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Coupled Effect of Axial Velocity of Insertion and Vibration of a Hypodermic Needle Puncturing into a Soft Brittle Solid

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A hypodermic syringe needle, undergoing axial vibration, can puncture a soft solid at a load smaller than that is required when it is driven at a uniform axial velocity. While this decrease in insertion load is a function of dynamical features of the insertion process, geometric parameters and elastic modulus of the solid, the optimal range of values at which the effect of vibration becomes apparent and in fact maximize is not yet known. In this report, we have carried out systematic displacement-controlled puncturing of a soft yet brittle hydrogel material using syringe needles of range of diameter, at varying insertion speed, while subjecting it also to longitudinal vibration at different frequency and amplitude. After analyzing the experimental data, we have identified the relevant dimensionless quantities that can help identify the range of parameter values for which decrease in the insertion load of the needle maximizes. Our phenomenological model shows that the average axial speed of insertion of the needle and amplitude of vibration of the needle, both affect the percentage decrease in the puncturing load quite prominently. However, within the range of vibration frequency examined, its effect was not found to be significant.

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A.G. acknowledges the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Grant STR/2019/000044 for financial assistance.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U.P, 208016, India

    Krishna Kant Kundan & Animangsu Ghatak

  2. Center for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India

    Animangsu Ghatak

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Kundan, K.K., Ghatak, A. Coupled Effect of Axial Velocity of Insertion and Vibration of a Hypodermic Needle Puncturing into a Soft Brittle Solid. Biomedical Materials & Devices 2, 454–460 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44174-023-00096-7

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