Struct polymers::constitutive::hyperelastic_damage::BucheSilberstein

pub struct BucheSilberstein {
    pub nondimensional_critical_extension: f64,
    pub nondimensional_link_stiffness: f64,
    pub number_of_links: u8,
    pub swelling_ratio: f64,
    /* private fields */
}

The Buche-Silberstein hyperelastic damage constitutive model.

Fields

nondimensional_critical_extension: f64

The nondimensional critical extension which irreversibly breaks chains.

nondimensional_link_stiffness: f64

The nondimensional stiffness of each link in a chain.

number_of_links: u8

The number of links in a chain.

swelling_ratio: f64

The volumetric swelling ratio.

Implementations

impl BucheSilberstein

The implemented functionality of the Buche-Silberstein hyperelastic damage constitutive model.

pub fn init( method: u8, nondimensional_critical_extension: f64, nondimensional_link_stiffness: f64, number_of_links: u8, swelling_ratio: f64, ) -> Self

Initializes and returns an instance of the model.

1. Helmholtz method for both the Helmholtz free energy and the equilibrium distribution.
2. Gibbs-Legendre method for both the Helmholtz free energy and the equilibrium distribution.
3. Gibbs-Legendre for the Helmholtz free energy and a Gaussian equilibrium distribution.

pub fn uniaxial_tension<const L: usize>(&self, stretch: &[f64]) -> [[f64; 2]; L]

The nondimensional Cauchy stress as a function of stretch in uniaxial tension.