Liquid Filled Elastomers: From Linearization to Elastic Enhancement

Juan Casado-Díaz, Gilles A. Francfort, Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Maria Giovanna Mora

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Abstract

Surface tension at cavity walls can play havoc with the mechanical properties of perforated soft solids when the cavities are filled with a fluid. This study is an investigation of the macroscopic elastic properties of elastomers embedding spherical cavities filled with a pressurized liquid in the presence of surface tension, starting with the linearization of the fully nonlinear model and ending with the enhancement properties of the linearized model when many such liquid filled cavities are present.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5
JournalArchive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Volume249
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2025
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)
  • Mechanical Engineering

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