Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/Explicit
Benefits: Combining Mullins effect with finite-strain viscoelasticity is useful in predicting mechanical behavior of a class of rubber materials.
Description: Abaqus now makes it possible to combine finite-strain time-domain viscoelasticity with Mullins effect. Mullins effect, when used with viscoelasticity, is applied to the long-term modulus. This implies that damage energy may be dissipated in the long-term response through Mullins effect. All dissipation that occurs from instantaneous to long-term response is accounted for by the viscoelastic mechanism.
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