Thermomechanical modeling of the thermo-order-mechanical coupling behaviors in liquid crystal elastomers

DOI10.1016/J.JMPS.2010.07.019MaRDI QIDQ645767zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lihua Jin, Zhi Zeng, Yong Zhong Huo

Publication date 10 November 2011

Published in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2010.07.019

zbMATH Keywords

phase transformationthermomechanical processliquid crystal elastomermulti-field coupling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermal effects in solid mechanics (74F05) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Crystalline structure (74E15)

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