Norman Fleck

Norman Fleck is a Professor of Mechanics of Materials at the University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering. His research interests include mechanical behaviour of materials, micromechanics of deformation and fracture, fatigue, fracture and creep of engineering solids, plasticity theory and finite elements, metallic foams, powder compaction, and ferroelectrics. He is the Head of the Materials Engineering research group. His work focuses on the mechanical behaviour of materials and their applications in engineering contexts.

Norman Fleck is a researcher whose work focuses on the mechanical behavior of metallic foams, strain gradient plasticity, and micro-architectured materials. His research explores the design, fabrication, and performance of cellular metals, including their effective properties, failure mechanisms, and applications in structural and multifunctional systems. Fleck's publications address topics such as isotropic constitutive models for metallic foams, the topological design of cellular metals, and the compressive behavior of aluminium alloy foams under high strain rates. His studies also examine wave propagation in periodic lattices and the response of sandwich structures to dynamic loading, contributing to the understanding of advanced material systems.