@article {46, title = {Large-strain poroelastic plate theory for polymer gels with applications to swelling-induced morphing of composite plates}, journal = {Composites Part B: Engineering}, volume = {115}, year = {2017}, pages = {330-340}, abstract = {

We derive a large-strain plate model that allows to describe transient, coupled processes involving elasticity and solvent migration, by performing a dimensional reduction of a three-dimensional poroelastic theory. We apply the model to polymer gel plates, for which a specific kinematic constraint and constitutive relations hold. Finally, we assess the accuracy of the plate model with respect to the parent three-dimensional model through two numerical benchmarks, solved by means of the finite element method. Our results show that the theory offers an efficient computational framework for the study of swelling-induced morphing of composite gel plates.

}, keywords = {large strain, plates, polymer gel, swelling}, doi = {10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.09.063}, author = {Alessandro Lucantonio and Giuseppe Tomassetti and Antonio DeSimone} }