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Analytical Solutions for a One-Dimensional Chemo-Mechanical Coupling Problem

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Chemo-mechanical coupling exists in a lot of intelligent materials including hydrogels, biological tissues and other soft materials. These materials are able to respond to external stimulus, such as temperature, chemical concentration, and pH value. In this paper, a one-dimensional theoretical model for chemo-mechanical coupling is proposed for analyzing the uniaxial stress/strain state of coupling materials. Based on the chemo-mechanical coupled governing equation, the displacement function and concentration function are derived and the stress and chemical potential are obtained. It is shown that the present chemo-mechanical theory can characterize the chemo-mechanical coupling behavior of intelligent materials.

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  1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, 100124, Beijing, China

    Qingsheng Yang & Hui Tian

  2. Research School of Engineering, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Canberra, Australia

    Qinghua Qin

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The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 10872011 and 11172012) and the Municipal Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (No. 3092006).

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Yang, Q., Tian, H. & Qin, Q. Analytical Solutions for a One-Dimensional Chemo-Mechanical Coupling Problem. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 27, 137–145 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-9166(14)60024-0

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