• DOI:10.1098/rsta.2022.0025
• Corpus ID: 253499222

Buckling of lipidic ultrasound contrast agents under quasi-static load

@article{Chabouh2022BucklingOL,
  title={Buckling of lipidic ultrasound contrast agents under quasi-static load},
  author={Georges Chabouh and Benjamin van Elburg and Michel Versluis and Tim Segers and Catherine Quilliet and G. Coupier},
  journal={Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A},
  year={2022},
  volume={381}
}

• Georges Chabouh, Benjamin van Elburg, +3 authors G. Coupier
• Published 10 November 2022
• Engineering
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A

Collapse of lipidic ultrasound contrast agents under high-frequency compressive load has been historically interpreted by the vanishing of surface tension. By contrast, buckling of elastic shells is known to occur when costly compressible stress is released through bending. Through quasi-static compression experiments on lipidic shells, we analyse the buckling events in the framework of classical elastic buckling theory and deduce the mechanical characteristics of these shells. They are then compared with that obtained through acoustic characterization. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Probing and dynamics of shock sensitive shells’.