Prof. Dr. Norman Andrew Fleck

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMechanics,Metallurgical, Thermal and Thermomechanical Treatment of Materials
Keywordsfracture mechanics, strain gradient plasticity, composites, foams, lattice materials

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
InstitutionUniversity of Cambridge
InstituteDepartment of Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Eduard ArztLeibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien gGmbH (INM), Saarbrücken
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Fleck is acknowledged as a world leader in Micromechanics of Materials. By combining experiment, theory and numerical analysis, he develops physically based models for an outstanding breadth of materials and topics. He has made seminal contribution in very different fields of materials science ranging from a plasticity theory predicting size effects to a model for skin mechanics. In Germany, he will work on the modelling mechanisms in skin adhesion for novel implant materials