We describe here experiments on the mechanics of hydrogel particle packings from the Behringer lab, performed between 2012 and 2015. These experiments quantify the evolution of all contact forces inside soft particle packings exposed to compression, shear, and the intrusion of a large intruder. The experimental set-ups and processes are presented and the data are concomitantly published in a repository.
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@article{arxiv.1912.10400,
title = {Transparent Experiments: Releasing Data from Mechanical Tests on Three Dimensional Hydrogel Sphere Packings},
author = {Jonathan Barés and Nicolas Brodu and Hu Zheng and Joshua A. Dijksman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.10400},
year = {2021}
}