Elastobuoyant Heavy Spheres: A Unique Way to Study Nonlinear Elasticity

Large deformations in soft elastic materials are ubiquitous, yet systematic studies and methods to understand the mechanics of such huge strains are lacking. Here, we investigate this complex problem systematically with a simple experiment: by introducing a heavy bead of radius a in an incompressibl...

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Main Authors: Chakrabarti, Aditi, Chaudhury, Manoj K., Mora, Serge, Pomeau, Yves
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Math
Language:en
Published: AMER PHYSICAL SOC 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622723
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622723