Finite element simulation of swelling-induced crack healing in gels
Abstract
Finite element simulations have been conducted to study the evolution of stress fields at the crack tip and the crack opening around the crack tip with time for a gel subject to mode I loading. It is found that the stress singularity at the crack tip is eliminated by the swelling of the gel when the
- This article is part of the themed collection: Mechanics and Physics of Hydrogels