Non-Newtonian Fluid-Like Behavior of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate Hydrogels Under Transient Dynamic Shear

K. Upadhyay, K. Luo, G. Subhash, D. E. Spearot

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Abstract

Hydrogels exhibit a fluid-like viscous response under high shear strain rates with significant rate- and microstructure-dependent rheological properties. In this study, the transient shear response of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels is characterized by application of the power-law fluid model to incompressible Navier–Stokes equation of start-up planar Couette flow. To impart the necessary boundary conditions for model calibration, a split-Hopkinson pressure bar based single-pulse dynamic simple shear experiment is developed, in which unsteady momentum diffusion between two shear plates is measured using two-dimensional digital image correlation (DIC). The measured shear profiles and their characteristic self-similarity under these boundary conditions are utilized to calculate power-law exponent and transient-state viscosity via finite difference simulations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationChallenges in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials - Proceedings of the 2020 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
EditorsMeredith Silberstein, Alireza Amirkhizi
PublisherSpringer
Pages17-23
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783030595418
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2020 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Sep 14 2020Sep 17 2020

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
ISSN (Print)2191-5644
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5652

Conference

ConferenceSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period9/14/209/17/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • Hydrogels
  • Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA)
  • Power-law viscoelasticity
  • Simple shear
  • Split-Hopkinson pressure (Kolsky) bar

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