no code implementations • 21 Oct 2020 • Thomas G. J. Chandler, Dominic Vella
Since many of the thin layers used in applications are elastomeric, and hence close to incompressible, we consider the question of when the Winkler model is appropriate for such layers.
Soft Condensed Matter
no code implementations • 28 Sep 2020 • Yufan Xu, Yi Shen, Thomas C. T. Michaels, Kevin N. Baumann, Daniele Vigolo, Quentin Peter, Yuqian Lu, Kadi L. Saar, Dominic Vella, Hongjia Zhu, Alexander P. M. Guttenplan, Marc Rodriguez-Garcia, Tuomas P. J. Knowles
Microfluidic mechanical testing revealed that the mechanical robustness of thicker-shell capsules could be controlled through modulation of the shell thickness.
Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics