The purpose of the research is to describe the swelling-induced large deformations in polymer gels: a theoretical model is developed, and then implemented and solved using the finite element method. The model is firstly assessed with two well-known benchmark problems; moreover, the proposed approach is benchmarked against a recent experiment involving localized exposure of the gel boundary to a solvent, where large bending deformations appear during solvent absorption. In both cases, our results are quite satisfying. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Titolo: | Transient analysis of swelling-induced large deformations in polymer gels |
Autori: | Alessandro Lucantonio; Paola Nardinocchi; L. Teresi |
Rivista: | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 |
Volume: | 61 |
Fascicolo: | 1 |
Pagina iniziale: | 205 |
Pagina finale: | 218 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2012.07.010 |
URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2012.07.010 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Journal article |
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