HIA: A Hybrid Integral Approach to model incompressible isotropic hyperelastic materials - Part 2: Finite element analysis

The present paper is devoted to the modeling of finite deformations of hyperelastic bodies by using the Hybrid Integral Approach (HIA) model introduced by the Authors. This model combines the affine behavior of chains included in the molecular 8-chains density, the interleaving constraint part and an original phenomenological integral density which allows to balance the mismatch between model and experimental data. A total Lagrangian formulation is adopted to describe the geometrical and material non-linearities and a finite element implementation is performed in the FER software. Four test examples, including homogeneous and non-homogeneous deformations, as well as complex computation involving dynamic contact and impact are proposed to show the applicability of the developed approach and the efficiency of the model. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.