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- Description:
- A generalized thermoelastic model for adhesion was developed to elucidate the mechanism of dissipation within the viscoelastic bulk of a hydrogel. Results show that in …
- Year:
- 2015
- Contributor:
- Torres , Jahn Ramon (creator)
- Kim, Kyung-Suk (Director)
- Jay, Gregory (Reader)
- Franck, Christian (Reader)
- Brown University. ENGINEERING: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- contacts
- dissipation
- Eshelby
- Clausius-Duhem
- inhomogeneity
- lubricin
- PRG4
- hydrogel
- polymer brush
- biofouling
- graded modulus
- wrinkle
- AFM calibration
- diamagnetic normal force calibration
- D-NFC
- poly(dimethyl) siloxane
- PDMS
- Adhesion
- Tribology
- Energy dissipation
- Fouling
- Atomic force microscopy
- Polydimethylsiloxane
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Engineering
- Mechanics of Solids
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- The mechanics of biological contact are important in many natural processes, motivating extensive study of biological adhesive systems as well as attempts at biomimickry through …
- Year:
- 2009
- Contributor:
- Waters, Julie F. (creator)
- Guduru, Pradeep (director)
- Gao, Huajian (reader)
- Kim, Kyung-Suk (reader)
- Brown University. Division of Engineering. Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- concave surfaces
- wavy surfaces
- mixed mode contact
- Contact mechanics
- Adhesion
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Engineering
- Mechanics of Solids
- Theses and Dissertations
- Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- Adhesion originated from van der Waals interactions becomes predominant over bulk properties of elastic solids at small length scales. A fundamental understanding of the mechanics …
- Year:
- 2019
- Contributor:
- Deng, Weilin (creator)
- Kesari, Haneesh (Advisor)
- Guduru, Pradeep (Reader)
- Srivastava, Vikas (Reader)
- Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- Solid Mechanics
- contact experiments
- Mechanics
- Surface roughness
- Adhesion
- Collection:
- Engineering
- Mechanics of Solids
- Theses and Dissertations