Dear iMechanicians,
We have contributed to the Special Issue organised by the Royal Society on occasion of the centenary of Griffith's seminal paper with a paper revisiting phase field fracture methods and their connection with conventional fracture mechanics theory. I hope that you find it of interest. (https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2021.0021)
- Reference persons: Marco Broccardo (UNITN/DICAM), Oreste S. Bursi (UNITN/DICAM) (marco.broccardo [at] unitn.it - oreste.bursi [at] unitn.it)
C8 - scholarship on reserved topics
https://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/1954/announcement-of-selection
Funded by: MUR – Departments of Excellence
- Reference persons: Oreste S. Bursi (UNITN/DICAM), Gabriele Zanon (UNITN/DICAM) (oreste.bursi [at] unitn.it - gabriele.zanon [at] unitn.it)
C1 - scholarship on reserved topics
https://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/1954/announcement-of-selection
It was reported both in experiments and computations using some classical plate theories that wrinkles can appear in a uniaxially stretched rectangular hyperelastic film with clamped-clamped boundaries and can be suppressed upon further tension. Here, based on a recently-available consistent finite-strain plate theory, we investigate this complex instability problem with isola-center bifurcation (the nontrivial solution curve begins and ends at two distinct points on the trivial line) in more depth and present an efficient numerical algorithm.
The Mechanics & Computation lab in the Mechanical Engineering Dept at IISc Bangalore has multiple openings for project assistants:
Post #1: Design & analysis of 3D printed lattices
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Post #2: Experimental mechanics
Essential requirements:
One or two positions are available for a student to undertake a fully funded Ph.D. in Engineering at Louisiana Tech University understanding the detailed structure of the complicated heterogeneous materials in lithium ion batteries. Expected start date is Sept. or Nov. of 2021.
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A modified phase-field model for fracture is presented which includes the material strength and cleavage planes to quantitatively predict the crack propagation path and the mechanical response in polycrystalline brittle materials. Computational Materials Science 197 (2021) 110642 (11 pages).
Postdoc Open Positions
Postdoc positions with financial support (up to 3 years) are immediately available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut (UConn).
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