Ebook: Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics
- Tags: Soft and Granular Matter Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Biomaterials, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials, Polymer Sciences
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: Jointly published with Higher Education Press2012
- Language: English
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"Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics" is a compilation and selection of recent works in soft matter mechanics by a group of active researchers in the field. The main objectives of this book are first to disseminate the latest developments in soft matter mechanics in the field of applied and computational mechanics, and second to introduce soft matter mechanics as a sub-discipline of soft matter physics. As an important branch of soft matter physics, soft matter mechanics has developed rapidly in recent years. A number of the novel approaches discussed in this book are unique, such as the coarse grained finite element method for modeling colloidal adhesion, entropic elasticity, meshfree simulations of liquid crystal elastomers, simulations of DNA, etc. The book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the field of mechanics, condensed matter physics and biomaterials.
Dr. Shaofan Li is a professor of the University of California-Berkeley, U.S.A; Dr. Bohua Sun is a professor of Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.
"Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics" is a compilation and selection of recent works in soft matter mechanics by a group of active researchers in the field. The main objectives of this book are first to disseminate the latest developments in soft matter mechanics in the field of applied and computational mechanics, and second to introduce soft matter mechanics as a sub-discipline of soft matter physics. As an important branch of soft matter physics, soft matter mechanics has developed rapidly in recent years. A number of the novel approaches discussed in this book are unique, such as the coarse grained finite element method for modeling colloidal adhesion, entropic elasticity, meshfree simulations of liquid crystal elastomers, simulations of DNA, etc. The book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the field of mechanics, condensed matter physics and biomaterials.
Dr. Shaofan Li is a professor of the University of California-Berkeley, U.S.A; Dr. Bohua Sun is a professor of Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Atomistic to Continuum Modeling of DNA Molecules....Pages 1-53
Computational Contact Formulations for Soft Body Adhesion....Pages 55-93
Soft Matter Modeling of Biological Cells....Pages 95-117
Modeling the Mechanics of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks: Non-affine Deformation and Presence of Long-range Correlations....Pages 119-145
Atomic Scale Monte-Carlo Studies of Entropic Elasticity Properties of Polymer Chain Molecules....Pages 147-163
Continuum Models of Stimuli-responsive Gels....Pages 165-196
Micromechanics of 3D Crystallized Protein Structures....Pages 197-212
Micromechanical Modeling of Three-dimensional Open-cell Foams....Pages 213-258
Capillary Adhesion of Micro-beams and Plates: A Review....Pages 259-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-298
"Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics" is a compilation and selection of recent works in soft matter mechanics by a group of active researchers in the field. The main objectives of this book are first to disseminate the latest developments in soft matter mechanics in the field of applied and computational mechanics, and second to introduce soft matter mechanics as a sub-discipline of soft matter physics. As an important branch of soft matter physics, soft matter mechanics has developed rapidly in recent years. A number of the novel approaches discussed in this book are unique, such as the coarse grained finite element method for modeling colloidal adhesion, entropic elasticity, meshfree simulations of liquid crystal elastomers, simulations of DNA, etc. The book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the field of mechanics, condensed matter physics and biomaterials.
Dr. Shaofan Li is a professor of the University of California-Berkeley, U.S.A; Dr. Bohua Sun is a professor of Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Atomistic to Continuum Modeling of DNA Molecules....Pages 1-53
Computational Contact Formulations for Soft Body Adhesion....Pages 55-93
Soft Matter Modeling of Biological Cells....Pages 95-117
Modeling the Mechanics of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks: Non-affine Deformation and Presence of Long-range Correlations....Pages 119-145
Atomic Scale Monte-Carlo Studies of Entropic Elasticity Properties of Polymer Chain Molecules....Pages 147-163
Continuum Models of Stimuli-responsive Gels....Pages 165-196
Micromechanics of 3D Crystallized Protein Structures....Pages 197-212
Micromechanical Modeling of Three-dimensional Open-cell Foams....Pages 213-258
Capillary Adhesion of Micro-beams and Plates: A Review....Pages 259-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-298
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