My group primarily focusses on:
Rate dependent elasticity,
Wave propagation in solids under impact loads,
Mechanics of cellular structures and architectured materials.
Large Strain Elasticity
Primary focus areas:
Strain rate dependency in viscoelastic materials.
Material nonlinearity and large strain effects.
Viscoelastic fatigue.
Fracture of a viscoelastic dog-bone specimen under pure tension. Video slowed at (1/7500)x the original speed.
Mechanics of Cellular Geometries and Meta-materials
Primary focus areas:
Experimental design and prototype development
Computational and experimental analyses of the mechanics
Failure analysis and design optimizations.