Mechanical characterization of agarose hydrogels and their inherent dynamic instabilities at ballistic to ultra-high strain-rates via inertial microcavitation

J Yang, HC Cramer III, EC Bremer… - Extreme Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Finite deformation, viscoelastic constitutive characterization of hydrogels is of particular
importance across a spectrum of engineering and medical applications. Due to its ease of …

High-speed, full-field deformation measurements near inertial microcavitation bubbles inside viscoelastic hydrogels

A McGhee, J Yang, EC Bremer, Z Xu… - Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Inertial microcavitation is a well-known phenomenon that generates large
stresses and deformations at extremely high loading rates in various soft materials, ranging …

Analysis of Dynamic Surface Instabilities in Soft Hydrogel Cylinders Subject to Laser-Driven Shock-Loading

D Pickard - 2022 - dspace.mit.edu
Soft materials subject to both static and dynamic loading are known to exhibit a variety of
mechanical instabilities which may lead to intricate surface deformation patterns. In …