The Mechanics of Materials Lab pushes the boundaries of solid mechanics to address the scientific and industrial challenges associated with fatigue and fracture of advanced structural materials, including steels, aluminium alloys, nickel-based alloys, and components such as additively manufactured alloys and welded pipelines, as well as the design and testing of energy infrastructure. With a strong focus on advanced steels, metals, welds, and additive manufacturing, we lead the design, fabrication, and testing of metallic infrastructure for engineering applications and energy systems involving hydrogen, ammonia, CO₂, and methanol, enabling their integration into aerospace, maritime, railway, and other transportation sectors, driving innovation toward durable, lightweight, and sustainable energy and mobility technologies.
Head of the laboratory
Masoud Moshtaghi
Research areas
- Solid Mechanics
- Fatigue
- Hydrogen embrittlement
- Mechanics of Materials
- Additive manufacturing
- Welding processes
- Advanced steels
- Metals & Alloys
- Multiscale Fatigue Assessment
- Multiscale microstructural characterisation
- Design and testing of energy infrastructure
- Structural Integrity
- Hydrogen, Ammonia, CO2, Methanol
- Extreme environment
Infrastructure
- Advanced multiscale experimental and computational techniques
- Mechanical testing of metals and alloys for energy infrastructure, metal industries, batteries, transportation, and extreme environments
- Fatigue testing in hydrogen, CO2, and other environmental effects
- X-ray and neutron-based techniques
- Thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS)
- Hydrogen permeation set-up
- Advanced hydrogen mapping techniques
Group members
Masoud Moshtaghi
Mahdieh Safyari
Doctoral student, Hamidreza Hojat
Junior Researcher Mohit Yadav
Junior Research Assistant Zihan Ren
Junior Research Assistant Julius Torniainen
Junior Research Assistant Diem Nguyen
Visiting Researcher Loris Laicroix
Junior Research Assistant Yeshan Asurappulige
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