Dr. Stuart Brown spoke about “Modeling and Design of Reinforced Elastomeric Products for Oil and Gas Applications” and “High Strain Rate Testing of Polymers for Impact Simulations,” while Eric Schmitt spoke about “Calibration and Experimental Validation of Advanced Constitutive Models of Polymeric Materials at High Strain Rates.”
Analyzing nonlinear materials often requires hyperelastic, viscoelastic, and viscoplastic material models. Dr. Bergstrom discussed how COMSOL Multiphysics makes it possible to calibrate and use these material models in finite element analysis.