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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: The Mechanics of Soft Solid Interfaces
DTSTART:20170926T121500
DTEND:20170926T131500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Eric Dufresne\, Department of Materials\, Soft and Livin
 g Materials\, ETH Zürich\nAbstract: \nRobotic and electronic systems are 
 getting softer. Emerging systems pose some fascinating mechanical problems
 \, mainly due to large deformations and interactions with surfaces.\n\nWe 
 are looking closely at the mechanics of soft solid surfaces. In this conte
 xt\, we find that classic approaches to composites (Eshelby)\, adhesion (J
 KR)\, and wetting (Young-Dupre) fail spectacularly. The key point is that 
 surface tension (or\, more generally\, surface stress) takes a leading rol
 e\, drowning out contributions from bulk elasticity.\n\nI will provide som
 e examples of surface tension dominated phenomenology and describe our cur
 rent efforts to understand the material origins of these effects.\n\nBio:\
 nEric Dufresne is the Professor of Soft and Living Materials at ETH Züric
 h. Previously\, he was a professor in the Department of Mechanical Enginee
 ring at Yale University. His research interests include mechanics and morp
 hogenesis in living and engineered systems.
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