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