Strain-Dependent Solid Surface Stress and the Stiffness of Soft Contacts
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 substrate as a competition between surface energies driving deformation to establish contact and bulk elasticity resisting...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041031 |