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Control of Dissipation Sources: A Central Aspect for Enhancing the Mechanical and Mechanobiological Performances of Hydrogels

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Composite Double-Network Hydrogels To Improve Adhesion on Biological Surfaces

Dominique Pioletti, Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Christophe Moser, Peyman Karami, Andreas Schmocker, Azadeh Khoushabi, Céline Samira Wyss, Martin Broome

Despite the development of hydrogels with high mechanical properties, insufficient adhesion between these materials and biological surfaces significantly limits their use in the biomedical field. By controlling toughening processes, we designed a composite ...

2018

Extreme loading scenarios such as earthquakes, exceptional wind gusts or tides are characterized by very high amplitude and multidirectional cyclic loads applied to a structure. Ultra Low Cycle Fatigue (ULCF) arises in such cases and can be summarily defin ...

EPFL2017

Modelling of fluid injection into a frictional weakening dilatant fault

Brice Tanguy Alphonse Lecampion, Federico Ciardo

We investigate the effect of shear dilatancy of a permeable fault on the diffusion of pore pressure and the occurrence of dynamic slip. Starting from the results of Garagash & Germanovich (2012), we include the effect of both inelastic changes of material ...

2017

H-SA700 is a type of new ultra-high-strength structural steel that is more environmentally friendly and more suitable for mass production than conventional high-strength steel. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the practical application of CF ...

International Association of Earthquake Engineering2017

Unconventional Tough Double-Network Hydrogels with Rapid Mechanical Recovery, Self-Healing, and Self-Gluing Properties

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Xunhui Wang, Zhangjun Huang, Haiyan Jia

Hydrogels are polymeric materials that have a relatively high capacity for holding water. Recently, a double network (DN) technique was developed to fabricate hydrogels with a toughness comparable to rubber. The mechanical properties of DN hydrogels may be ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

The Critical Shear Crack Theory (CSCT) is a consistent approach used for shear design of one- and two-way slabs failing in shear and punching shear respectively. The theory is based on a mechanical model allowing to determine the amount of shear force that ...

2016

In this study we present a photocrosslinkable and layerable hydrogel based on decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) intended for in vitromodels of cartilage tissue formation. dECM can provide cellular environments that are close to the native tissue s ...

2016

The weak mechanical performance and fragility of hydrogels limit their application as biomaterials for load bearing applications. The origin of this weakness has been explained by the low resistance to chains breakage composing the hydrogel and to the crac ...

Elsevier2015

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Friction welding of wood is a fast and adhesive-free bonding technology for the production of timber joints with good mechanical characteristics making this type of connection interesting for applications in timber construction. However, the moisture stabi ...

Springer2015

We present results from a numerical investigation of the localization of deformation in thin elastomeric spherical shells loaded by differently shaped indenters. Beyond a critical indentation, the deformation of the shell ceases to be axisymmetric and shar ...

American Society of Mechanical Engineers2014