The award for Professor Federico Ciardo supports theoretical and computational research to uncover how rare, high-speed ruptures evolve and release extreme seismic energy. Northwestern Engineering’s ...

In this video we explore bending and shear stresses in beams. A bending moment is the resultant of bending stresses, which are normal stresses acting perpendicular to the beam cross-section. We can ...

In today’s fast-paced world, stress and irregular lifestyles can take a toll on our bodies, especially our nerves. Those experiencing anxiety, nerve discomfort, or increased stress levels might ...

Just like stress messes with our brains, research shows that it can also warp the brains of animals. In fact, a new study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience aims to show just how much ...

Shear force is any force corresponding to a material’s surface. In liquid, for example, this leads to friction between fluid particles, leading to particle size reduction. In high shear mixing, shear ...

The surgeon general is warning about parents’ stress, a sign that intensive parenting may have become too intense for parents. By Claire Cain Miller In his recent advisory on parents’ mental health, ...

The number pi (π) appears in the most unlikely places. It can be found in circles, of course—as well as in pendulums, springs and river bends. This everyday number is linked to transcendental ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...

When I pressed the throttles on the 457 CCS, it didn’t rear up like a ­Lippizan, but rather surged forward like a Kentucky Derby thoroughbred out of the starting gate. Formula’s proprietary ...

To the women out there, have you ever tried to explain your stress to a male partner, friend, or colleague and had them look at you blankly? It can feel both frustrating and invalidating. You can ...