Citation | Professor Mai is recognized as an international leader on the fracture/fatigue mechanics and materials science of a range of advanced engineering materials. He has made significant, lasting contributions in several areas. These include notably: (a) A unified "crack-wake bridging" model for description of the fracture-toughening behaviouRs of coarse-grained ceramics, fibre cements and stitched / z-pinned composites: (b) new fracture mechanics-based models for characterisation of composite interfaces due to fibre pullout and fibre fragmentation: and (c) "essential work of fracture" approach for toughness measurement of ductile materials, specifically for polymer thin films, polymer blends and short fibre composites. |