..., including a connection to statistical mechanics-motivated constitutive models for elastomers. This aspect presents an intriguing challenge and offers opportunities for refining the model’s accuracy and effectiveness in simulating brittle crack evolution in elastomeric materials. In this way, physically...

... of this theory, viscoelastic behaviors of varied elastomeric materials are predicted, which agree well with existing experiments at both low and high strain rates under different loading conditions. The theory also reproduces the time-temperature equivalent principle of elastomers. We suggest that this work...

... that residual stresses or prestrains can affect indentation tests of different materials, including metals, glassy polymers, soft elastomers, and gels. Nevertheless, an indentation method for determining the state of residual stresses or prestrains of large magnitude in an elastomer is not yet available...

.... , Wagner , S. , Li , T. , and Suo , Z. , 2006 , “ Mechanisms of Reversible Stretchability of Thin Metal Films on Elastomeric Substrates ,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 , 88 ( 20 ), pp. 204103 . 10.1063/1.2201874 Jiang , H. , Khang , D. Y. , Song , J. , Sun , Y...