A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers

We developed a theory for the large deformation viscoelastic behavior of monodomain nematic elastomers that separately incorporates the hypothesized ...

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Nguyen Lab - Johns Hopkins University

Z. Wang, A. E. H. Chehade, S. Govindjee, T. D. Nguyen (2022) “A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers”, Journal of the ...

A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers

A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers. Zheliang Wang, Ali El Hajj Chehade, Sanjay Govindjee, Thao D. Nguyen.

Liquid Crystal Elastomers - Nguyen Lab - Johns Hopkins University

Develop a nonlinear thermoviscoelasticity theory for LCEs. Design, fabricate and characterize architected LCE structures. Figure 1: (a) The stress response of a ...

Finite element modeling of viscoelastic liquid crystal elastomers

A nonlinear viscoelastic theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers. J Mech Phys Solids. 2022; 163:104829. ... 18DeSimone A, Teresi L. Elastic ...

Coupling between viscoelasticity and soft elasticity in main-chain ...

A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers. Article. Mar 2022; J MECH PHYS SOLIDS. Zheliang Wang · Ali ...

Nonlocal model for nematic liquid-crystal elastomers

If the scalar order parameter is held fixed, we recover the usual viscoelastic theory for nematic liquid crystals. Received 15 December 2004.

Revealing the unusual rate-dependent mechanical behaviors of ...

A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers. Wang, Zheliang; El Hajj Chehade, Ali; Govindjee, Sanjay; Journal of the Mechanics ...

Linear hydrodynamics and viscoelasticity of nematic elastomers

We develop a continuum theory of linear viscoelastic response in oriented monodomain nematic elastomers. ... -v - Liquid crystals.. 61.41.+e - Polymers, ...

Modeling Viscoelasticity and Dynamic Nematic Order of ...

Exchangeable liquid crystal elastomers (XLCEs), an emerging class of recyclable polymer materials, consist of liquid crystalline polymers ...

Impact damping and vibration attenuation in nematic liquid crystal ...

Nematic liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) exhibit unique mechanical properties, placing them in a category distinct from other viscoelastic ...

Coupling between viscoelasticity and soft elasticity in main-chain ...

... elasticity in main-chain nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers. https ... Wang, A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers, J.

A Rod Theory for Liquid Crystalline Elastomers | Journal of Elasticity

Theoretically, three-dimensional nematic cylinders under combined stretch and torsion were analyzed in [17], and a nonlinear beam model for ...

Anomalous Mechanics of Liquid Crystal Elastomers - iMechanica

... A nonlinear viscoelasticity theory for nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” J. ... crystal elastomers: application to elastic and viscoelastic ...

Coupling between viscoelasticity and soft elasticity in main-chain ...

Coupling between viscoelasticity and soft elasticity in main-chain nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers ... a nonlinear viscoelastic soft elastic behavior ...

[PDF] Instabilities in liquid crystal elastomers - Semantic Scholar

A nonlinear, properly invariant, variational theory that couples the orientational order and elastic deformation of nematic elastomers and includes soft ...

Nematic liquid crystalline elastomers are aeolotropic materials

For a purely elastic isotropic material, the shear modulus is then inferred from a universal relation between elastic moduli from the classical theory. To study ...

Nonlinear Elasticity, Fluctuations and Heterogeneity of Nematic ...

... nonlinear} theory of elasticity for the nematic phase of ideal liquid crystal elastomers. We show that it is characterized by soft modes ...

Linear hydrodynamics and viscoelasticity of nematic elastomers

However, as in the continuum theory of liquid crystals, much progress can be made on a phenomenological level, using the symmetries of variables contributing to ...