Ph. D position: Mechanics and 3D Printing
Level: Ph.D, start from Fall 2018
When: Apply Now by sending CV to yaning.li [at] unh.edu (yaning[dot]li[at]unh[dot]edu
Journal Club for February 2018: HASEL artificial muscles for high-speed, electrically powered, self-healing soft robots
Eric Acome, Nicholas Kellaris, Timothy Morrissey, Shane K. Mitchell, Christoph Keplinger
University of Colorado Boulder
Introduction
Compatible-Strain Mixed Finite Element Methods for Incompressible Nonlinear Elasticity
We introduce a new family of mixed finite elements for incompressible nonlinear elasticity — compatible-strain mixed finite element methods (CSFEMs). Based on a Hu-Washizu-type functional, we write a four-field mixed formulation with the displacement, the displacement gradient, the first Piola-Kirchhoff stress, and a pressure-like field as the four independent unknowns. Using the Hilbert complexes of nonlinear elasticity, which describe the kinematics and the kinetics of motion, we identify the solution spaces of the independent unknown fields.
Last Call for Abstracts: EMI mini-symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Boston 5/29-6/1/2018 (abstracts due tomorrow)
MS27: Computational GeomechanicsWaiChing Sun, Columbia University
Jose Andrade, Caltech
Ronaldo Borja, Stanford University
Jinhyun Choo, University of Hong Kong
Majid Manzari, George Washington University
Richard Regueiro, University of Colorado Boulder
Some ideas for a possible new journal
Inspired by the discussion with Mike Ciavarella on http://imechanica.org/node/22012, I am thinking about a journal with the following attributes:
Announcing the 22nd International Conference on Wear of Materials
The 22nd International Conference on Wear of Materials will take place in Miami, USA from the 14-18 April 2019.
IUTAM Symposium on Architectured Materials Mechanics: Call for Poster abstracts
We are still accepting Poster abstract for this event, Deadline for abstract submission: Feb 28, 2018. Abstract submission and all other inquires: amm2018 [at] purdue.edu (amm2018[at]purdue[dot]edu)
New PhD position at Eindhoven University of Technology - Micro-mechanics of ultra-thin free-standing multi-layer membranes in MEMS ultrasound transducers
Dear colleagues,
a new PhD position has become available at the Mechanics of Materials group, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (http://mate.tue.nl/mate/)
Micro-mechanics of ultra-thin free-standing multi-layer membranes in MEMS ultra-sound transducers.
Celia Reina and Yihui Zhang are the recipients of the 2017 Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty
It gives me great pleasure to announce the outcome of the 2017 competition for the Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty. This award is given annually to rapidly emerging junior faculty who exemplify the creative use and development of mechanics. The intent of the award is to promote the field of mechanics, especially among young researchers. The selection committee consisted of: K. Ravi-chandar (UT Austin), Huajian Gao (Brown University), G.
An asymptotic numerical method for continuation of spatial equilibria of special Cosserat rods
We present an efficient numerical scheme based on asymptotic numerical method for continuation of spatial equilibria of special Cosserat rods. Using quaternions to represent rotation, the equations of static equilibria of special Cosserat rods are posed as a system of thirteen first order ordinary differential equations having cubic nonlinearity. The derivatives in these equations are further discretized to yield a system of cubic polynomial equations.