Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub

TL;DR: Relative density grading, cell size grading, and multi-morphology (lattice type grading) are mechanically investigated for sheet-based lattices with topologies based on triply periodic minimal surfaces, and FE analysis revealed that sheet-networks multi- morphology lattices exhibit higher elastic properties as compared to solid-network multi- Morphology lattice.

TL;DR: In this article, a continuum damage mechanics-based framework is proposed to model the micro-damage healing phenomenon in the materials that tend to self-heal, and the ability of the proposed model to explain micro damage healing is demonstrated by presenting several examples.

TL;DR: A micro-damage healing model that improves the ability of an integrated nonlinear viscoelastic, viscoplastic, and viscodamage constitutive model based on continuum damage mechanics for predicting the fatigue life of asphalt paving mixtures is developed and validated.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) on the mechanical properties of cement composites, both untreated and treated CNFs and CNTs were added to cement paste in concentrations of 0.1% and 0.2% by weight of cement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of using superplasticizers accompanied by sonication on the dispersion of carbon nanofibers in water and paste was investigated and suggestions were made for achieving enhanced dispersal.