Faculty Awards for Women: Mechanical Behavior of Interpenetrating Composites and Cancellous Bone

目前的研究计划包括对多孔固体的建模和测试，以及夹心板的设计。这项研究计划实现两个目标：通过研究与多孔固体有关的新型材料--互穿复合材料来拓宽研究兴趣；将对多孔固体的理解应用于自然材料，特别是松质骨。这项研究将首先描述松质骨的各种细胞结构，并为每种结构提出合适的模型。建模将首先关注单轴行为；如果成功，它将应用于多轴失效标准和疲劳，这两个领域都是骨科社区感兴趣的。这些模型将与实验室进行的力学测试的数据以及文献中提供的数据进行比较。

The present research program involves modelling and testing of cellular solids and the design of sandwich panels. This research plans to achieve two goals: to broaden research interests by studying interpenetrating composites, a new class of materials related to cellular solids; and, to apply the understanding of cellular solids to natural materials, in particular, to cancellous bone. The study will begin by characterizing the various cellular structures of cancellous bone and suggesting appropriate models for each. The modelling will first focus on the uniaxial behavior; if successful it will be applied to multiaxial failure criteria and fatigue, both areas of interest to the orthopaedic community. The models will be compared with data from mechanical tests done in the lab and with data available in the literature.