Abstract:This paper introduces a model for the mechanical response of anisotropic soft materials undergoing large inelastic deformations. The composite is constituted by a soft isotropic matrix reinforced with stiff fibres, that can evolve independently from each other. The constitutive equations are provided in terms of the free energy density and the dissipation density which are both required to be thermodynamically consistent and structurally frame-indifferent, i.e., they must be independent of a rotation overimpos… Show more
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