Modelling of wave phenomena in the Zahorski material based on modified library for ADINA software

This paper presents numerical modelling of wave phenomena in simple elastic structures such as rods and shields made of hyperelastic Zahorski material. The main difference between the Zahorski material, which is an elastic material in the Green sense, and the commonly used Mooney-Rivlin material lies in the non-linear term including the constant C3. Consequently, qualitative and quantitative differences are observed compared to the Mooney-Rivlin material, for example in the values of effective stresses. The extension to the ADINA software developed by the author, which helps create 2D and 3D libraries, significantly facilitates modelling of the Zahorski material. The modification can be used for comparison of wave phenomena that are observed during the propagation of disturbances in the Mooney-Rivlin and Zahorski materials. It should be emphasised that the Zahorski material behaves much better at high strains during the analysis of incompressible rubber and rubber-like hyperelastic materials and can be used in various fields of science wherever the model of Mooney-Rivlin material is successfully applied. The results of numerical computations for both Mooney-Rivlin and Zahorski materials were presented in a graphical form and compared in order to illustrate the differences.