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SUBMITTER: Xin F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6189592 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences 20180912 2217
We develop an acousto-thermo-mechanical theory for nonlinear (large) deformation of temperature-sensitive hydrogels subjected to temperature and ultrasonic inputs, with diffusion mass transport driven by osmotic pressure accounted for. On the basis of the strain energy due to network stretching, the mixing energy of polymers and small molecules, the Cauchy stress of the deformed hydrogel can be obtained. The acoustic radiation stress generated by the ultrasonic inputs is incorporated into the Ca ...[more]