Aarhus Universitets segl

Research

KINK BAND INITIATION AND PROPAGATION

Failure mode in layered materials.

Material systems range from fibre composites, over laminated metals to geological materials.


Constitutive model

Piola-Kirchoff stress vs. velocity gradient.


FRACTURE MODES IN THIN FILM SYSTEMS

Cut through film


Buckling driven delamination in thin film systems


Thin film on elastic-plastic substrate

Crack patterns at indentation.

Radial vs. circumferential cracks.