Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory

Mechanical properties of commercially available nylon sutures in the United States, Callahan, T. L., Lear W., Kruzic J. J., and Maughan C. B. , Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Volume 105, Issue 4, p.815-819, (2017)

Bioactive glass fillers reduce bacterial penetration into marginal gaps for composite restorations, Khvostenko, D., Hilton T. J., Ferracane J. L., Mitchell J. C., and Kruzic J. J. , Dental Materials, Volume 32, Issue 1, p.73-81, (2016)

Buried absorbable polyglactin 910 sutures do not result in stronger wounds in porcine full thickness skin incisions, Townsend, K, Lear W., Robertson B. L., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Volume 63, p.386-389, (2016)

A highly efficient degradation mechanism of methyl orange using Fe-based metallic glass powders, Xie, S. H., Huang P., Kruzic J. J., Zeng X. R., and Qian H. X. , Scientific Reports, Volume 6, p.21947, (2016)

Designed heterogeneities improve the fracture reliability of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass, Li, B. S., H. Shakur Shahabi, Scudino S., Eckert J., and Kruzic J. J. , Materials Science and Engineering A, Volume 646, p.242-248, (2015)

Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Nickel-base Superalloy Haynes 282 at 550-750 °C, Rozman, K. A., Kruzic J. J., and Hawk J. A. , Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 24, Issue 8, p.2814-2846, (2015)

Fatigue Crack Growth Mechanisms for Nickel-based Superalloy Haynes 282 at 550-750 °C, Rozman, K. A., Kruzic J. J., Sears J. S., and Hawk J. A. , Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 24, Issue 10, p.3699-3707, (2015)

Mechanical properties of suture materials in general and cutaneous surgery, Naleway, S. E., Lear W., Kruzic J. J., and Maughan C. B. , Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Volume 103, Issue 4, p.735-742, (2015)

beta relaxation and low-temperature aging in a Au-based bulk metallic glass: From elastic properties to atomic-scale structure, Evenson, Z., Naleway S. E., Wei S., Gross O., Kruzic J. J., Gallino I., Possart W., Stommel M., and Busch R. , Physical Review B, May, Volume 89, Number 17, p.174204, (2014)

Evolution of shear bands, free volume and hardness during cold rolling of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass, Stolpe, M., Kruzic J. J., and Busch R. , Acta Materialia, Feb, Volume 64, p.231-240, (2014)

Fatigue Threshold R-curves Predict Fatigue Endurance Strength for Self-Reinforced Silicon Nitride, Greene, R. B., Fuenfschilling S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Feb, Volume 97, Number 2, p.577-583, (2014)

An inset CT specimen for evaluating fracture in small samples of material, Yahyazadehfar, M., Nazari A., Kruzic J. J., Quinn G. D., and Arola D. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Feb, Volume 30, p.358-368, (2014)

Size-dependent fracture toughness of bulk metallic glasses, Gludovatz, B., Naleway S. E., Ritchie R. O., and Kruzic J. J. , Acta Materialia, May, Volume 70, p.198-207, (2014)

Deducing the Fatigue Crack Growth Rates of Natural Flaws in Silicon Nitride Ceramics: Role of R-Curves, Haertelt, M., Fuenfschilling S., Schwind T., Riesch-Oppermann H., Fett T., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Aug, Volume 96, Number 8, p.2593-2597, (2013)

Design of Biomaterials: The Balancing Act between Reductionism and Systems Thinking, Nychka, J. A., and Kruzic J. J. , JOM, Apr, Volume 65, Number 4, p.469-472, (2013)

Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Silicon Nitride: Roles of Grain Aspect Ratio and Intergranular Film Composition, Greene, R. B., Fuenfschilling S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Jan, Volume 96, Number 1, p.259-265, (2013)

Fracture toughness of Co₄Sb₁₂ and In_0.1Co₄Sb₁₂ thermoelectric skutterudites evaluated by three methods, Eilertsen, J., Subramanian M. A., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Mar, Volume 552, p.492-498, (2013)

Improving Participation of Engineering Students Studying Abroad: An International Dual-Degree Program in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, Warnes, W. H., Kruzic J. J., Pratt C. C., Stehr C., Cann D. P., Gibbons B. J., Gallino I., Soldera F., Busch R., and Wallstrom L. , JOM, Jul, Volume 65, Number 7, p.840-845, (2013)

Mechanical performance of novel bioactive glass containing dental restorative composites, Khvostenko, D., Mitchell J. C., Hilton T. J., Ferracane J. L., and Kruzic J. J. , Dental Materials, Nov, Volume 29, Number 11, p.1139-1148, (2013)

A direct comparison of non-destructive techniques for determining bridging stress distributions, Greene, R. B., Gallops S., Fuenfschilling S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., Ager J. W., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Aug, Volume 60, Number 8, p.1462-1477, (2012)

Fatigue Threshold R-curves for the Analysis of Short Fatigue Cracks, Kruzic, J. J. , Fatigue Crack Growth: Mechanisms, Behavior and Analysis, (2012)

Biological materials science: An emerging art, Nychka, J. A., Kruzic J. J., Bandyopadhyay A., and Sarikaya M. , Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, May, Volume 31, Number 4, p.713-715, (2011)

Crack-Tip Toughness from Vickers Crack-Tip Opening Displacements for Materials with Strongly Rising R-Curves, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Oberacker R., Hoffmann M. J., Schneider G. A., Becher P. F., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Jun, Volume 94, Number 6, p.1884-1892, (2011)

Fatigue crack growth behavior of a Zr_58.5Cu_15.6Ni_12.8Al_10.3Nb_2.8 bulk metallic glass-forming alloy, Philo, S. L., Heinrich J., Gallino I., Busch R., and Kruzic J. J. , Scripta Materialia, Feb, Volume 64, Number 4, p.359-362, (2011)

Fatigue Reliability Predictions for Crack Bridging Materials, Gallops, S., and Kruzic J. J. , ASME 2011 Turbo Expo: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, p.163–167, (2011)

Fatigue Threshold R-Curve Behavior of Grain Bridging Ceramics: Role of Grain Size and Grain-Boundary Adhesion, Gallops, S., Fett T., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Aug, Volume 94, Number 8, p.2556-2561, (2011)

Fatigue threshold R-curves predict small crack fatigue behavior of bridging toughened materials, Gallops, S., Fett T., Ager J. W., and Kruzic J. J. , Acta Materialia, Dec, Volume 59, Number 20, p.7654-7661, (2011)

Mechanisms of toughening in silicon nitrides: The roles of crack bridging and microstructure, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., Oberacker R., Schwind T., Wippler J., Boehlke T., Oezcoban H., Schneider G. A., Becher P. F., et al. , Acta Materialia, Jun, Volume 59, Number 10, p.3978-3989, (2011)

Statistical analysis of fatigue crack propagation for natural flaws in silicon nitride, Haertelt, M., Riesch-Oppermann H., Kruzic J. J., and Kraft O. , 2nd International Conference of Engineering Against Fracture, (2011)

Understanding the Problem of Fatigue in Bulk Metallic Glasses, Kruzic, J. J. , Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Jun, Volume 42A, Number 6, p.1516-1523, (2011)

Detection of dentinal cracks using contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography, Landrigan, M. D., Flatley J. C., Turnbull T. L., Kruzic J. J., Ferracane J. L., Hilton T. J., and Roeder R. K. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Feb, Volume 3, Number 2, p.223-227, (2010)

Fatigue crack growth behavior of a Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be bulk metallic glass: Role of ambient air environment, Philo, S. L., and Kruzic J. J. , Scripta Materialia, Apr, Volume 62, Number 7, p.473-476, (2010)

First- and second-order approaches for the direct determination of bridging stresses from R-curves, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Gallops S. E., Kruzic J. J., Oberacker R., and Hoffmann M. J. , Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Apr, Volume 30, Number 6, p.1229-1236, (2010)

R-Curves from Compliance and Optical Crack-Length Measurements, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Oberacker R., Hoffmann M. J., Oezcoban H., Jelitto H., Schneider G. A., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Sep, Volume 93, Number 9, p.2814-2821, (2010)

Assessment of the fatigue transformation zone in bulk metallic glasses using positron annihilation spectroscopy, Liu, M., Vallery R. S., Gidley D. W., Launey M. E., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of Applied Physics, May, Volume 105, Number 9, (2009)

Indentation techniques for evaluating the fracture toughness of biomaterials and hard tissues, Kruzic, J. J., Kim D. K., Koester K. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Aug, Volume 2, Number 4, p.384-395, (2009)

Laboratory evaluation approaches to materials selection for ultra-deep well drilling applications, Ziomek-Moroz, M., Alman D. E., and Kruzic J. J. , NACE Northern Area Western Conference, (2009)

Mechanistic aspects of fatigue crack growth behavior in resin based dental restorative composites, Shah, M. B., Ferracane J. L., and Kruzic J. J. , Dental Materials, Jul, Volume 25, Number 7, p.909-916, (2009)

Predicting Fatigue Failures, Kruzic, J. J. , Science, Jul, Volume 325, Number 5937, p.156-158, (2009)

R-curve behavior and micromechanisms of fracture in resin based dental restorative composites, Shah, M. B., Ferracane J. L., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Oct, Volume 2, Number 5, p.502-511, (2009)

R-curve behavior and toughening mechanisms of resin-based dental composites: Effects of hydration and post-cure heat treatment, Shah, M. B., Ferracane J. L., and Kruzic J. J. , Dental Materials, Jun, Volume 25, Number 6, p.760-770, (2009)

Understanding Crack Size Effects during Fatigue of Extrinsically Toughened Materials, Kruzic, J. J. , 12th International Conference on Fracture, Ottawa, Canada, (2009)

Comments on "Measurement of the microstructural fracture toughness of cortical bone using indentation fracture", Kruzic, J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 41, Number 6, p.1379-1380, (2008)

Effects of free volume changes and residual stresses on the fatigue and fracture behavior of a Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu-Be bulk metallic glass, Launey, M. E., Busch R., and Kruzic J. J. , Acta Materialia, Feb, Volume 56, Number 3, p.500-510, (2008)

Fatigue of mineralized tissues: Cortical bone and dentin, Kruzic, J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Jan, Volume 1, Number 1, p.3-17, (2008)

The utility of R-curves for understanding fracture toughness-strength relations in bridging ceramics, Kruzic, J. J., Satet R. L., Hoffmann M. J., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Jun, Volume 91, Number 6, p.1986-1994, (2008)

Characterization of fatigue-induced free volume changes in a bulk metallic glass using positron annihilation spectroscopy, Vallery, R. S., Liu M., Gidley D. W., Launey M. E., and Kruzic J. J. , Applied Physics Letters, Dec, Volume 91, Number 26, (2007)

Ductility and fracture toughness of molybdenum with MgAl₂O₄ additions, Gunter, I. M., Schneibel J. H., and Kruzic J. J. , Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, Jun, Volume 458, Number 1-2, p.275-280, (2007)

Quantification of free volume differences in a Zr₄₄Ti₁₁Ni₁₀Cu₁₀Be₂₅ bulk amorphous alloy, Launey, M. E., Kruzic J. J., Li C., and Busch R. , Applied Physics Letters, Jul, Volume 91, Number 5, (2007)

Cortical bone fracture, Ritchie, R. O., Kinney J. H., Kruzic J. J., and Nalla R. K. , Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, (2006)