Giuseppe Saccomandi

The α-Mooney–Rivlin model of hyperelasticity

Abstract We introduce the α-Mooney–Rivlin model, a three-parameter generalization of the classical Mooney–Rivlin law based on a new pair of α-dependent invariants for incompressible hyperelasticity. The model preserves the transparent two-term structure of the classical formulati...

The magneto-elastic instability of Kirchhoff rings

Abstract Understanding the interplay between electromagnetic forces and elasticity is a fundamental problem in the mechanics of deformable structures, particularly when electrical currents interact with magnetic fields to generate distributed body forces. A paradigm for this prob...