MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Mechanical Properties of Fibrous Network Materials”
Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.eduWe discuss mechanical behavior of specific fibrous network materials, including the evolution of tension in fibrin clots, compression of pulmonary emboli, and fracture of Whatman filter paper. The first material, fibrin clots, consist of random networks of fibrin fibers. When clots form by polymerization they develop tensile pre-stresses. We construct a mathematical model for the […]