models). Beyond the home domain. No canonical parent is asserted for Gent hyperelastic model.
Relationships to Other Abstractions¶
Current abstraction Gent hyperelastic model Domain-specific
Parents (1) — more general patterns this builds on
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Gent hyperelastic model is a kind of Physical-System Model Domain-specific
It is a constitutive physical model of hyperelastic response.
Hierarchy path (1) — routes to 1 parentless root
- Gent hyperelastic model → Physical-System Model → Representation → Abstraction
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Gent hyperelastic model sits in a crowded region of the domain-specific corpus (35th percentile for distinctiveness): several abstractions share nearly its structure, so a description that fits it tends to fit its neighbors too.
Family — Continuum Mechanics & Field Models (42 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
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