Inhomogeneous swelling of a gel in equilibrium with a solvent and mechanical load

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3282-3289

  Hong, Wei ^a   Liu, Zishun ^b   Suo, Zhigang ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elastomer; Finite element method; Gel; Hyperelasticity; Swelling

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; CONCENTRATION OF; DEFORMATION GRADIENTS; ENERGY FUNCTIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; HYPER ELASTIC; HYPERELASTICITY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MECHANICAL LOADS; SWELLING PROCESS;

ABAQUS; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GELS; RUBBER; SOLVENTS; SWELLING;

GELATION;

EID: 67249152749     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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