Biaxial Deformation Behavior of Polymer Networks

Real elastomers show the anomalous behavior in the Ii dependence curves of the derivatives of W with respect to Ii at small strains. The limiting values of the derivatives were evaluated by a simple model based on the assumption that W in the large deformations should coincide with that in the linear elasticity theory. The calculated values were in good agreement with the experimental ones for real elastomers.