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Vicky Nguyen, of the Johns Hopkins University, is named Editor of the iMechanica Journal Club.  Vicky has a broad vision for mechanics, and has made contributions to diverse topics.  in 2008, she received the Presidential Early Career Awar

The reaction of Zr/B multilayers with a 50 nm modulation period has been studied using scanning AC nanocalorimetry at a heating rate of approximately 1,000 K/s. We describe a data reduction algorithm to determine the rate of heat released from the multilayer. Two different exothermic peaks are identified in the nanocalorimetry signal: a shallow peak at low temperature (200 - 650°C) and a sharp peak at elevated temperature (650 - 800°C).

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645413007945

Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 20786

DOI: 10.1039/c3cp52501e

As the 6th issue of Advances in Mechanics is going to publish, i post one of the review paper in this issue to share with all of you! Hope it will be helpful to you!

Journal Tittle: Advances in Mechanics

Article Tittle: A brief survey on discontinous Galerkin methods in computational fluid dynamics

Author: Chi-Wang Shu(Brown University)

Abstract:

Article published in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Dear all,

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168874X13000437  

Applied Mechanics Division Honors & Awards Banquet, 19 November 2013, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego.

Thank you to all of you for this fine honor.

Submit your abstract now for the International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials X, at http://www.fatiguedamageconference.com/submit-abstract.html
The abstract submission deadline is on the 13 December 2013. Don't miss out on your chance to be a part of this exciting meeting.

All submitted abstracts will undergo a full review with accepted abstracts selected for either poster display or oral presentation.

A PhD student position on Computational Structural Mechanics is available in Department of Civil Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 

from Fall 2014.

PhD Research Topics: numerical modeling in one of the following areas:

-Dynamic soil-structure-interaction (SSI) analysis,

- Inverse scattering problems for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of structures,

- Optimization of wave sources for elastic wave-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR),

- Inverse problems for the seismic imaging of porous permeable subsurface space, such

Dear Mechanics Colleagues:

A pleasant reminder that we invite you to submit an abstract to a minisymposium on "Nano and Bio
Mechanics" for the 2014 USNCTAM, June 15-20, 2014, to be held at
Michigan State University. This minisymposium will focus on the
development and application of
both experimental techniques and computational models and methods to
problems of interest in the fields of nano and bio mechanics. Topics of
interest will include, but are not limited to:

In this paper, the mechanical behavior of freestanding thin sputter-deposited films of Au is studied at temperatures up to 340°C using tensile testing. Films tested at elevated temperatures exhibit a significant decrease in flow stress and stiffness. Furthermore the flow stress decreases with decreasing film thickness, contravening the usual notion that “smaller is stronger”. This behavior is attributed mainly to diffusion-facilitated grain boundary sliding.

This paper has been accepted by Scripta Materialia.

The group of Advanced Materials and Dynamics Lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has one opening for a Ph.D. student in the field of mechanics of materials. The appointment is starting on May 2014 or August 2014.

Consider the set of monic fourth-order real polynomials transformed so that the constant term is one. In the three-dimensional space of the coefficients describing this set, the domain of asymptotic stability is bounded by a surface with the Whitney umbrella singularity. The maximum of the real parts of the roots of these polynomials is globally minimized at the Swallowtail singular point of the discriminant surface of the set corresponding to a negative real root of multiplicity four.

Calorimetry is a widely used technique to study the thermal properties of materials including heat capacity, temperature and enthalpy of transformation/chemical reaction. In a typical calorimetry mesurement, a controlled power is supplied to the material to heat it up, and the resulting temperature as a function of time is recorded.

Dear all,

these papers might interest those engaged in the assessment of the mechanical properties of nanocomposites using multiscale approaches.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0266353812002709

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1359835x13000298

Enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral scientists are sought to work on 3D printing/additive manufacturing at Singapore.  

The candidates should have rich experiences in relevant research areas, good publication records, and excellent writing skills.

Preference will be given to those with experience in (1) molecular dynamics modeling or (2) manufacturing. The contract will be one year and renewable subject to performance. 

The Swedish
17th century Vasa ship is unique in its kind and of high cultural
and historical interest. Therefore, interdisciplinary research teams are
constantly busy to keep the slowly degrading and deforming warship in good
geometrical shape. Initiated in 2012, the latest research project aims to
investigate creep in the Vasa ship and to develop a new support system for
improved dimensional stability. For this purpose a finite element model will be
created to assess the effect of varying geometrical parameters and material
properties. One of the key aspects is the influence of the joints of the ship

Dear all,

This paper might interest those engaged in the assessment of non-linear notch root stresses and strains. Please take a look, the paper is free.

http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ffe.12124/full

Bests 

Michele

European Commission' s JRC (Joint Research Centre) is organizing the 3rd workshop on physics based material models and experimental observations (http://iwpmeo.org/) in collaboration with University of Oxford, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung and Middle East Technical University. The workshop will be held in Izmir/Turkey on 2-4 June 2014.