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Plotting stress-strain curve for rubber

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mikechy

Mechanical
Sep 18, 2008
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Hi All,

I'd like to plot stress-strain (stretch) curves to compare different rubber materials (I have Mooney or Ogden constant already).

For Mooney-Rivlin material, I can calculate stress S as
S=(2C1+2C2/d)(d-1/d^2)

where C1 and C2 are Constants and d is the stretch ratio, defined as the ratio of the stretched length to the initial length of the sample. This can be defined in terms of the measured strain in a simple tensile test
d=e+1. .

For Ogden material there is other formula:
S=Sum(mn(d^(bn-1)-d^(-1(1+0.5bn)))

where m and b are Constants, and index n - order of Ogden model (it's all about a simple tension).

For Mooney and Ogden n=2 it works: I try it with different C1 and C2 , and m and b data from literature and it's OK. But for n=3 it doesn't work. Does anyone know how to do it for such case? Thanks

Regards,
Mike
 
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