The effect of nodal topology on cellular solid mechanics: A preliminary diagnostic experimental investigation

Additive manufacturing allows material structuring, supporting the fabrication of multiple-level structures or metamaterials. Through the lens of classical stress reduction, nature’s cellular solid structures feature stress-homogenizing nodal topologies. Avian long bones are an example. Research into the mechanics of open cell cellular solids...

Measurements and Monitoring the Behaviour of Crossbeam in Orthotropic Bridge Deck with 3D Digital Image Correlation

Digital Image Correlation is a cheap and easy to use measurement method that has been proved to characterise any solid material parameters up to plastic deformation range. The digital image correlation measurement system is based on the tracking of a collective number of pixels from the surface of the reference image to the deformed image. This...

Discrete 3D Digital Image Correlation (DIC) using particle reconnaissance

This bachelor project is done for the study of strain localisation in geomaterials. The conventional material testing only describes the fabric behaviour globally. In order to create better understanding of how sand/rock particles move under compression, micro X-ray CT-scans are made of specimens from the material in question. An X-ray CT-scan...