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Shawn A. Chester

New Jersey Institute of Technology

University Heights

Newark, NJ 07102

United States

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Scholarly Papers (4)

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1.

Thermal recovery of the Mullins effect in filled rubbers: Experiments and modeling

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Nov 2025
Mark Nyevgen, Danial Cheraghali, Keven Alkhoury and Shawn A. Chester
New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Brown University and New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Mullins effect, Mullins recovery, Rubber-like material, Large deformations, Non-linear

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Finite Element Implementation of a Gradient Theory of Fracture in Elastomeric Materials

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Jan 2023
Jaehee Lee, Seunghyeon Lee, Shawn A. Chester and Hansohl Cho
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Gradient-damage theory, elastomer, fracture, finite element

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Experiments and Modeling of the Coupled Viscoelasticity and Mullins Effect in Filled Rubber Materials

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Dec 2023
Keven Alkhoury, Robert Ivko, Siva Nadimpalli, Mokarram Hossain and Shawn A. Chester
New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Swansea University and New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Inelastic, Large deformations, Mullins effect, nonlinear, Viscoelastic

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Modeling Stress-Enhanced Photo-Degradation in Amorphous Glassy Polymers

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Jun 2026
Keven Alkhoury, Laurence Brassart and Shawn A. Chester
Brown University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Constitutive behavior, Degradable polymers, Renewable polymers, Stress-enhanced photo-degradation, Stress-enhanced UV degradation.