Tokyo, Japan – Damage to industrial parts is expensive, results in delays, and may be unsafe to plant workers. But now, scientists from Japan have simulated fracture initiated in materials that share ...

Keywords: Numerical tests. Cyclic loading protocol. Building system performance. Lateral loads. Distribution. Pushover analyses. Reinforced concrete (RC). Special ...

TROY, N.Y. -- In a discovery that could pave the way for new materials and applications, materials scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that oscillating loads at certain ...

To better understand why many elderly people are prone to break a bone in a fall (known as bone fragility fractures), perhaps doctors and researchers should look at the human skeleton in much the same ...