Explores fracture mechanics, crack growth, and the weakest link theory, emphasizing the statistical distribution of crack sizes and the significance of the largest crack in material failure.
Explores crack growth, stress intensity factors, and fracture mechanics in materials, emphasizing energy considerations and critical stress intensity for crack growth onset.
Explores deformation and rupture of materials at low temperature, focusing on crystallographic relationships, mechanical twins, and twinning mechanisms.
Explores shock-induced amorphization in ultrahard ceramics, investigating the anomalous deformation of boron carbide and comparing Hugoniot curves with experimental data.