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A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness (2023)
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Fu. (2023). A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 175, Article 105276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105276

We derive a one-dimensional (1d) model for the analysis of bulging or necking in an inflated hy?perelastic tube of finite wall thickness from the three-dimensional (3d) finite elasticity theory by
applying the dimension reduction methodology propose... Read More about A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness.

Necking, Beading, and Bulging in Soft Elastic Cylinders (2021)
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Fu. (2021). Necking, Beading, and Bulging in Soft Elastic Cylinders. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104250

Due to surface tension, a beading instability takes place in a long enough fluid column that results in the breakup of the column and the formation of smaller packets with the same overall volume but a smaller surface area. Similarly, a soft elastic... Read More about Necking, Beading, and Bulging in Soft Elastic Cylinders.

Wrinkling of a compressed hyperelastic half-space with localized surface imperfections (2020)
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Fu. (2020). Wrinkling of a compressed hyperelastic half-space with localized surface imperfections. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2020.103576

We consider a variant of the classical Biot problem concerning the wrinkling of a compressed hyperelastic half-space. The traction-free surface is no longer flat but has a localized ridge or trench that is invariant in the x1-direction along which th... Read More about Wrinkling of a compressed hyperelastic half-space with localized surface imperfections.

Reduced model for the surface dynamics of a generally anisotropic elastic half-space (2020)
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Prikazchikov, Kaplunov, & Fu. (2020). Reduced model for the surface dynamics of a generally anisotropic elastic half-space. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 20190590 - 20190590. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2019.0590

Near-surface resonance phenomena often arise in semi-infinite solids. For instance, when a moving load with a speed v close to the surface wave speed vR is applied to the surface of an elastic half-space, it will give rise to a large-amplitude distur... Read More about Reduced model for the surface dynamics of a generally anisotropic elastic half-space.

Weakly nonlinear analysis of localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic tube of arbitrary wall thickness (2020)
Journal Article
Fu. (2020). Weakly nonlinear analysis of localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic tube of arbitrary wall thickness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 103804 - 103804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2019.103804

A weakly nonlinear analysis is conducted for localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic cylindrical tube of arbitrary wall thickness. Analytical expressions are obtained for the coefficients in the amplitude equation despite the fact that the prim... Read More about Weakly nonlinear analysis of localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic tube of arbitrary wall thickness.

Effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a film/substrate bilayer (2019)
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Cai, Z., & Fu, Y. (2019). Effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a film/substrate bilayer. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 11 -19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.05.001

We refine a previously proposed semi-analytical method, and use it to study the effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a uni-axially compressed film/substrate bilayer structur... Read More about Effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a film/substrate bilayer.

An experimental study of localized bulging in inflated cylindrical tubes guided by newly emerged analytical results (2019)
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Wang, S., Guo, Z., Zhou, L., Li, L., & Fu, Y. (2019). An experimental study of localized bulging in inflated cylindrical tubes guided by newly emerged analytical results. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 536-554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2018.11.011

An experimental study is conducted on localized bulging of inflated latex rubber tubes of a range of wall thicknesses and tube lengths, guided by newly emerged analytical results. In the case when the tube has one free closed end that may or may not... Read More about An experimental study of localized bulging in inflated cylindrical tubes guided by newly emerged analytical results.

An evaluation of the Gent and Gent-Gent material models using inflation of a plane membrane (2018)
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Fu. (2018). An evaluation of the Gent and Gent-Gent material models using inflation of a plane membrane. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.07.035

The Gent material model is the simplest extension of the neo-Hookean material model that can describe the finite extensibility of the polymeric chains comprising the elastomer network. However, it is known that its fitting to experimental results of... Read More about An evaluation of the Gent and Gent-Gent material models using inflation of a plane membrane.

Edge wrinkling in elastically supported pre-stressed incompressible isotropic plates (2016)
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Destrade, M., Fu, Y., & Nobili, A. (2016). Edge wrinkling in elastically supported pre-stressed incompressible isotropic plates. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 20160410 -?. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0410

The equations governing the appearance of flexural static perturbations at the edge of a semi-infinite thin elastic isotropic plate, subjected to a state of homogeneous bi-axial pre-stress, are derived and solved. The plate is incompressible and supp... Read More about Edge wrinkling in elastically supported pre-stressed incompressible isotropic plates.