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Slicing of a soft solid

Journal of Chemical Physics, ISSN: 1089-7690, Vol: 159, Issue: 11
2023
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New Chemical Physics Research Has Been Reported by a Researcher at Lehigh University (Slicing of a soft solid)

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Cutting of soft materials is a complex problem, which is still not well understood at the fundamental level, especially for soft materials. The cutting process we consider is slicing, which starts with indentation, followed by sliding of a knife on the material to be cut. Here, we describe cutting experiments on PDMS elastomers with three different moduli. Our experiments reveal typical stages of this cutting process, starting with indentation and ending at steady state cutting. The process starts with a pre-cutting phase in which the blade does not slip grossly relative to the solid to be cut, and deformation is mostly elastic. Slip of the blade initiates suddenly and is often accompanied by initiation of cutting. Cutting is relatively smooth in the next stage, which requires a continuous increase in shear force. For soft PDMS, this smooth cutting stage is followed by one in which folds or creases form on the cutting surface. The corresponding shear force response is no longer smooth as “steady” sliding occurs in a stick-slip fashion with oscillatory forces. The average shear force reaches a plateau and no longer increases with shear displacement. Experimental observations of the various cutting stages are interpreted quantitatively.

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