The effect of aspect ratio on adhesion and stiffness for soft elastic fibres

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 61, 2011, Pages 1166-1175

  Aksak, Burak ^a   Hui, Chung Yuen ^b   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Elastomer; Fibre stiffness; Fibrillar adhesion

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE INTERFACES; ADHESIVE STRENGTH; DUGDALE-BARENBLATT MODEL; ELASTIC FIBRES; FIBRILLAR ADHESION; INTERNAL CRACK; LOW ASPECT RATIO; POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS; PULL-OFF STRESS; RIGID SURFACES;

ADHESION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; FIBERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

ASPECT RATIO;

ELASTOMER; POLYURETHAN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ASPECT RATIO; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARAMETER; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; STRESS;

MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 79960098561     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0582     Document Type: Article

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