Material Model for Silicone Rubber

Introduction - Material Model for Silicone

Here is a calibrated material model for a generic silicone rubber tested at room temperature. To use this material model you will need to first install the MCalibration software, and then export the model to your favorite FE software. The calibrated material model is the PolyUMod Bergstrom-Boyce (BB) model.

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