From Bulk to Structural Failure: Fracture of Hyperelastic Materials

Philipp Rosendahl studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He is currently working as the Junior Research Group Head for Structural Mechanics and Additive Manufacturing of the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design at the Technical University of Darmstadt and co-founded the startup company 2phi, which aims at improving skier safety in the backcountry by transferring scientific advances into practice.

• Introduction.- Theoretical background.- Samples and finite element models.- Experimental material characterization.- Bulk material failure.- Nucleation of finite cracks in hyperelastic materials.-Hyperelastic weak interface model.- Conclusions and perspectives.