A range of instabilities can occur in soft bodies that undergo large deformation. While most of them arise under compressive forces, it has previously been shown analytically that a tensile instability can occur in an elastic block subjected to equitriaxial tension. Guided by this result, we conducted centimeter-scale experiments on thick elastomeric samples under generalized plane strain conditions and observed for the first time this elastic tensile instability.

Fibre-reinforced plates and shells are finding an increasing interest in engineering applications; in most cases dynamic phenomena need to be taken into account. Consequently, effective and robust computational tools are sought in order to provide reliable results for the analysis of such structural models. In this paper the mixed assumed-strain laminated plate element, previously used for static analyses, has been extended to the dynamic realm. This model is derived within the framework of the so-called First-order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT).

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the Shock & Blast session under track 1'Dynamic Behavior of Materials'. This symposium is part of the 2017 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and applied Mechanics to be held at Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June 12-15, 2017.

Presented by Ross Cotton (Synopsys Simpleware); Bence Gerber and Chris Quan (ANSYS) 

Wednesday, October 26, 2016: 11 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT

A symposium on Computational Mechanics at Varied Length Scales under the auspices of the 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design will be held in Albufeira(Algarve), Portugal on June 11-15, 2017. The symposium aims at bring together experts in the following (but not limited to) fields,

• Multiscale Methods and Multiscale Analysis

• Molecular Simulation

• Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics

• Dislocation Dynamics

• Lattice Boltzmann Method

A PHD position is available immediately in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas-Denton in the fields of design, modelling and experiment for Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Gas sensor, Candidates should have a Bachelor/Master's degree in mechanical engineering or Chemical engineering with good academic standing and should have some experiences in the following:

(1) Piezoelectric device modelling and experiment

(2) SAW device modelling and experiment

(3) Carbon nanotube fabrication

(4) Gas sensor development

We are running free workshops on using Simpleware for 3D image visualisation, analyis and model generation. Join us in Guildford and Farnborough, UK to learn about getting the most out of our software for 3D image-based modelling.

The workshops are free but pre-registration is required as places are limited.

Wednesday Oct 19 2016: Introduction to 3D image visualisation, analysis and model generation with Simpleware

 Description

(1) Computational mechanics and multiphysics modelling of relevant areas, including the soft matter, 3D printing, fuel cell, bio-fluid and cell in microfluidics

(2) Supervision of undergraduate/postgraduate students

Job requirements

1)  PhD degree in Mechanical/Material Engineering or related fields

(2) Strong background in computational physics and solid/fluid mechanics

A. Rafsanjani and D. Pasini, Bistable Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterials Inspired by Ancient Geometric Motifs. Extreme Mechanics Letters 9, 291-296 (2016).