This paper studies a gel formed by a network of cross-linked polymers and a species of mobile molecules. The gel is taken to be a dielectric, in which both the polymers and the mobile molecules are nonionic. We formulate a theory of the gel in contact with a solvent made of the mobile molecules, and subject to electromechanical loads. A free-energy function is constructed for an ideal dielectric gel, including contributions from stretching the network, mixing the polymers and the small molecules, and polarizing the gel.

Foods are good examples of composite materials that everyone can relate to.  From foams like ice creams to emulsions like spreads to hydrogels like jams to viscoelastic solids like cheese to porous, brittle solids like crisps, the properties of these multiphasic, heterogeneous materials are most important in the mouth where they are broken down via mechanical, chemical or thermal means.  Unlike many structural materials where the design strategy is to achieve the highest strength or toughness, foods are designed to break down in a particular manner and only under particular condit

A Report of the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM), June 2007  

Recentely we did a MD simulation work on the nano-void growth in Copper, welcome to my blog for any discussion..

Why The Impact Factors of Journals in the field of mechanics is Too Low in comparison with Chemistry?

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The role involves the application of advanced modeling and simulation methods to research on solids and structures, with an emphasis on complex systems such as composites and meta-materials, or solids with multiple defects and discontinuities.

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Hello,

 I need some detailed informations about topics below:

 Single material ALE

 -Advection schemes

 -Mesh smoothing algorithms

 Multi-material ALE

 -Volume fraction weighted stress

 -Interface reconstruction

 -Moving mesh techniques

 FSI

 -Constraint based method

 -Penalty based method

 -Leakage

Can anybody help me?

Thanks alot

From Prof. Jaydev P. Desai at University of Maryland: