A comprehensive review is presented of the physical behavior of yield stress materials in
soft condensed matter, which encompasses a broad range of materials from colloidal …

The formation of cracks and emergence of shearing planes and other modes of rapid
macroscopic failure in geologic granular media involve numerous grain scale mechanical …

Additive manufacturing of smart materials that can be dynamically programmed with external
stimuli is known as 4D printing. Among the 4D printable materials, hydrogels are the most …

With reference to the experimental observation of crack initiation and propagation from pre-
existing flaws in rock specimens under compression, the influences of pre-existing flaw …

Stress-induced fluidization of a simple yield stress fluid, namely a carbopol microgel, is
addressed through extensive rheological measurements coupled to simultaneous …

In order to improve discrete fracture network (DFN) models, which are increasingly required
into groundwater and rock mechanics applications, we propose a new DFN modeling based …

Soft amorphous materials are viscoelastic solids ubiquitously found around us, from clays
and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical …

Biomaterials such as protein or polysaccharide gels are known to behave qualitatively as
soft solids and to rupture under an external load. Combining optical and ultrasonic imaging …

Subcritical cracking behavior and surface energies are important factors in geological
processes, as they control time‐dependent brittle processes and the long‐term stability of …

The fracture of materials can take place below the critical failure condition via the slow
accumulation of internal damage followed by fast crack propagation. While failure due to …