Suggested reading

The following provides the interested user with additional references on material modeling.

General texts on materials
  • Ashby, M. F., and D. R. H. Jones, Engineering Materials, Pergamon Press, 1980.

  • Callister, W. D., Materials Science & Engineering—An Introduction, John Wiley, 1994.

  • Pascoe, K. J., An Introduction to the Properties of Engineering Materials, Van Nostrand, 1978.

Plasticity
  • SIMULIA, Metal Inelasticity in Abaqus.

  • Lubliner, J., Plasticity Theory, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1990.

  • Calladine, C. R., Engineering Plasticity, Pergamon Press, 1969.

Rubber elasticity
  • SIMULIA, Modeling Rubber and Viscoelasticity with Abaqus.

  • Gent, A., Engineering with Rubber (How to Design Rubber Components), Hanser Publishers, 1992.