A straightforward failure theory based on the strengths of the fibre, matrix and interface makes it possible to predict composite failure and life directly. An easy-to-use preliminary design tool in ...

Brittle materials such as ceramics, rocks and ice fail through the nucleation, growth and coalescence of microscopic flaws under applied stress. At the micromechanical level, damage initiates as ...

The Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers all aspects of microelectromechanical systems, devices and structures, as well as micromechanics, ...

What happens when something keeps getting smaller and smaller? This is the type of question Empa researcher Johann Michler and his team are investigating. As a by-product of their research completely ...

TOSHIO MURA, a leader in the development and promotion of the field of micromechanics to bridge the disciplines of metal physics and engineering mechanics, died on August 9, 2009, at the age of 83.