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SOFT MATTER
卷 17, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01795g
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- Trinity Overseas Bursary
- Leverhulme Trust
- Isaac Newton Trust
Decompression of soft brittle materials can cause the growth of internal gas-filled cracks, which are oblate spheroids with a linearly growing major radius that irreversibly fractures the surrounding material. Optical measurements in hydrogels characterize and quantify the three-dimensional crack geometry and growth rate, which agree with an analytical model predicting the dependence on mechanical properties, gas diffusivity, and super-saturation conditions. This suggests a potential new mechanism for decompression sickness in scuba diving and for indirectly measuring fracture properties of hydrogels optically.
We report that the decompression of soft brittle materials can lead to the growth of internal gas-filled cracks. These cracks are oblate spheroids ('penny shape'), whose major radius grows linearly in time, irreversibly fracturing the surrounding material. Our optical measurements in hydrogels characterise and quantify the three-dimensional crack geometry and growth rate. These results are in good agreement with our analytical model coupling fracture mechanics and gas diffusion, and predicting the dependence on the mechanical properties, gas diffusivity and super-saturation conditions (gas pressure, solubility, temperature). Our results suggest a new potential mechanism for decompression sickness in scuba diving and for indirect optical measurements of the fracture properties of hydrogels.
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