Abstract
We investigated the effect of rubber-block shape on the localized buckling of sliding surface. The plane-strain finite deformation field subjected to both compression and shear is determined under the assumptions that the rubber block is incompressible, neo-Hooke material. By comparing the applied strain with the critical strain addressed in [H. Hohlfeld and L. Mahadevan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011) 105702.], we estimate the onset of the localized buckling of the block in connection with the rubber-block shape.
