Tensile Stress Strain Curves Models
Content Developed by Dr Dominik Konkolewicz and Camaryn Bennett
This spreadsheet and the associated read-me file can be used to fit tensile stress strain curves to models for highly and hyper elastic materials. This includes conventional Models from Gent, Ogden, Dobrynin and the Neo-Hookean. Additionally modified models which capture the loss of transient or temporary crosslinks as the material is strained can be adapted. Examples of materials that contain permanent covalent crosslinks and temporary crosslinks include elastomers containing hydrogen bonds, or ionic linkers that can easily dissociate under load. To be valid the model works best when the timescale of the experiment is comparable to the timescale of the transient bonds.
​
All that is needed to use this spreadsheet is Microsoft Excel.
Hyperelastic Mixed Linker Model Template
Hyperelastic Mixed Linker Model Template ReadMe
Development and Implementation can be found at: C. Bennett, P. J. Hayes, C. J Thrasher, P. Chakma, S. V. Wanasinghe, B. Zhang, L. M. Petit, V. Varshney, D. Nepal, A. Sarvestani, C. R. Picu, J. L. Sparks, M. B. Zanjani, D. Konkolewicz, ‘A Modeling Approach to Capture Hyperelasticity and Temporary Bonds in Soft Polymer Networks’ Macromolecules 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02319.
​
If using this molar mass between crosslinks in your research resulting in publication, MACRO asks that you acknowledge the template as follows. “We acknowledge the Tensile Stress Strain Curves Models, Mixed Crosslinkers calculator from the Konkolewicz group and Bennett provided by the Macromolecular Alliance for Community Resources and Outreach.”