Abstract: This paper is concerned with the unloading response of symmetrically plucked hyperelastic strings and presents some results of an experimental study. The validity of certain similarity solutions ...

Abstract: The Mullins effect (Mullins, 1947), also known as stress softening, is exhibited by certain rubberlike materials and refers to changes of the mechanical properties, due to prior deformation. ...

Abstract: The governing equations for the finite deformation plane motion of a hyperelastic string are obtained in conservation form. These equations and the corresponding jump relations are used to ...

Abstract: Governing equations for finite amplitude wave propagation in stretched hyperelastic strings are given in recent papers, (Beatty and Haddow, 1985), along with similarity solutions for symmetrically ...