An approximate analysis is developed for non-linear (finite) plane and axisymmetric strain deformations of rubber blocks bonded to rigid end-plates. The analysis is partly based on the works of Klingbeil and Sheild(1)and Gent and Lindley(2). The solutions obtained are explicit and are comparable with published experimental results and expected behaviours. The solutions to the corresponding infinitesimal deformation are exactly the same as those obtained by Gent and Lindley(2)and Shariff(5)(when v = 0.5).
