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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Science
  • Solid Mechanics

Background:

  • Inhomogeneously swollen elastomers are composite materials with elastic matrices and inclusion phases (microgel particles or osmolytes).
  • The mechanical properties of these elastomers are significantly influenced by the swelling and deswelling of the inclusion phases.
  • In the swollen state, inclusions have negligible stiffness, and the matrix deformation governs the composite's behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a generic, model-based framework for analyzing inhomogeneously swollen elastomers using incremental mean-field homogenization.
  • To compute the macroscopic effective stiffness for various hyperelastic matrix materials.
  • To extend elastic stiffness maps for quantifying local effective stiffness in incompressible materials.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a model based on incremental mean-field homogenization of a hyperelastic matrix.
  • Extended the concept of elastic stiffness maps to incompressible materials for local stiffness quantification.
  • Applied the framework to a Yeoh material for validation against experimental data.

Main Results:

  • The model accurately predicts the effective stiffness of inhomogeneously swollen elastomers, including those with highly swollen microgel particles.
  • Stiffness maps reveal pronounced radial stiffening and non-monotonic hoop direction stiffness changes in strain-stiffening materials.
  • Identified three distinct regimes of composite stiffness based on the degree of particle swelling: initial decrease, increase due to matrix stiffening, and further increase driven by particle interactions.

Conclusions:

  • The developed homogenization framework provides a versatile tool for analyzing the mechanical behavior of inhomogeneously swollen elastomers.
  • The findings highlight the sensitivity of stiffening characteristics to constitutive models, offering potential for designing advanced materials.
  • The study elucidates the complex interplay between particle swelling, matrix deformation, and particle interactions in determining composite stiffness.