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The Mechanical and Failure Analysis research theme aims to characterise anisotropic material properties of our manufactured composites in the elastic and in-elastic regions.

Activities include mechanical testing of composite materials and constituents to support our simulation activities and measurement and prediction of different failure modes. Prof Shuguang Li was one of the research team in the well-known World-Wide-Failure Exercise activity.

Mechanical and Failure Analysis

 

We have a well-founded mechanical testing laboratory including the following equipment:

• Materials testing machines with load cells up to 250kN for both static and cyclic dynamic loading
• High resolution digital image correlation (DIC) system and high speed DIC system
• High resolution electronic speckle pattern interferometry system
• Thermoelasticity system
• Hand-held and tripod mounted infra-red cameras
• High speed cameras
• Strain gauge and extensometer measurement equipment
• Data acquisition devices