Mechanics of Soft Materials
Springer launched new journal: Mechanics of Soft Materials
This journal offers a unique forum for research on mechanical behavior of soft materials including but not limited to polymers, elastomers, gels, rubberlike materials, soft biological materials and tissues.
The journal aims at uniting considerations of various soft materials, which exhibit similarity in many aspects of their behavior independently of the specific composition or biological function.
Head of Research Unit (Experienced Researcher)
The Institute of Structural Analysis invites applications for a position as a Head of Research Unit (Experienced Researcher) (ref. no. 90) for leading the research unit „Composites“ and to be appointed at the earliest possible date.
The department composites is performing research on development and validation of new computational methods for fibre reinforced materials and structures ranging from nano to macro scale (structural component). The research unit consists of 17 scientists.
Molecular dynamics simulations of deformation and fracture in lamellar alloys
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Opening a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student
Early Stage Researcher position, Biomedical simulations, Cardiff University
Cardiff University invites applications for an Early Stage Researcher position (Doctoral Candidate) as part of the Rapid Biomechanics and Simulation for Personalised Clinical Design (RAINBOW) MCSA European Training Network. RAINBOW is funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The post holder will undertake research on “Meta Modelling for Soft Tissue Contact and Cutting Simulation” leading to a PhD degree award. The post holder will develop numerical methods to simulate the deformations of soft-tissues in the context of computer-aided surgery.
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Soft 3D-printed Auxetic Composites
J. Li, V. Slesarenko, S. Rudykh Auxetic multiphase soft composite material design through instabilities with application for acoustic metamaterials. Soft Matter 14: 6171-6180 (2018)
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A variational model of fracture for tearing brittle thin sheets
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Journal club for August 2018: X-Mechanics – An Endless Frontier
X-Mechanics – An Endless Frontier
Wei YANG, Hongtao WANG, Tiefeng LI and Shaoxing QU
Center for X-Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
1 Introduction