In continuum mechanics, a Mooney–Rivlin solid  is a hyperelastic material model where the strain energy density function  is a linear combination of two invariants of the left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor
 is a linear combination of two invariants of the left Cauchy–Green deformation tensor  . The model was proposed by Melvin Mooney in 1940 and expressed in terms of invariants by Ronald Rivlin in 1948.
. The model was proposed by Melvin Mooney in 1940 and expressed in terms of invariants by Ronald Rivlin in 1948.
The strain energy density function for an incompressible Mooney–Rivlin material is
 
where  and
 and  are empirically determined material constants, and
 are empirically determined material constants, and  and
 and  are the first and the second invariant of
 are the first and the second invariant of  (the unimodular component of
 (the unimodular component of  ):
):
 
where  is the deformation gradient and
 is the deformation gradient and  . For an incompressible material,
. For an incompressible material,  .
.