Inhomogeneous Large Deformation Kinetics of Polymeric Gels
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WILLIAM TOH∗, ZISHUN LIU†,§, TENG YONG NG∗ and WEI HONG‡ ∗School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore †International Center for Applied Mechanics State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University No. 28, West Xianning Road, Xi’an Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China ‡Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University Ames IA 50014, USA §[email protected]
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