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Table 1 Material parameters of the two-phase periodic hydrogel composites

From: Computational homogenization of transient chemo-mechanical processes based on a variational minimization principle

No.

Parameter

Name, unit

Matrix

Inclusion

1.

\(\gamma \)

Shear modulus, \(\hbox {N/mm}^{2}\)

0.1

\(10^{-4}\)

2.

\(\alpha \)

Mixing modulus, \(\hbox {N/mm}^{2}\)

24.2

24.2

3.

\(\chi \)

Mixing parameter, –

0.1

0.1

4.

M

Mobility parameter, \(\hbox {mm}^{4}\)/(Ns)

\(10^{-4}\)

\(10^{3}\)

5.

\(\epsilon \)

Penalty parameter, \(\hbox {N/mm}^{2}\)

10

\(10^{-3}\)

6.

\(J_0\)

Pre-swollen Jacobian, –

1.01

1.01