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Keywords: Soft Materials; Multiphysics; Microstructure evolution; Experimental Mechanics; Fracture; Biomechanics; Constitutive Modeling; Data-driven methods
Organizers:
Franz Dammaß (1) – franz.dammass@tu-dresden.de
Eric Euchler (2) – euchler-eric@ipfdd.de
Philipp Gebhart (3) – Philipp.Gebhart@tu-dresden.de
Klara Loos (4) – klara.loos@unibw.de
Michele Terzano (5) – michele.terzano@tugraz.at
Affiliations:
(1) TU Dresden, Chair of Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics, Germany
(2) IPF – Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Department of Elastomers, Germany
(3) TU Dresden, Chair of Mechanics of Multifunctional Structures, Germany
(4) UniBW München, Institute of Mechanics, München, Germany
(5) TU Graz, Institute of Biomechanics, Austria
Abstract:
Soft materials, such as soft polymers including elastomers and gels or biomaterials, usually exhibit highly nonlinear, complex mechanical behavior. Dissipative mechanisms like deformation-induced crystallization, damage and fracture as well as intricate multiphysical interactions, e.g., electro-mechanical, magneto-mechanical, or chemo-mechanical coupling, further increase the complexity and pose some major challenges in the experimental characterization and modeling of these materials.
In the last decades, there has been an increasing interest in the theoretical and experimental study of these complex and coupled phenomena in soft materials. Hereby, predictive material modeling in combination with modern machine-learning approaches and advanced experimental methods play a crucial role in better understanding these phenomena, with applications in numerous fields of engineering and biomedical sciences.
This minisymposium seeks to unite researchers with diverse expertise – spanning from theoretical modeling to experimental investigation – in the field of mechanics of soft materials. Topics of particular interest include, yet are not limited to: