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  • * Soft matter physics and mechanics.
  • * Material science and engineering.
  • * Tribology and fracture mechanics.

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  • * Cutting soft materials is complex, involving large deformation, fracture, and contact forces.
  • * Existing models struggle to explain transitions from indentation to cutting and dissipative mechanisms.
  • * Understanding soft cutting is crucial for applications in surgery and food texture engineering.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To investigate the physics of soft material cutting.
  • * To develop a unified computational framework for soft cutting mechanics.
  • * To explore the roles of adhesion, damping, and friction in the cutting process.

Main Methods:

  • * Experimental cutting tests on hydrogels, elastomers, and food materials.
  • * Development of a coupled computational model integrating soft fracture, adhesion, and friction.
  • * Analysis of material-dependent cutting behaviors and transition dynamics.

Main Results:

  • * Observed material-dependent cutting behaviors with varying indentation-to-cutting transitions.
  • * The computational model accurately captured experimental observations.
  • * Adhesion and damping in cohesive forces significantly influence tangential stresses, while friction is negligible due to low contact pressures.

Conclusions:

  • * Adhesion and damping are dominant factors in soft cutting, overriding friction.
  • * The study provides mechanistic insights into soft cutting physics.
  • * A unified framework for soft cutting mechanics can guide material, tool, and protocol design for surgical and food engineering applications.