Physics

Finite element method

Finite strain theory

Cauchy stress tensor

Elastomer

Mechanics

Simple shear

Epistemology

Liquid crystal

Dissipation

Philosophy

Composite material

Materials science

Objectivity (philosophy)

Optoelectronics

Classical mechanics

Continuum mechanics

Shear (geology)

Thermodynamics

Dissipative system

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are special cross-linked polymer materials combining the large elastic deformability of elastomers with the orientati…

Continuum mechanical modeling of liquid crystal elastomers as dissipative ordered solids