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Numerical Simulation for the Mesoscale Deformation of Disordered Reinforced Elastomers

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Modeling of Soft Matter

Part of the book series: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications ((IMA,volume 141))

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We study here the dynamical behavior of disordered elastic systems such as gels or filled elastomers, by dissipative molecular dynamics. We show that applied macroscopic deformations result in non-affine deformations at the scale of the filler particles. These non-affine deformations lead to slow meso-scale reorganizations, which could explain the long relaxation times measured in gels, and also in rubbers even at temperatures much above the glass transition temperature.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Universite de Paris SUD/CNRS, Bat. 510, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

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Long, D., Sotta, P. (2005). Numerical Simulation for the Mesoscale Deformation of Disordered Reinforced Elastomers. In: Calderer, MC.T., Terentjev, E.M. (eds) Modeling of Soft Matter. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 141. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32153-5_9

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