TY - BOOK AU - Volokh,Konstantin ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Modeling Failure and Fracture of Soft Solids and Fluids SN - 9783031732874 AV - QA808.2 PY - 2024/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer KW - Continuum mechanics KW - Mathematics KW - Data processing KW - Soft condensed matter KW - Continuum Mechanics KW - Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis KW - Soft Materials N1 - Introduction -- Tensors -- Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics -- Failure of Soft Solids -- Fracture of Soft Solids -- Failure of Liquids N2 - This book applies approaches of nonlinear continuum mechanics used to model fracture and failures in soft materials. Two physical observations underlie mathematical theories described in this book. First, the energy of molecular bonds is bounded and, consequently, the macroscopic strain energy must be bounded. Second, the broken bonds are diffused and, consequently, highly localized material sink takes place. The first observation allows describing material failure as the damage initiation. The second observation allows modeling cracks as damage localization and propagation. This book builds on the experiences of “Soft Matter Mechanics” by Konstantin Volokh UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73287-4 ER -