Abstract: Accurately predicting the hyperelastic response of soft materials under complex loading conditions has been a long-standing challenge. Previous developments have shown that incorporating the entanglement effect can ...

Abstract: This work investigated the effects of stiff inclusions on the thermoviscoelastic properties and recovery behavior of shape memory polymer composites. Recent manufacturing advances have increased the applicability and ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present an experimental study on strain hardening of amorphous thermosets. A series of amorphous polymers is synthesized with similar glass transition regions and different network densities. Uniaxial ...

Abstract: In this paper, we investigated the temperaturedependent viscoelastic behavior of dielectric elastomers (DEs) and the effects of viscoelasticity on the electroactuation behavior. We performed dynamic thermomechanical analysis ...

Abstract: The creep camber of box girders significantly lowers track regularity, making it very important to perform track geometry precise adjustment or ballast tamping operations by maintenance machinery on box girder sections at ...