Crack Propagation in a PVA Dual-Crosslink Hydrogel: Crack Tip Fields Measured using Digital Image Correlation, published in Mechanics of Materials, is now on-line: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Zg-Xc7qwU6uo This is available to anyone up Read More …
Mincong Liu recently (June 2019) completed his Ph.D. on the mechanical behavior of hydrogels. His work advanced the use of digital image correlation (DIC) for fracture in soft materials and Read More …
In recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of experimental mechanics, and service to that field through the Society, Professor Zehnder was recognized as a Fellow of the Society for Read More …
“Application of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) to the Measurement of Strain Concentration of a PVA Dual-Crosslink Hydrogel Under Large Deformation,” published online in Experimental Mechanics, (2019), http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11340-019-00520-4 “Crack tip stress Read More …
Professor Zehnder was recognized by the College of Engineering as an outstanding teacher and is the winner of the Dennis G. Shepherd Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018.
This paper pulls together our work on blistering, high temperature viscoelastic and viscoplastic deformation, hydrolytic degradation and plasticization to model blistering of moisture saturated PI under rapid heating. See https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1VnJX_rVFH5pm7. Read More …
Yi Xu successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the performance and degradation of polyimides under extreme conditions. This is the first work to study the combined effects of hydrolytic degradation, Read More …
Our recently published paper, “Moisture Degradation Effects on the Mechanical Properties of HFPE-II-52 Polyimide: Experiments and Modeling”, Experimental Mechanics, 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s11340-017-0281-3 is available on-line at: http://rdcu.be/qJoG. We find that Read More …
I have posted a report that updates our work on fracture of notched rods in torsion. This paper describes additional experiments and computational simulations of the problem. The paper is Read More …
Yi Xu, Peeyush Bhargava, Alan Zehnder, Time and temperature dependent mechanical behavior of HFPE-II-52 polyimide at high temperature, Mechanics of Materials, Volume 100, September 2016, Pages 86-95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2016.06.009 Free access Read More …