Friday, March 18, 2011

Non Linear Hyperelastic Finite Element Analysis

This post would share Need To Knows & discuss some tips and tricks related to Non Linear HyperElastic FE Analysis.

NeedToKnow#1: The poisson's ratio of Rubber although being 0.5 is considered as 0.4955 in a Finite Element Analysis. The reason being that the Bulk modulus becomes infinity at Poissons ratio of 0.5. Also the volumetric strain equals near zero.

NeedToKnow#2: Nearly or Fully Incompressible Material (with Poisson's ratio nearly 0.5) exhibit Volumetric Locking in Fully Integrated Elements


2 comments:

Unknown said...

may sound lame, but wat is volumetric locking?

Unknown said...

Hello Pavan,

I have published a post titled "Volumetric Locking in Finite Elements". Hope it helps you. let me know.