During the 1970s, fracture toughness testing of composite materials developed a very poor reputation, primarily due to failed attempts to directly adopt metals theory and corresponding test methods.

EPRI’s testing technique for evaluating fracture toughness behavior through small punch testing has been exercised to determine if a 60-plus year old low pressure steam turbine rotor has been ...

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The performance of the final product depends heavily on the degree of cure - making it critical to ensure that the reaction goes to completion for the highest quality and reliability. Achieving this ...

A key property in the majority of engineering applications is a material’s fracture toughness. In order to measure the fracture toughness of low volume materials fracture tests should be carried out a ...

Professor K R W Wallin is a recognised expert in the field of fracture mechanics. Indeed his work has provided a major input to the currently accepted ASTM Standard on the Master Curve Method , E1921.

Professors Michael Wisnom of Bristol Composites Institute, Yentl Swolfs of KU Leuven and Federico Paris of the University of Seville hosted an online workshop on Composites Fracture on 13th May. “Mode ...

Yttria Partially Stabilized Zirconia (YPSZ) is a high toughness ceramic which has recently found increasing use in the production of dental prostheses [1]. In order to deliver a finish which is ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's independent expert panel that reviewed the 2018 brittle fractures in twin built-up plate girders at San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center—and made ...