Department of ElectroMechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering

Fracture mechanics and fatigue group

Soete fracture and fatigue research

Headed by Prof. Wim De Waele, Prof. Kris Hectors and Prof. Fuhui Shen , our research activities can be divided into the following topics:



  • Fatigue and lifetime analysis
  • Joining and additive manufacturing
  • Quasi-static fracture and damage mechanics



Research topics

Featured photos

Digital Image Correlation test setup Digital Image Correlation test setup
Monitoring of fatigue/corrosion Monitoring of fatigue/corrosion
Corrosion test setup Corrosion test setup
Optical monitoring of tensile test Optical monitoring of tensile test
Phase field fracture modeling of ductile failure Phase field fracture modeling of ductile failure
Fatigue crack growth simulation Fatigue crack growth simulation