2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
A Guide to Fully Characterize the Fracture Properties of Cementitious Materials from Simple Experiments
Subhrangsu Saha, Bruce J. Moore, Ben Manaugh +2
Guided by recent advances in the understanding of nucleation and propagation of fracture in elastic brittle materials, this paper proposes a suite of three simple experiments that…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Breaking Four-Point and Three-Point Bending Tests
Subhrangsu Saha, Jeffery R. Roesler, Oscar Lopez-Pamies
Since their initial standardizations in the 1930s and 1950s, the so-called four-point and three-point bending tests on unnotched beams have been embraced by practitioners as two po…