Fully funded PhD and Postdoc positions in the area of meta-materials, computational mechanics and wave propagation available in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University. Research will be in topics related to the mechanics of metamaterials and the mechanics of granular media.
Usually, roughness destroys adhesion and this is one of the reasons why the "adhesion paradox", i.e. a "sticky Universe", is not real. However, at least with some special type of roughness, there is even the case of adhesion enhancement, as it was shown clearly by Guduru, who considered the contact between a sphere and a wavy axisymmetric single scale roughness, in the limit of short-range adhesion (JKR limit).
Hi everyone.
I want to determine Fermi energy from the band structure of a conductor and a semiconductor.
I believe that for semiconductors, it is given by the average of highest energy in the valence band and the lowest energy in the conduction band. Please correct me if required.
I am wondering how to obtain fermi energy for conductors where those two bands are overlapping.
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
Seeking Help: Can anyone share a copy of the following articles: P.C. Bregman, M. Kuipers, H.L.J. Teerling, W.A. van der Veen. Strength and stiffness of a flexible high-pressure spiral hose. Acta Mechanica 97, 185-204 (1993) and B.A. van den Horn & M. Kuipers. Strength and stiffness of a reinforced flexible hose. Applied Scientific Research 45: 251-281 (1988) (which I had and somehow lost).
Thanks in advance
EML Webinar on 9 September 2020 will be given by Prof. Rob Ritchie, University of California, Berkeley, Discussion leader: Nanshu Lu, University of Texas at Austin.
Title: Damage-Tolerance in Engineering and Biological Materials
Time: 7 am California, 10 am Boston, 3 pm London, 10 pm Beijing on 9 September 2020
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The deadline for proposal submission for the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant Program has been extended to September 7th, 2020, 5pm EST (there will be no further extension beyond this date).
The details of the program, eligibility and proposal submission can be found at:
Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached the new 2020 issue of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division Newsletter. Featured highlights include:
Hope you enjoy the update from our vibrant Mechanics community.
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