Spontaneous Cavitation in Growing Elastic Membranes

One of the possible effects of volumetric growth in elastic materials is the creation of residual stresses. These stresses are known to change many of the classical properties of the material and have been studied extensively in the context of volumetric growth in biomechanics. Here we consider the...

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Автори: McMahon, J, Goriely, A
Формат: Journal article
Мова:English
Опубліковано: 2010
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description One of the possible effects of volumetric growth in elastic materials is the creation of residual stresses. These stresses are known to change many of the classical properties of the material and have been studied extensively in the context of volumetric growth in biomechanics. Here we consider the problem of elastic cavitation in a growing compressible elastic membrane. Growth is taken to be homogeneous but anisotropic, and the membrane is assumed to remain axisymmetric during growth and deformation. We prove that neo-Hookean membranes cannot cavitate, but for Varga elastic materials we find conditions under which the material exhibits spontaneous cavitation in the absence of external loads, in marked distinction from the cavitation problem without growth. © 2010 SAGE Publications.
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spelling oxford-uuid:2f1e8984-1bd6-4d6a-b9d8-fc1192c49a9b2022-03-26T12:53:13ZSpontaneous Cavitation in Growing Elastic MembranesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:2f1e8984-1bd6-4d6a-b9d8-fc1192c49a9bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010McMahon, JGoriely, AOne of the possible effects of volumetric growth in elastic materials is the creation of residual stresses. These stresses are known to change many of the classical properties of the material and have been studied extensively in the context of volumetric growth in biomechanics. Here we consider the problem of elastic cavitation in a growing compressible elastic membrane. Growth is taken to be homogeneous but anisotropic, and the membrane is assumed to remain axisymmetric during growth and deformation. We prove that neo-Hookean membranes cannot cavitate, but for Varga elastic materials we find conditions under which the material exhibits spontaneous cavitation in the absence of external loads, in marked distinction from the cavitation problem without growth. © 2010 SAGE Publications.
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