Dear Colleagues,
Event of ASME Technical Committee on Mechanics of Soft Materials 2020:
live symposium and committee meeting
(open access) C. Cissé and M. Asle Zaeem. An asymmetric elasto-plastic phase-field model for shape memory effect, pseudoelasticity and thermomechanical training in polycrystalline shape memory alloys. Acta Materialia 201 (2020) 580-595.
I recommend people with an interest in working with 3D image data and medical devices attend this upcoming webcast between Synopsys Simpleware and CADFEM Medical, which'll take place on Tuesday, November 24th, 2020.
Details here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6605936638572945679?source=IM…
An all-natural bioinspired structural material for plastic replacement, Guan, Yang, Han, Ling, Yu, Nature Communications, 2020
Novelty/impact/significance:
A strong (stiffness 20 GPa and strength 281 MPa), tough (11.5 MPa m1/2), lightweight (1.7 g/cm3), and thermal-resistant (thermal expansion coefficient 7x10-6K-1) composite material is created, using all-natural raw materials through a mass-producible method.
Postdoc position available on Mechanics/Tribology and/or Triboelectric Nanogenerators at the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering. Applicants with background in mechanics, tribology or triboelectric nanogenerators (including device fabrication and testing) are welcome. Closing date: 08-Dec-2020
In this note, we develop simple analytical formulas to estimate the effect of residual stresses on the pulse wave velocity in blood vessels. We combine these formulas with three constitutive models of the arterial wall: the Fung model and two models accounting for the dispersion of collagen fibers via 8 and 16 structure tensors accordingly. The residual stresses come into play with a description of the initial kinematics - the opening angle.
EML Webinar on 11 November 2020 will be given by Sulin Zhang, Penn State University. Discussion leader: Teng Li, University of Maryland
Title: Mechanobiology: A Tale of Stressed Life
Time: 9:30 am Boston, 2:30 pm London, 3:30 pm Paris, 10:30 pm Beijing on 11 November 2020
Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684
