A model for fracture of temperature-sensitive hydrogel with diffusion and large deformation

• Main Authors: Zheng, Shoujing, You, Hao, Li, Hua, Lam, K. Y.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Diffusion; Large Deformation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169076
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A model is formulated theoretically in this paper via the phase field method for simulation of fracture in temperature-sensitive hydrogels with consideration of diffusion coupled with large deformation, based on the finite-element analysis with analogies between the phase field evolution law and hea...