Bulging initiation and propagation in fiber-reinforced swellable Mooney-Rivlin membranes

This article considers a thin-walled hollow cylinder, which is composed of a fibrous and swellable hyperelastic material. The fibers are arranged in two families and they are taken to be parallel within each fiber family. The two fiber families are also assumed to be mechanically equivalent and symmetrically disposed in the ground substance material. At each instant of the homogeneous swelling, the material is taken to be incompressible. This article studies the interplay of swelling, fiber orientation, and the mechanical properties of the constituents on the initiation as well as on the axial propagation of bulging.

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This article examines a thin-walled hollow cylinder made of fibrous and swellable hyperelastic material, investigating the interplay of swelling, fiber orientation, and the mechanical properties of the constituents on the initiation and axial propagation of bulging.