| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7208050 | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials | 2016 | 26 Pages |
Abstract
- Compressive through-thickness relaxation of multi-layered hydrogels is studied.
- A relaxation time is relatively short; stress decays over 80% before equilibrium.
- Two different mechanisms dominate relaxation behaviour at low and high forces.
- A fraction-exponential model is suitable for description of hydrogel׳s relaxation.
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Authors
Xing Gao, Piotr KuÅmierczyk, Zhijun Shi, Changqing Liu, Guang Yang, Igor Sevostianov, Vadim V. Silberschmidt,