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A Mechanics Study on Surface Ruga Morphologies of Soft Materials

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The surface morphologies of different soft material systems comprise various ruga phases (wrinkle, crease, fold or ridge). In the past a few decades, despite that …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Zhao, Ruike (creator)
Kim, Kyung-suk (Director)
Gao, Huajian (Reader)
Franck, Christian (Reader)
Brown University. ENGINEERING: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
ruga-phase diagram
global localization
strain mismatch
irreversibility
mobility bifurcation
order-disorder transition
morphology control
Language:
English
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
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A Study of Curvature Localization in Multilayer Graphene

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We discover a new, curvature-localizing, subcritical buckling mode that produces a shallow-kink configuration in multi-layer graphene. Our density functional theory (DFT) analysis reveals the mode …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Kothari, Mrityunjay (creator)
Kim, Kyung-Suk (Advisor)
Gao, Huajian (Reader)
Henann, David (Reader)
Stein, Derek (Reader)
Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Applied mathematics
Solid Mechanics
2D Materials
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
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A Study on the Mechanical Properties of Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium-Ion Batteries and their Influence on the Stability of Lithium Metal Anodes during Electrodeposition

Description:
Mechanical integrity of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) plays an important role in determining the long-term reliability and performance of advanced high capacity anode materials. Failure …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Yoon, Insun (creator)
Guduru, Pradeep (Advisor)
Gao, Huajian (Reader)
Abraham, Daniel (Reader)
Lucht, Brett (Reader)
Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Experimental
Solid Mechanics
Lithium ion batteries
Solid Electrolyte Interphase
Thin films
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
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Big-Data-Driven Multi-Scale Experimental Study of Nanostructured Block Copolymer’s Dynamic Toughness

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In this thesis, we studied the dynamic toughening mechanisms of a hierarchically nanostructured copolymer, polyurea. We first quantitively measured the dynamic fracture toughness as well …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Jin, Hanxun (creator)
Kim, Kyung-Suk (Advisor)
Gao, Huajian (Reader)
Guduru, Pradeep R. (Reader)
Karniadakis, George Em (Reader)
Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Solid Mechanics
Nanostructured materials
Deep Learning
Experimental mechanics
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
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Grain Boundary Field Projection Method and Atomic Lattice Interferometer for Nanometrology

Description:
The aim of this thesis is to investigate how grain boundary (GB) strength and separation mechanisms affect strength and ductility of nanocrystalline materials. Such nanoscale …
Year:
2014
Contributor:
Wang, Chien-Kai (creator)
Kim, Kyung-Suk (Director)
Gao, Huajian (Reader)
Kumar, Sharvan (Reader)
Brown University. ENGINEERING: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Grain boundary
Nanocrystalline materials
Field projection method
Atomic force microscope
Atomic lattice interferometer
Nanometrology
Strength of materials
Language:
English
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
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Insights into the Mechanical Functions of Glass Sponge Spicules Through a Characterization of Their Strength and Toughness Properties

Description:
Despite being composed of weak and brittle constituents, some structural biological materials, such as shell and bone, have relatively high strength and toughness. These materials …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Monn, Michael Alexander (creator)
Kesari, Haneesh (Advisor)
Guduru, Pradeep (Reader)
Gao, Huajian (Reader)
Padture, Nitin (Reader)
Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
testing
Biomimicry
Fracture mechanics
Flexure--Testing
Spicule (Anatomy)
Hexactinellida
Venus's flower basket
Composite materials
Composite materials--Mechanical properties
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
Theses and Dissertations
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Mechanics of Size and Dimensionality Effects in Metal Plasticity

Description:
Both interfaces and spatial gradients in engineering structures exhibit distinct mechanical properties in contrast to their bulk counterparts. The demands of both the aerospace and …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Szajewski, Benjamin A. (creator)
Curtin, William (Director)
Gao, Huajian (Reader)
Padture, Nitin (Reader)
Brown University. ENGINEERING: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Size Effects
Atomic Simulation
Line Tension
Language:
English
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
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