{"id":34187,"date":"2019-06-25T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T17:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=34187"},"modified":"2019-06-25T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T17:27:15","slug":"advanced-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/research-2\/advanced-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced materials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Advanced materials and structures in extreme environments<\/h2>\n

Professor Arun Shukla\u2019s team literally blows things up to learn how to better keep them together.<\/p>\n

Using shock tubes, a 2,000-gallon underwater pressure tank and high-speed cameras capable of capturing thousands of frames per second, they can slow down time to study how materials will act under extreme temperatures, pH, heat transfer rates, and pressure.<\/p>\n

Other engineers are exploring the effect that extreme environments have on carbon composite materials by studying them at the molecular level, as new materials are replacing steel and aluminum in applications such as aircraft and undersea robots. They are researching new composite materials, that are lighter and easier to maintain than traditional metals, but have a higher tolerance for damage.<\/p>\n

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