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Journal articles
2006, 'Fracture and ageing in bone: Toughness and structural characterization', Strain, 42, pp. 225 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1305.2006.00282.x
,2006, 'Role of microstructure in the aging-related deterioration of the toughness of human cortical bone', Materials Science and Engineering C, 26, pp. 1251 - 1260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2005.08.021
,2006, 'Propagation of surface fatigue cracks in human cortical bone', Journal of Biomechanics, 39, pp. 968 - 972, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.01.025
,2006, 'Influence of structural relaxation on the fatigue behavior of a Zr
2005, 'Simple and accurate fracture toughness testing methods for pyrolytic carbon/graphite composites used in heart-valve prostheses', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, 74, pp. 461 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.30380
,2005, 'Effects of moisture on grain-boundary strength, fracture, and fatigue properties of alumina', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 88, pp. 2236 - 2245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00434.x
,2005, 'Aspects of in vitro fatigue in human cortical bone: Time and cycle dependent crack growth', Biomaterials, 26, pp. 2183 - 2195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.05.024
,2005, 'Fatigue threshold R-curves for predicting reliability of ceramics under cyclic loading', Acta Materialia, 53, pp. 2595 - 2605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2005.02.018
,2005, 'A fracture mechanics and mechanistic approach to the failure of cortical bone', Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 28, pp. 345 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00878.x
,2005, 'Mechanistic aspects of in vitro fatigue-crack growth in dentin', Biomaterials, 26, pp. 1195 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.04.051
,2005, 'Ambient- to elevated-temperature fracture and fatigue properties of Mo-Si-B alloys: Role of microstructure', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 36, pp. 2393 - 2402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-005-0112-5
,2005, 'Effects of polar solvents on the fracture resistance of dentin: Role of water hydration', Acta Biomaterialia, 1, pp. 31 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2004.08.002
,2005, 'Mechanistic aspects of fracture and R-curve behavior in human cortical bone', Biomaterials, 26, pp. 217 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.02.017
,2005, 'On the improvement of the ductility of molybdenum by spinel (MgAl
2005, 'Optimizaton of Mo-Si-B intermetallic alloys', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 36, pp. 525 - 531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-005-0166-4
,2005, 'The dentin-enamel junction and the fracture of human teeth', Nature Materials, 4, pp. 229 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat1323
,2004, 'Characteristic dimensions and the micro-mechanisms of fracture and fatigue in 'nano' and 'bio' materials', International Journal of Fracture, 128, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:FRAC.0000040958.04896.43
,2004, 'On the origin of the toughness of mineralized tissue: Microcracking or crack bridging?', Bone, 34, pp. 790 - 798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2004.02.001
,2004, 'Fracture and fatigue resistance of Mo-Si-B alloys for ultrahigh-temperature structural applications', Scripta Materialia, 50, pp. 459 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2003.11.002
,2004, 'Crack-size effects on cyclic and monotonic crack growth in polycrystalline alumina: Quantification of the role of grain bridging', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 87, pp. 93 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.00093.x
,2004, 'Effect of aging on the toughness of human cortical bone: Evaluation by R-curves', Bone, 35, pp. 1240 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2004.07.016
,2004, 'Effects of plastic constraint on the cyclic and static fatigue behavior of metal/ceramic layered structures', Mechanics of Materials, 36, pp. 57 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6636(03)00031-0
,2003, 'Ambient to high-temperature fracture toughness and cyclic fatigue behavior in Al-containing silicon carbide ceramics', Acta Materialia, 51, pp. 6477 - 6491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2003.08.038
,2003, 'Crack blunting, crack bridging and resistance-curve fracture mechanics in dentin: Effect of hydration', Biomaterials, 24, pp. 5209 - 5221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00458-7
,2003, 'Determining the toughness of ceramics from vickers indentations using the crack-opening displacements: An experimental study', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 86, pp. 1433 - 1436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03490.x
,2002, 'Fracture and fatigue behavior at ambient and elevated temperatures of alumina bonded with copper/niobium/copper interlayers', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 85, pp. 2531 - 2541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00491.x
,1999, 'On the fatigue behavior of γ-based titanium aluminides: Role of small cracks', Acta Materialia, 47, pp. 801 - 816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6454(98)00409-1
,1997, 'On the growth of small fatigue cracks in γ-based titanium aluminides', Scripta Materialia, 37, pp. 707 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6462(97)00154-1
,Conference Papers
2018, 'On the Fracture Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses', in ICTEM 2018: Proceedings of the first International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics, Springer International Publishing, Cyprus, Greece, pp. 331 - 332, presented at International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics, Cyprus, Greece, 17 June 2018 - 20 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91989-8_72
,2018, 'Coarse Grained Models of Heterogeneous Plasticity Using the Discrete Element Method—Bulk Metallic Glasses and Beyond', in Gdoutos E (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics, Springer, Paphos, Cyprus, pp. 358 - 359, presented at First International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics, Paphos, Cyprus, 17 June 2018 - 20 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91989-8_84
,2018, 'Crack Propagation in Bulk Metallic Glasses', in Gdoutos E (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics, Springer, Paphos, Cyprus, pp. 343 - 344, presented at First International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics, Paphos, Cyprus, 17 June 2018 - 20 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91989-8_77
,2017, 'Improving the fracture toughness of ductile bulk metallic glasses', in ICF 2017 - 14th International Conference on Fracture, pp. 930 - 931
,2017, 'On the fracture toughness of bulk metallic glasses', in ICF 2017 - 14th International Conference on Fracture, pp. 534 - 535
,2017, 'Surface finish effects on fracture behavior of Sn–4Ag–0.5Cu solder joints', in Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, pp. 243 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51097-2_19
,2017, 'Developing a Crystal Plasticity Model for Metallic Materials Based on the Discrete Element Method', in MRS Advances, Materials Research Society, pp. 2609 - 2614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.430
,2011, 'Fatigue behavior, bridging stresses, and fatigue reliability in silicon nitride ceramics', in ASME 2011 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, MSEC 2011, pp. 65 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/MSEC2011-50056
,2011, 'Effects of inclusions in HSLA carbon steel on pitting corrosion in CaCl
2011, 'Fatigue reliability predictions for crack bridging materials', in Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, pp. 163 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/GT2011-46222
,2011, 'Effects of Inclusions in HSLA Carbon Steel on Pitting Corrosion in CaCl2', in ECS Meeting Abstracts, The Electrochemical Society, pp. 1064 - 1064, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2011-01/15/1064
,2009, 'Understanding crack size effects during fatigue of extrinsically toughened materials', in 12th International Conference on Fracture 2009, ICF-12, pp. 1919 - 1927
,2006, 'Fatigue behavior of bulk metallic glasses: Role of free volume', in TMS Annual Meeting, pp. 45 - 50
,2005, 'Fatigue of bridging ceramics: Understanding crack size effects', in 11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11, pp. 2629 - 2634
,2005, 'Time vs. cycle dependence of ex vivo fatigue in human cortical bone', in 11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11, pp. 2831 - 2836
,2005, 'Role of microstructure in promoting fracture and fatigue resistance in Mo-Si-B alloys', in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, pp. 303 - 308
,2005, 'Fracture properties of cortical bone and dentin', in Ceramic Transactions, pp. 53 - 62
,2005, 'Effects of aging on the toughness of human cortical bone: A study from nano to macro size-scales', in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, pp. 53 - 58
,2004, 'An experimental assessment of using crack-opening displacements to determine indentation toughness from vickers indents', in Ceramic Transactions, pp. 83 - 91
,2004, 'Mechanistic aspects of fracture of human cortical bone', in Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, pp. 91 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/proc-823-w8.2
,2004, 'Effects of Aging on the Toughness of Human Cortical Bone: A Study from Nano to Macro Size-Scales', in MRS Proceedings, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/proc-844-y8.10
,2004, 'Role of Microstructure in Promoting Fracture and Fatigue Resistance in Mo-Si-B Alloys', in MRS Proceedings, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/proc-842-s2.9
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