Physicists and educationalists have many theories about why so few girls study physics. Valerie Jamieson goes back to school and asks female pupils what they really think. Vanessa Bennett, Callie ...
Accurate prediction of fracture energy (G f) in asphalt mixtures is important for durable asphalt pavements designing. Traditional experimental approaches are reliable but need resources, whereas ...
Fractures occur at all length scales, from those that are familiar to us, such as the breaking of a wine glass or a cell-phone screen, to those that are geological, such as earthquakes 1 or the ...