Course Type:
PhD Course
Academic Year:
2015-2016
Period:
May - Jun. 2016
Duration:
20 h
Description:
Topics:
- Introduction to the physics and applications of soft active materials
- Non-linear poroelasticity: kinematics and balance laws
- Weak form of the balance laws: the Principle of Virtual Power
- Thermodynamics and constitutive equations: dissipation inequality and Colemann-Noll procedure
- Statistical derivation of Neo-Hookean elasticity and mixing energy for polymer solutions (Flory-Rehner theory)
- Modeling of ionic and thermo-responsive polymers
- Linearized poroelasticity
- Applications of soft active materials to shape morphing
Research Group:
Location:
A-134