The Mechanics of Hydrogels
Mechanical Properties, Testing, and Applications

In-depth overview of the mechanics, testing, design, manufacture, and application of hydrogels

Hua Li (Edited by), Vadim Silberschmidt (Edited by)

9780081028629, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 18 August 2022

340 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.54 kg

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. Mechanical characterization of hydrogels 2. Deformation and fracture behaviors of long-fiber hydrogels 3. Linear and nonlinear deformation behavior of hydrogels 4. Mechanical testing of hydrogels 5. Multiscale instrumented indentation of hydrogels 6. Fatigue of hydrogels 7. Dynamic behaviors of the hydrogel 8. Numerical modeling of hydrogels: from microscopic network to macroscopic material 9. Multiscale modeling of hydrogels 10. Modeling of stimuli-responsive hydrogels: a transient analysis 11. Mechanically driven phase transition of physical hydrogels 12. Large deformation behavior of magnetic hydrogels 13. Enzyme functionalized hydrogels: relationship between stimuli and mechanical response

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering [TGB], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]