The Mechanics of Hydrogels: Mechanical Properties, Testing, and Applications offers readers a systematic description of the mechanical properties and characterizations of hydrogels. Practical topics such as manufacturing hydrogels with controlled mechanical properties and the mechanical testing of hydrogels are covered at length, as are areas such as inelastic and nonlinear deformation, rheological characterization, fracture and indentation testing, mechanical properties of cellularly responsive hydrogels, and more. Proper instrumentation and modeling techniques for measuring the mechanical properties of hydrogels are also explored.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Elsevier Series in Mechanics of Advanced Materials - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iii 7. List of contributors - p. ix 8. Preface - p. xi 9. 1. Mechanical characterization of hydrogels - p. 1 10. 2. Deformation and fracture behaviors of long-fiber hydrogels - p. 25 11. 3. Linear and nonlinear deformation behavior of hydrogels - p. 41 12. 4. Mechanical testing of hydrogels - p. 73 13. 5. Multi-scale instrumented indentation of hydrogels - p. 91 14. 6. Fatigue of hydrogels - p. 119 15. 7. Dynamic behaviors of the hydrogel - p. 139 16. 8. Numerical modeling of hydrogels: from microscopic network to macroscopic material - p. 159 17. 9. Multiscale modeling of hydrogels - p. 187 18. 10. Modeling of stimuli-responsive hydrogels: a transient analysis - p. 223 19. 11. Mechanically driven phase transition of physical hydrogels - p. 269 20. 12. Large deformation behavior of magnetic hydrogels - p. 289 21. 13. Enzyme functionalized hydrogels: relationship between stimuli and mechanical response - p. 307 22. Index - p. 321
The Mechanics of Hydrogels: Mechanical Properties, Testing, and Applications offers readers a systematic description of the mechanical properties and characterizations of hydrogels. Practical topics such as manufacturing hydrogels with controlled mechanical properties and the mechanical testing of hydrogels are covered at length, as are areas such as inelastic and nonlinear deformation, rheological characterization, fracture and indentation testing, mechanical properties of cellularly responsive hydrogels, and more. Proper instrumentation and modeling techniques for measuring the mechanical properties of hydrogels are also explored.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Elsevier Series in Mechanics of Advanced Materials - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iii 7. List of contributors - p. ix 8. Preface - p. xi 9. 1. Mechanical characterization of hydrogels - p. 1 10. 2. Deformation and fracture behaviors of long-fiber hydrogels - p. 25 11. 3. Linear and nonlinear deformation behavior of hydrogels - p. 41 12. 4. Mechanical testing of hydrogels - p. 73 13. 5. Multi-scale instrumented indentation of hydrogels - p. 91 14. 6. Fatigue of hydrogels - p. 119 15. 7. Dynamic behaviors of the hydrogel - p. 139 16. 8. Numerical modeling of hydrogels: from microscopic network to macroscopic material - p. 159 17. 9. Multiscale modeling of hydrogels - p. 187 18. 10. Modeling of stimuli-responsive hydrogels: a transient analysis - p. 223 19. 11. Mechanically driven phase transition of physical hydrogels - p. 269 20. 12. Large deformation behavior of magnetic hydrogels - p. 289 21. 13. Enzyme functionalized hydrogels: relationship between stimuli and mechanical response - p. 307 22. Index - p. 321
