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We analyse the influence of pre-stress on the propagation of interfacial waves along the boundary of an incompressible hyperelastic half-space that is in contact with a viscous fluid extending to infinity in the adjoining half-space. One…
In vivo measurement of the mechanical properties of thin-walled soft tissues (e.g., mitral valve, artery and bladder) and in situ mechanical characterization of thin-walled artificial soft biomaterials in service are of great challenge and…
The propagation of intense acoustic waves in a one-dimensional phononic crystal is studied. The medium consists in a structured fluid, formed by a periodic array of fluid layers with alternating linear acoustic properties and quadratic…
Lamb waves with dominantly longitudinal displacement component have been reported for sensor application in liquid media. However, they are still limited for the fundamental symmetry mode with low plate thickness-to-wavelength (h/l) ratio,…
Propagation of elastic waves in damaged media (concrete, rocks) is studied theoretically and numerically. Such materials exhibit a nonlinear behavior, with long-time softening and recovery processes (slow dynamics). A constitutive model…
We propose a class of metamaterials in which propagation of acoustic waves is controlled magnetically through magnetoelastic coupling. The metamaterials are formed by a periodic array of thin magnetic layers ('resonators') embedded in a…
We study the propagation of Lamb waves in soft dielectric plates subject to mechanical and electrical loadings. We find explicit expressions for the dispersion equations in the cases of neo-Hookean and Gent dielectrics. We elucidate the…
Identifying a universal material constitutive law, that describes the mechanical response of rubber-like solids for all deformation fields and achievable extensions, is an outstanding challenge. Here, we propose to exploit the propagation…
The nonlinear frequencies of pre-stressed graphene-based structures, such as flat graphene sheets and carbon nanotubes, are calculated. These structures are modeled with a nonlinear hyperelastic shell model. The model is calibrated with…
Damage detection in active-sensing, guided-waves-based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has evolved through multiple eras of development during the past decades. Nevertheless, there still exists a number of challenges facing the current…
Knowing the stress within a soft material is of fundamental interest to basic research and practical applications, such as soft matter devices, biomaterial engineering, and medical sciences. However, it is challenging to measure stress…
This paper aims to enhance our understanding of the physical behavior of adiabatic modes in inhomogeneous elastic plates, particularly their remarkable capacity to adapt to gradual perturbations. The study investigates the propagation…
Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems use the non-destructive testing principle for damage identification. As part of SHM, the propagation of ultrasonic guided waves (UGWs) is tracked and analyzed for the changes in the associated wave…
Nonlinear acoustic metamaterial (NAM) initiates new fields for controlling elastic waves. In this work, the flexural wave propagation in the half-infinite NAM beam consisting of periodic Duffing resonators is reported by considering the…
Knowledge of the state of plastic deformation in metallic structures is vital to prevent failure. This is why non-destructive acoustic tests based on the measurement of first order elastic constants have been developed and intensively used.…
This paper presents an electromechanical analysis of the nonlinear static response and the superimposed small-amplitude wave characteristics in an infinite periodic compressible dielectric elastomer (DE) laminate subjected to electrostatic…
The acoustic signature of thermal spray processes is known to vary with changes in operating conditions, which also influence particle in-flight velocity and distribution. Building on this idea, the present work first develops an analytical…
We investigate the elastic wave propagation in various hyperelastic materials which subjected to simple-shear deformation. Two compressible types of three conventional hyperelastic models are considered. We found pure elastic wave modes can…
Skin tension plays a pivotal role in clinical settings, it affects scarring, wound healing and skin necrosis. Despite its importance, there is no widely accepted method for assessing in vivo skin tension or its natural pre-stretch. This…
Hyperelastic transformation theory has proven shear-wave manipulation devices with various functions can be designed by utilizing neo-Hookean material with appropriate pre-deformation. However, it is still elusive that how can such devices…