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Fully anisotropic finite strain viscoelasticity based on a reverse multiplicative decomposition and logarithmic strains

Soft Condensed Matter 2021-04-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel formulation for phenomenological anisotropic finite visco-hyperelasticity. The formulation is based on a multiplicative decomposition of the equilibrated deformation gradient into nonequilibrated elastic and viscous contributions. The proposal in this paper is a decomposition reversed respect to that from Sidoroff allowing for anisotropic viscous contributions. Independent anisotropic stored energies are employed for equilibrated and non-equilibrated parts. The formulation uses logarithmic strain measures in order to be teamed with spline-based hyperelasticity. Some examples compare the results with formulations that use the Sidoroff decomposition and also show the enhanced capabilities of the present model.

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@article{arxiv.2104.02192,
  title  = {Fully anisotropic finite strain viscoelasticity based on a reverse multiplicative decomposition and logarithmic strains},
  author = {M. Latorre and F. J. Montans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.02192},
  year   = {2021}
}
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