Constitutive formulations for intrinsic anisotropy in soft electroelastic materials

Abstract Inspired by biology and engineered soft active material systems, we propose a new constitutive formulation for a soft material consisting of soft contractile fibers embedded in a soft matrix. The mathematical implementation of the model is based on a multi-field invariant formulation within...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yali Li, Nakhiah C. Goulbourne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37946-9