Fracture of Soft Polymeric Materials

Presentations

• Fracture and yielding in polymers: where is fracture mechanics

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 2:30 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Shi-Qing Wang

    University of Akron

  Authors

  • Shi-Qing Wang

    University of Akron

  • Zehao Fan

    University of Akron

  • Asal Siavoshani

    University of Akron

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• Towards Soft and Tough Polymer Networks through Controlled Gelation

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:06 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Aaliyah Z Dookhith

    University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Aaliyah Z Dookhith

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Mina Hadzidedic

    The University of Texas at Austin

  • Anthony Arrowood

    The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin

  • Gabriel Eduardo Sanoja

    University of Texas at Austin

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• Effect of network structure on fracture of swollen polymer networks

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:18 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Gourav Pravin Kumbhojkar

    Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Gourav Pravin Kumbhojkar

    Northwestern University

  • Sinan Keten

    Northwestern University

  • Arman Moussavi

    Northwestern University

  • Wei Chen

    Northwestern University

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• Delayed elastomeric failure as a function of temperature

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:30 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:42 PM

  Publication: Manuscript in preparation for Macromolecules

  Presenters

  • Asal Siavoshani

    University of Akron

  Authors

  • Asal Siavoshani

    University of Akron

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• Constitutive and Fracture Behavior of Double-network Elastomers

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:42 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:54 PM

  Publication: Submitted manuscript to Advanced Engineering Materials with title Constitutive and Fracture Behavior of Double-network Elastomers

  Presenters

  • Marwan Fayed

    University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Marwan Fayed

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Lihua Jin

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Chen Wei

    University of California, Los Angeles

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• Tearing a floating polymer film

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:54 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • S M Asif Iqbal

    Syracuse University

  Authors

  • S M Asif Iqbal

    Syracuse University

  • Emily Vieru

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

  • James H Henderson

    Syracuse University

  • Vincent Démery

    ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University,

  • Joseph D Paulsen

    Syracuse University

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• Two-Dimensional Statistical Mechanical Model for Crack Growth

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:06 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Elijah Schwab

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Elijah Schwab

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Scott J Grutzik

    Sandia National Labs

  • Michael Robert Buche

    Sandia National Laboratories

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• Controlling Local Compliance to Probe the Biaxial Failure of Soft Elastomers in a Cruciform Geometry

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:18 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Christopher W Barney

    University of Akron

  Authors

  • Christopher W Barney

    University of Akron

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• General approximation of single-chain models with extensible links

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:30 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:42 PM

  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.108.064503<br>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105244<br>https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.024502<br>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104593

  Presenters

  • Michael Robert Buche

    Sandia National Laboratories

  Authors

  • Michael Robert Buche

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matthew J Grasinger

    Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

  • Jason P Mulderrig

    Cornell University, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force Research Laboratory

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• Relation between Structural Disruption and Memory Effects in Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Elastomers

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:42 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:54 PM

  Publication: Becerra, D., Jois, P. R., & Hall, L. M. (2023). Coarse-grained modeling of polymers with end-on and side-on liquid crystal moieties: Effect of architecture. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(22).<br><br>Becerra, D., Xu, Y., Wang, X., & Hall, L. M. (2023). Impact of molecular-level structural disruption on relaxation dynamics of polymers with end-on and side-on liquid crystal moieties. ACS Nano, 17(24), 24790-24801.

  Presenters

  • Diego Becerra

    University of Concepción

  Authors

  • Diego Becerra

    University of Concepción

  • Gabriel Schiappacasse

    University of Concepción

  • José M Garrido

    University of Concepción

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• Influence of Network Structure on Fracture Toughness of Nematic Elastomers

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:54 PM – March 20, 2025, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Anjali Agrawala

    Yale University

  Authors

  • Anjali Agrawala

    Yale University

  • Thao D Nguyen

    Johns Hopkins University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL Withdrawn

  March 20, 2025, 5:06 PM – March 20, 2025, 5:18 PM

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL Withdrawn

  March 20, 2025, 5:18 PM – March 20, 2025, 5:30 PM

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