| dc.contributor.advisor | Gareth H. McKinley, | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Read, Helen E.S.B.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-08T21:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-08T21:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127870 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, May, 2020 | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-12). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | As soft physical gels become more popular due to their biological applications, there is increased interest in measuring mechanical properties such as toughness. However, traditional tensile testing methods do not work for such materials due to the intrinsic softness of the material. We present a novel method for measuring fracture energy using a rheometer and show it is broadly consistent with the pure shear test, a standard method where the material exhibits mode I fracture. This method has potential applications in characterizing a wide range of soft and transient gels. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Helen E. Read. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 12 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Rheometric measurement of hydrogel toughness | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1196830587 | en_US |
| dc.description.collection | S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dspace.imported | 2020-10-08T21:28:03Z | en_US |
| mit.thesis.degree | Bachelor | en_US |
| mit.thesis.department | MechE | en_US |
