Duke Researchers Find New Dimensions in Decades-Old Strength Test
Researchers are reevaluating the Brazilian test due to concerns about its accuracy and the underlying theory of material failure.
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Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Rooney Family Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Donald M. Alstadt Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Senior Associate Dean
Professor Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
William Holland Hall Distinguished Professor
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Provost of Duke University
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
W. H. Gardner, Jr. Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hogg Family Director of Engineering Management & Entrepreneurship
Paul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Engineering
Associate Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Julian Francis Abele Distinguished Professor
William M. Fairbank Assistant Professor of Physics
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Director, First-Year Computing Program
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Adjunct Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Simon Family Distinguished Professor
Professor Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor of The Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Dickinson Family Associate Professor
Yoh Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Hertha Sponer Distinguished Professor of Physics
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Gendell Family Professor of the Practice
Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sci
Associate Dean for Community-Based Innovation
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Adjunct Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor of Chemistry
Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Associate Professor Emeritus of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Visiting Scholar in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Professor of Surgery
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Researchers are reevaluating the Brazilian test due to concerns about its accuracy and the underlying theory of material failure.
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