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Tadd Truscott

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

3

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101

TOTAL CITATIONS

3

Scholarly Papers (3)

Nondestructive Determination of Young’s Modulus of Alginate hydrogels using a soft Magnetorheological Elastomer-based Actuator

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Dec 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Khalifa University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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magnetorheological elastomers (MREs), multifunctional composites, magnetoactive elastomers, hydrogels, Young's modulus, soft actuators, biomaterials

Nondestructive Determination of Young’s Modulus of Alginate hydrogels using a soft Magnetorheological Elastomer-based Actuator

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Dec 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Khalifa University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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magnetorheological elastomers (MREs), multifunctional composites, magnetoactive elastomers, hydrogels, Young's modulus, soft actuators, biomaterials

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Tuning Body Shape and Stiffness to Mitigate Water-Entry Forces

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Jun 2024
Bart Boom, Tadd Truscott, Frank Fish and Ed Habtour
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Downloads 24 (1,399,036)
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Fluid-structure interaction, Hydroelasticity, Water entry, Conical body, Energy flow, Nonlinear dynamics, Segmented body

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Surface design of 3D-printed calcium carbonate substrates controls coral growth morphology

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Apr 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Coral Restoration, 3D printing, Calcium carbonate, Artificial reef substrates, Substrate design, Surface texture, Porosity, Coral growth, Coral propagation