Thesis: Computational analysis of surface and interfacial energy in the context of multi-physics and fracture

Introduction and Aim 1: Effect of elastocapillarity in the swelling kinetics of hydrogels

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Aim 2: The competition of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in matrix-embedded glioblastoma cell aggregates

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Aim 3: Stabilized formulation for phase-field fracture in nearly incompressible hyperelasticity

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Aim 4 and Conclusions: Stabilized formulation for dynamic fracture at the limit of incompressibility

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