Abstract: A recent comparative study revealed that the commonly offered experimental validations of peridynamics and phase-field fracture models have been insufficient because they involved only nondistinctive experiments, ...

Abstract: Florida carbonate rocks are typically weak, with a median unconfined compressive strength value of approximately 3 MPa. Due to the infeasibility of attaching strain gauges to their vuggy and shelly surfaces, an ...

Abstract: This paper reports recent results from an ongoing effort to develop an implantable accelerometer-based heart-monitoring device for ischemia monitoring. The latest device prototype utilizes a new and more compact accelerometer ...