Damage-Induced Response

Overview

Damage-Induced Response: Crack-Activated Fluid Delivery in Composite Materials Cracks in materials can lead to sudden failure, especially during events like earthquakes, making structures unsafe and expensive to repair. In this project, I tested how embedding small fluid-filled tubes inside a material could release liquid when cracks form. I created epoxy samples with different numbers of tubes (0, 4, 8, and 12), broke them in a controlled way, and measured how far the fluid spread. I found that increasing the number of tubes increased the area of fluid coverage and improved how evenly the liquid spread through the crack. This shows that fluid delivery systems can respond effectively to damage. This research could help improve the design of safer, longer-lasting materials used in buildings and infrastructure. Fluid spread increases and becomes more uniform as capillary tube density increases. Photo credit of: "notegpt.io" https://notegpt.io/ai-image-generator

Awards (2)

• Bronze Medal
• Selected for CWSF 2026

Competition history

• CWSF 2026 Curiosity & Ingenuity

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