The cause of failure in engineering structures is routinely investigated via the detailed study of material fracture surfaces. This remains a key research area in material sciences, with researchers ...

Amorphous silicon shows abnormal tension–compression asymmetry, with much higher tensile yield strength than compressive yield. This discovery advances our understanding of plasticity in this and ...

Resistance spot welding (RSW) is a joining process in which a high current is applied through electrodes for a short duration, generating resistive heating at the faying interface to form a localized ...