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A numerical study of stretched smectic-A elastomer sheets
Andrew W. Brown, James M. Adams
We present a numerical study of stretching monodomain smectic-A elastomer sheets, computed using the finite element method. When stretched parallel to the layer normal the microsco…
Tack energy and switchable adhesion of liquid crystal elastomers
D. R. Corbett, J. M. Adams
The mechanical properties of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) make them suitable candidates for pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs). Using the nematic dumbbell constitutive model,…
Negative Poisson's ratio and semi-soft elasticity of smectic-C liquid crystal elastomers
A. W. Brown, J. M. Adams
Models of smectic-C liquid crystal elastomers predict that it can display soft elasticity, in which the shape of the elastomer changes at no energy cost. The amplitude of the soft…
Transient shear banding in entangled polymers: a study using the Rolie-Poly model
J. M. Adams, S. M. Fielding, P. D. Olmsted
Spatially inhomogeneous shear flow occurs in entangled polymer solutions, both as steady state shear banding and transiently after a large step strain or during start up to a stead…
Mechanical switching of ferro-electric rubber
J. M. Adams, M. Warner
At the A to C transition, smectic elastomers have recently been observed to undergo 35% spontaneous shear strains. We first explicitly describe how strains of up to twice thi…
A non-monotonic constitutive model is not necessary to obtain shear banding phenomena in entangled polymer solutions
J. M. Adams, P. D. Olmsted
In 1975 Doi and Edwards predicted that entangled polymer melts and solutions can have a constitutive instability, signified by a decreasing stress for shear rates greater than the…