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 …

Rupture of a rubber sheet by a cavitation bubble: An experimental study

XY Kan, JL Yan, S Li, AM Zhang - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2021 - Springer
Dynamics of spark-generated cavitation bubbles near a deformable rubber sheet are
experimentally investigated in this study. The transient bubble–rubber interaction is captured …

Probing inertial cavitation damage in viscoelastic hydrogels using dynamic bubble pairs

J Yang, HC Cramer, S Buyukozturk… - Dynamic Behavior of …, 2022 - Springer
Inertial cavitation is a common phenomenon in nature, which is also similarly present in
many engineering and medical applications including laser eye surgery and lithotripsy …