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A predictive microstructure-based approach for the anisotropic damage, residual stretches and hysteresis in biodegradable sutures
Gennaro Vitucci, Domenico De Tommasi, Giuseppe Puglisi +1
We propose a predictive model for the mechanical behavior of biodegradable polymers of interest for biomedical applications. Starting from a detailed description of the network beh…
Fractality in selfsimilar minimal mass structures
D. De Tommasi, F. Maddalena, G. Puglisi +1
In this paper we study the diffusely observed occurrence of Fractality and Self-organized Criticality in mechanical systems. We analytically show, based on a prototypical compresse…
Multiscale mechanics of macromolecular materials with unfolding domains
Domenico De Tommasi, Giuseppe Puglisi, Giuseppe Saccomandi
We propose a general multiscale approach for the mechanical behavior of three-dimensional networks of macromolecules undergoing strain-induced unfolding. Starting from a (statistic…
Compression-induced failure of electro-active polymeric thin films
Domenico De Tommasi, Giuseppe Puglisi, Giuseppe Zurlo
The insurgence of compression induces wrinkling in actuation devices based on EAPs thin films leading to a sudden decrease of performances up to failure. Based on the classical ten…
Failure mechanisms in thin electroactive polymer actuators
D. De Tommasi, G. Puglisi, G. Saccomandi +1
We propose a model to analyze the insurgence of pull-in and wrinkling failures in electroactive thin films. We take in consideration both cases of voltage and charge control, and s…