Exciting times for research

Researchers from the Structures Research Group at the University of the Cambridge are working on a number of research projects that address the fundamental challenges for supporting applied research and development, often through a combination of experimental observations, analysis, and computer simulation. They have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for studying the internal crack structure of concrete. They have used the technique to produce the images of water within concrete during the hardening stage and concrete loading and fracture formation, and fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) debonding. The main objective of the researches in computational structural engineering is the assessment and optimization of engineering structures by means of computational modeling and simulation. The methods developed under these researches are crucial for structural engineering applications and are difficult to perform full-scale even sub-scale tests or experiments.