2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Ductile fracture of HDPE thin films: failure mechanisms and tuning of fracture properties by bonding a rubber layer
Rahul G. Ramachandran, Zachary Kushnir, Deepak Langhe +2
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) thin films, while inherently ductile, exhibit poor flaw tolerance. Our experiments show that they fail prematurely not at the point of maximum stre…
cond-mat.soft2024
Buckling by disordered growth
Rahul G. Ramachandran, Ricard Alert, Pierre A. Haas
Buckling instabilities driven by tissue growth underpin key developmental events such as the folding of the brain. Tissue growth is disordered due to cell-to-cell variability, but…