Xiaohan Zhang             Amit Acharya                Noel J. Walkington              Jacobo Bielak

We describe a model based in continuum mechanics that reduces the study of a significant class of problems of discrete dislocation dynamics to questions of the modern theory of continuum plasticity. As applications, we explore the questions of the existence of a Peierls stress in a continuum theory, dislocation annihilation, dislocation dissociation, finite-speed-of-propagation effects of elastic waves vis-a-vis dynamic dislocation fields, supersonic dislocation motion, and short-slip duration in rupture dynamics.

4th International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics - working on small scales

Hi all,

One of our recent works on nanoscale directional motion induced by stiffness gradient.

I hope you will find it interesting.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.015504

This work has been presented in 2014 MRS Spring Meeting by Prof. Huajian Gao (the PPT file he used is attached): https://mrsspring14.zerista.com/event/member/109225

Best,

Tienchong

At the School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow, there is a position open for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the area of Mechanics and Materials (experimental or computational).

Have a look at:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKO520/lecturer-senior-lecturer/

I hope some of you (especially those working on fracture and damage modeling) may find this work interesting:

Modeling damage and fracture within strain-gradient plasticity

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020768315000505#

Recent paper is Part-2 of the paper mentioned below

 http://imechanica.org/node/10104 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749641910001142 

Mechanical responses and deformation mechanisms of an AZ31 Mg alloy sheet under dynamic and simple shear deformations

Webpage: http://events.unitn.it/en/cermodel2015

Extended deadline for 1 page-abstract submission: March 15, 2015

Professor Kenneth M. Liechti of the University of Texas at Austin has been selected to recieve the 2015 Award for Excellence in the Adhesion Society. The Adhesion Society’s Award for Excellence, sponsored by 3M, is the Society’s premier award for outstanding achievements in scientific research relating to adhesion.

Congratulations to Ken!

Professsor Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar of the University of Texas at Austin has been selected to receive the 2015 Daniel C. Drucker Medal, one of the ASME society awards for achievement.

Kaushik Bhattacharya, Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Professor of Materials Science as well as Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, has been selected to receive the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Warner T. Koiter Medal.