Microscopic voids can irreversibly grow into the macroscopic ones under hydrostatic tension. To explain this phenomenon, it was suggested in the literature to use the asymptotic value of the hydrostatic tension in the plateau yieldlike region on the stress–stretch curve obtained for the neo-Hookean model. Such an explanation has two limitations: (a) it relies on analysis of only one material model and (b) the hyperelasticity theory is used for the explanation of the failure phenomenon. In view of the mentioned limitations, the objective of the present note is twofold. First, we simulate the cavity expansion in rubber by using various experimentally calibrated hyperelastic models in order to check whether the stress–stretch curves have the plateau yieldlike regions independently of the constitutive law. Second, we repeat simulations via these same models enhanced with a failure description. We find (and that was not reported in the literature) that the process of cavity expansion simulated via hyperelastic constitutive models exhibiting stiffening, due to unfolding of long molecules, is completely stable and there are no plateau yieldlike regions on the stress–stretch curves associated with cavitation. In addition, we find that the instability in the form of yielding observed in experiments does appear in all simulations when the constitutive laws incorporate failure description with energy limiters.
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On Cavitation in Rubberlike Materials
Yoav Lev,
Yoav Lev
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
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Konstantin Y. Volokh
Konstantin Y. Volokh
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
e-mail: cvolokh@technion.ac.il
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
e-mail: cvolokh@technion.ac.il
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Yoav Lev
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
Konstantin Y. Volokh
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
e-mail: cvolokh@technion.ac.il
Technion–I.I.T.,
Haifa 32000, Israel
e-mail: cvolokh@technion.ac.il
Contributed by the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS. Manuscript received December 14, 2015; final manuscript received December 21, 2015; published online January 18, 2016. Editor: Yonggang Huang.
J. Appl. Mech. Apr 2016, 83(4): 044501 (4 pages)
Published Online: January 18, 2016
Article history
Received:
December 14, 2015
Revised:
December 21, 2015
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Lev, Y., and Volokh, K. Y. (January 18, 2016). "On Cavitation in Rubberlike Materials." ASME. J. Appl. Mech. April 2016; 83(4): 044501. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032377
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