Layered Material.
I want to get some information about layered material and its property and nutural plane in bi metal plate while bending.
Post-doc position on Multiscale Simulations of Cell Contact and Adhesion
A post-doc position on multiscale simulation of cell contact and adhesion shall be available this coming Fall at UC Berkeley. We are seeking for a person who has experience and background on finite element computations, especially in cell contact/adhesion modeling and simulation or finite deformation simulations.
Anyone who is interested in the position please send an email, resume, and reference to li [at] ce.berkeley.edu (li[at]ce[dot]berkeley[dot]edu)
Grand Challenges For Engineering
The US National Academy of Engineering has published a list of Grand Challenges for Engineering. Ths US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics is interested in developing a discussion on the implications of these Grand Challenges to the Mechanics community.
New Book on Polymers and Viscoelasticity
I wish to inform the imechanica community about my recent book, Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity, Springer, 2008. THe book starts at the beginning and contains both the physics of polymers and the mathematics of viscoelasticity. It is also unique in the history of mechanics in being the (first ever?) father-daughter book. Those interested in polymer mechanics may find this a useful resource! It may be found in your library or further information can be found here
2014 US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
The US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics is seeking proposals from US institutions interested in hosting the 2014 US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. If you are interested, please contact K. Ravi-Chandar: kravi [at] mail.utexas.edu (kravi[at]mail[dot]utexas[dot]edu) for more information.
PhD Position: Solid Mechanics/Biomechanics at KTH-Stockholm
PhD Position: Solid Mechanics/Biomechanics at KTH-Stockholm
A four to five-year PhD position focusing on the analysis of multi-scale phenomena in diseased blood vessels including atherosclerotic plaques has recently been opened at KTH Solid Mechanics. The position is fully supported by the Swedish Research Council.
Micro-scale compression testing for hydrogel microspheres between two rigid plates
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I am a last year Ph.D student at University of Toronto. During my study, I developed MEMS force sensor-based micro-scale compression testing for micrometer-sized spherical biomaterials. I applied this system for mechanical properties characterization of polymeric hydrogel microsphere for drug delivery.
Crack Propagation using XFEM ( What happens to dof's corresponding to enriched nodes)
I am working on crack propagation . I am trying to figure what factors should be taken into account when the crack is being propagated using XFEM.
I am especially interested to know what happens to the additional dof's corresponding to enriched nodes. Once the crack is propagated and crack tip is at new location , we add new dof's corresponding to enrichment functions , but what happens to the information stored by the dof's of previous enriched nodes,do we forget them altotgether , or do we map it to the new enriched nodes?
Crack Length in Cohesive Element (ABAQUS vr 6.7.1) in pure MODE I case
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This might not be a smart question to ask, but if any of you can help me, it'd be great.
I have a DCB (sandwitch specimen) with a cohesive element in the middle. Studying pure Mode I case, displacement is applied at the end of the DCB. Cohesive element works great (it fails when one reaches max separations). But I am having a difficulity in extracting crack length (i.e. length of failed cohesive element) vs time step. I looked for Damage and Status commend, but it's not promising. (I'm pretty new to ABAQUS....)