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Surface Elastic Constants of a Soft Solid
Qin Xu, Robert W. Style, Eric R. Dufresne
Solid interfaces have intrinsic elasticity. However, in most experiments, this is obscured by bulk stresses. Through microscopic observations of the contact-line geometry of a part…
Indentation of a floating elastic sheet: Geometry versus applied tension
Finn Box, Dominic Vella, Robert Style +1
The localized loading of an elastic sheet floating on a liquid bath occurs at scales from a frog sitting on a lily pad to a volcano supported by the Earth's tectonic plates. The lo…
Strain-dependent solid surface stress and the stiffness of soft contacts
Katharine E. Jensen, Robert W. Style, Qin Xu +1
Surface stresses have recently emerged as a key player in the mechanics of highly compliant solids. The classic theories of contact mechanics describe adhesion with a compliant sub…