A general framework is presented to model coupled thermo-elasto-plastic deformations in the theory of special Cosserat rods. The use of the one-dimensional form of the energy balance in conjunction with the one-dimensional entropy balance allows us to obtain an additional equation for the evolution of a temperature-like one-dimensional field variable together with constitutive relations for this theory. Reduction to the case of thermoelasticity leads us to the well known nonlinear theory of thermoelasticity for special Cosserat rods.

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Dear all,

Our article on experimental and numerical investigation of water uptake in strain-hardening cementitious composites (SHCCs, sometimes called ECC), is now freely available for download at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309322976_Influence_of_Crackin…;

A 3-year PhD position in Micromechanics of White Etching Cracks is available at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). More details about the project ideally starting during the spring of 2018 can be found at:

http://www.mek.dtu.dk/om-os/ledige-stillinger/job?id=b222a684-13d2-484f…

Extreme thermal and electrical conductivity, blocks out almost all gases, stiff as diamond and stronger than anything else. The list of extreme properties seems never ending. The paper

Growth speed of single edge pre-crack in graphene sheet under tension, Jun Hua et al., Engineering Fracture Mechanics 182 (2017) 337–355, 

One PhD position is available at Mechanical Engineering Department of SUNY Binghamton. The research is in the field of finite element modelling of metals and alloys. The candidate needs to be proficient in ABAQUS software and UEL and UMAT subroutines. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Congrui Jin at SUNY Binghamton. If you are interested, please send your CV to cjin [at] binghamton.edu

Please find our activity report here 

http://hdl.handle.net/10993/33806

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We present a continuum formulation to obtain simple expressions demonstrating the effects of surface residual stress and surface elastic constants on extensional and torsional stiffnesses of isotropic circular nanorods. Unlike the case of rectangular nanorods, we show that the stiffnesses of circular nanorods also depend on surface residual stress components. This is attributed to non-zero surface curvature inherent in circular nanorods.

Dear colleagues,

The deadline to submit your abstracts to WCCM 2018 is January 15, 2018. We would like to once again encourage you to submit your abstracts to minisymposium 1801. For more information please go to:

http://www.wccm2018.org/MS_1801

http://imechanica.org/node/21708

Best regards,

Miguel Bessa, Delft University of Technology

George Karniadakis, Brown University

Julien Yvonnet, Université Paris-Est