Typical programs at MR&D focus on simultaneous design of material and structure to optimize component cost, weight, and/or thermomechanical performance.

Additional programs focus on research into behavior of composite materials and constituents and the development of micromechanical models to analyze and understand observed properties.

The analytical approach employed by MR&D is based on a practical understanding of engineering issues founded on a strong background Of theoretical mechanics.

• Material Modeling: Submicromechanical to Minimechanical Analysis
• Structural Response: Static, Dynamic (Time History, Random, Shock), and Nonlinear (Material and Geometric)
• Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
• Fluid Mechanics: Fluid Flow and Conjugate Heat Transfer Problem