An introductory course on materials used civil and environmental engineering. Lectures on structure and properties of construction materials including concrete, steel, glass and timber; fracture ...

Human bone has inspired engineers at Princeton to develop a cement-based material that is 5.6 times more damage-resistant ...

Researchers used robotics and additive manufacturing to toughen cement-based material with precisely placed hollow tubes. The result is more than 5 times tougher than counterparts.

fracture mechanics practitioners and R&D specialists. Fracture Toughness of Engineering Materials - Estimation and Application provides a valuable and up-to-date addition to the bookshelf of both ...

Najafi’s research focuses on design optimization, damage and fracture, and orthopedic materials ... To conduct these studies, he closely collaborates with experts in mechanics, biomechanics, civil ...

For this, we take a multi-scale approach where we decompose a microstructure into its components and analyse the effect of each of these parts on the macroscopic response (elasticity, rheology, ...

fracture mechanics and failure analysis. Abaqus is licensed for use on University-owned computers only. To access this software for classwork Visit the McCormick Engineering Analysis lab in Tech MG47 ...

Coupling effect of power-law fluid properties and scaled fractal characteristics on flow through fractured media, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics ... of Bingham fluid through fracture network, ...

Inspired by the architecture of the tough outer layer of human bone, this material avoids the cracking and sudden failure ...

which is one the top journals in the fracture mechanics field. In terms of the transfer of his research outcomes into engineering practice, in recent years Luca’s expertise has been sought on many ...

We investigate the behaviour of engineering materials and components to help support their successful performance in harsh environments. Our research covers damage mechanics (fracture, fatigue, ...

Inspired by the architecture of human bone's tough outer layer, engineers at Princeton have developed a cement-based material ...