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    A Review on the Mullins Effect in Tough Elastomers and Gels

    Tough elastomers and gels have garnered broad research interest due to their wide-ranging potential applications. However, during the loading and unloading cycles, a clear stress softening behavior can be obse...

    Lin Zhan, Shaoxing Qu, Rui **ao in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2024)

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    Mechanical Behaviors of Soft Elastomers Filled with Low Melting Alloys

    Soft elastomers with mechanical properties similar to biological tissues have shown encouraging potential in applications of biomedical devices and stretchable electronics. With the ability to enhance electric...

    Zilu He, Hong Zhang, Rui **ao, Shaoxing Qu in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2023)

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    Preface to the “Soft Matter Mechanics” Special Issue of Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

    ** Qian, Tongqing Lu, Shaoxing Qu in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2019)

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    Inclusion Size Effect on Mechanical Properties of Particle Hydrogel Composite

    Particle hydrogel composite (PHC) combines the characteristics of at least two materials and has potential applications in many fields. Different functions require the particle size to range from nanometer to ...

    **aocheng Hu, Shaoxing Qu in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2019)

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    Pneumatically Actuated Soft Robotic Arm for Adaptable Gras**

    Develo** robotic manipulators capable of performing effective physical interaction tasks is a challenging topic. In this study, we design a soft robotic arm (SRA) with multiple degrees of freedom inspired by...

    Zhe Chen, Xueya Liang, Tonghao Wu, Tenghao Yin, Yuhai **ang in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2018)

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    A Finite Element Method for Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

    We present a finite element method for dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers based on the nonlinear field theory of DE. The method is implemented in the commercial finite element software ABAQUS, which provide...

    Shaoxing Qu, Zhigang Suo in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2012)

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    Rate Dependent Stress-Stretch Relation of Dielectric Elastomers Subjected to Pure Shear Like Loading and Electric Field

    The performance of dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers is significantly affected by viscoelastic relaxation-induced electromechanical dissipations. This paper presents an experimental study to obtain the rat...

    Shaoxing Qu, Ke Li, Tiefeng Li, Hanqing Jiang, Miao Wang in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2012)

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    A numerical study of indentation with small spherical indenters

    The finite element method for the conventional theory of mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity is used to study the indentation size effect. For small indenters (e.g., radii on the order of 10 µm), the maxim...

    Jiang Qin, Shaoxing Qu, Xue Feng, Yonggang Huang in Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2009)