Friction and deformation in granular fault gouge are among various dynamic interactions associated with seismic phenomena that have important implications for slip mechanisms on earthquake faults. To this end, we propose a mechanistic model of granular fault gouge subject to acoustic vibrations and shear deformation. The grain-scale dynamics is described by the Shear-Transformation-Zone theory of granular flow, which accounts for irreversible plastic deformation in terms of flow defects whose density is governed by an effective temperature.

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Un poste de maitre de conférence est ouvert au recrutement à l'université Paris 13. L'enseignement se fera à l'IUT de Saint Denis, en français.

La recherche s'effectuera au Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM), UPR 3407, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité.

Pour plus de renseignement, voir le fichier joint.

Contact : G. Dirras, dirras(at)lspm.cnrs.fr

IIT Hyderabad is organizing a 10 days course on Finite Element Method, under the auspicies of

Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) started by Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD)

Government of India.

The course will taught by Prof J N Reddy , Texas A&M University , USA and Dr. A Rajagopal , IIT Hyderabad.

For more details please see the attached brouchure.

A covalent network of polymer can imbibe a solvent to form a gel. In a cavity on the surface of the gel, capillary force may suck the solvent out of the gel to form a pure liquid phase. We show that such osmocapillary phase separation occurs when capillarity balances osmosis, and when the diffusion of solvent in the gel prevails over the condensation of solvent from the vapor. Osmocapillary phase separation can occur even when the gel is isolated from the vapor, or when the solvent is nonvolatile.

The Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials has published a Special Issue on Low Impedance Materials.  All papers are freely available. http://link.springer.com/journal/40870/2/1/page/1

A PhD research subject is proposed for students to apply at Arts et Métiers ParisTech.

PhD project 2 (Reference: NGCM-0080)

Design and optimisation of bio-inspired programmable surfaces with active materials

Biotribology Group, nCATS
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Background

PhD project 1 (Reference: NGCM-0011)

Generalised asymptotic numerical methods for buckling instability problems in biological systems and bio-inspired morphing structures

Biotribology Group, nCATS
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Background

There is one open Ph.D. student position with financial support in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Temple University to start in Fall, 2016 . The successful applicant will work with Dr. Haijun Liu in his LISTEN Lab (http://sites.temple.edu/listen) on interdisciplinary research topics that involve mechanics, biology, acoustics, and sensor technology. The research topic for this position is on the mechanics/asoutics modeling of thin sound insulators and experimental characterization.  Interested candidates are invited to email Dr.

The ESIS Technical Committee 24 provides a forum for researchers and engineers who deal with structural integrity problems in modern railway system. During our latest meeting, held on 1-2 October 2014 at Politecnico di Milano, excellent talks presented results obtained within different research projects, including  EURAXLES - EBFW3  and SUSTRAIL.

Int. J. Fatigue, Vol. 86, 2016