The paper examines the mechanics of inflation of incompressible planar hyperelastic
membranes that are rigidly fixed at their boundary and subjected to a uniform pressure …

Elastomeric membranes are flexible and stretchable, commonly found in soft devices, soft
robotics, and flexible electronics. The indentation of free-standing elastomeric membranes …

Friction is an ever-present force in our lives, affecting the interaction between objects in
numerous ways. The common hypothesis of frictionless contact between a foreign rigid …

Soft elastomeric membrane structures are widely used and commonly found in engineering
and biological applications. Puncture is one of the primary failure modes of soft elastomeric …

Puncture of soft solids involves the process of piercing through a soft solid material using a
sharp object, which is of great interest in biomedical and industrial applications. In this work …

A cavitation bubble collapses non-spherically, splits into two smaller bubbles, and induces
two axial jets flowing in opposite directions near a soft membrane. The soft membrane is …

We consider the problem of indentation of a thin circular elastic plate with a hole in the
centre by a cylindrical indenter under large strains. We use the nonlinear theory of isotropic …

In the paper we investigate the effect of friction on the stress–strain state of a hyperelastic
membrane in contact with a massive solid body. We consider the axisymmetric indentation …

Hydrogel membranes are commonly used in soft devices and soft robotics, which are prone
to puncture failure when penetrated by external spiny objects. In this work, the indentation …

Flexible stab-proof membrane is a promising form of anti-stabbing material. The polyvinyl
alcohol (PVA), which has good chemical stability, membrane-forming property and …