Soft materials are materials with a low shear modulus relative to their bulk modulus and
where elastic restoring forces are mainly of entropic origin. A sparse population of strong …

In spite of the growing body of evidence against it, the elasticity view of the phenomenon of
cavitation in elastomers continues to be utilized in numerous studies. In this context, the …

Cavitation is the sudden, unstable expansion of a void or bubble within a liquid or solid
subjected to a negative hydrostatic stress. Cavitation rheology is a field emerging from the …

This paper describes a study of the strength and failure properties of a range of polymer
bonded explosives (PBXS). These are composite systems in which small (typically …

The nucleation of internal cavities and their transition to cracks are examined at high spatial
and temporal resolutions within polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers of various cross …

Nanocavitation was detected for the first time in carbon black filled styrene–butadiene
rubber (CB-SBR) under uniaxial loading by real time small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) …

The Review first describes the general features of gas induced rupture in elastomers,
induced by a reduction in the ambient gas pressure, and introduces the main variables such …

It is by now well established that loading conditions with sufficiently large triaxialities can
induce the sudden appearance of internal cavities within elastomeric (and other soft) solids …

Needle-induced cavitation (NIC) locally probes the elastic and fracture properties of soft
materials, such as gels and biological tissues. Current NIC protocols tend to overestimate …

In Part I of this work we derived a fairly general theory of cavitation in elastomeric solids
based on the sudden growth of pre-existing defects. In this article, the theory is used to …