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A theory of constrained swelling of a pH-sensitive hydrogel

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 08:00

Many engineering devices and natural phenomena involve gels that swell under the constraint of hard materials. The constraint causes a field of stress in a gel, and often makes the swelling inhomogeneous even when the gel reaches a state of equilibrium. To analyze inhomogeneous swelling of a pH-sensitive gel, we implement a finite element method in the commercial software ABAQUS. The program is attached here. Contact Shenqiang Cai (shqcai [at] gmail.com) for a description of the program.

Poroelasticity and diffusion in elastic solids

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 03:13

These are slides of poroelasticity and diffusion in elastic solids for final presentation based on ES241 notes.

University lecturership in Engineering Science in Oxford

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 16:15

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oxford

lecturership

Here is a position for University lecturership in Engineering Science(Solid or Structural Mechanics)in association with a Tutorial fellowshiip at Pembroke College.

A University Lectureship in Solid Mechanics available in the Engineering Science Department at Oxford

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 00:01

Here is a Lectureship in Solid Mechanics available in the Engineering Science Department at Oxford posted by Prof.Alan Cocks.

ES 240 Final Project

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 01:48

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Attachment is my small final project. My name is Shengqiang Cai.

A E Love -Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 03:11

ES 240 Problem 6

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 02:06

I have got the master degree of Solid Mechanics in University of Science and Technology of China. Actually, I have taken several courses related to this subject, such as strength of materials and the theory of elasticity. So, my strength may be that I have some knowledge about it, but my poor ability to solve PDE or even ODE could be the specific obstacle for studying this course. I will do research in Suo’s group(http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/), and my research may be related to soft matters, such as gels.

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