简介:Theeffectofmaterialanisotropyonthebifurcationforvoidtormationinanisotropiccompressiblehyperelasticmaterialsisexamined.Numericalsolutionsareobtainedinananisotropicsphere,whosematerialistransverselyisotropicintheradialdirection.Itisshownthatthebifurcationmayoccureithertotherightortotheleft,dependingonthedegreeofmaterialanisotropy.Thedeformationandstresscontributioninthespherebeforecavitationaredifferentfromthoseaftercavitation.Thestabilityofsolutionsisdiscussedthroughacomparisonofenergy.