A multiaxial elastic potential with error-minimizing approximation to rubberlike elasticity

Abstract

This study is concerned with a new, explicit approach by means of which forms of the large strain elastic potential for multiaxial rubberlike elasticity may be obtained based on data for a single deformation mode. As a departure from usual studies, here for the first time errors may be estimated and rendered minimal for all possible deformation modes and, furthermore, failure behavior may be incorporated. Numerical examples presented are in accurate agreement with Treloar’s well-known data.