Organizers:
- Eric M. Stewart, University of Cincinnati
- Shawn Chester, NJIT
- Claudio Di Leo, Georgia Tech
- Chockalingam Senthilnathan, Purdue University
Description:
This topic covers the characterization, prediction, modeling, and application of coupled “multi-physics” phenomena in solids, with emphasis on soft materials. Areas of interest for individual sessions include, but are not limited to:
Topics of interest:
- Chemo-mechanics of gels,
- Diffusion, reaction, and growth in living and inert materials,
- Electro-chemo-mechanics of energy materials,
- Magneto-mechanics of magnetorheological elastomers,
- Electro-mechanics of dielectric elastomers,
- Effects of damage, inelasticity, and inertia in the above,
- Computational methods,
- Experimental methods.
The symposium brings researchers from a variety of backgrounds together to exchange and discuss ideas related to the coupled mechanical behavior of soft smart materials.