3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Cutting soft materials: how material differences shape the response
Miguel Angel Moreno-Mateos, Paul Steinmann
Cutting soft materials is a complex process governed by the interplay of bulk large deformation, interfacial soft fracture, and contact forces with the cutting tool. Existing exper…
cond-mat.soft2025
Configurational forces explain echelon cracks in soft materials
Angel Santarossa, Nydia Roxana Varela-Rosales, Paul Steinmann +1
Soft fracture in highly deformable solids involves both geometric and constitutive nonlinearities, necessitating advanced theoretical and computational frameworks for its accurate…
cond-mat.soft2025
Biaxial characterization of soft elastomers: experiments and data-adaptive configurational forces for fracture
Miguel Angel Moreno-Mateos, Simon Wiesheier, Ali Esmaeili +2
Understanding the fracture mechanics of soft solids remains a fundamental challenge due to their complex, nonlinear responses under large deformations. While multiaxial loading is…