Imechanica Journal Club: “The Ruga Mechanics”

Prepared by Mazen Diab, Ruike Zhao and Kyung-Suk Kim

Brown University, Providence, RI

Introduction

In this minisymposium we seek to highlight challenging problems in computational solid mechanics that require mesh adaptation methods for their solution. We focus on the finite element method and works that address large deformations and the accompanying inelasticity, damage, crack propagation and failure. Discussion will center on Lagrangian descriptions and determining the necessary computational components to resolve, preserve, and evolve the fields that govern these processes. Prototypical material systems may include, but are not limited to, ductile metals and biomaterials.

Our Group of High Performance Materials in Enviormental & Civil Engineering Department at Michigan State University has an openings for PhD positions to work on Multiscale Modeling of Soft Materials starting sSummer  or Fall 2015.

Dear colleagues,

A one-year postdoctoral position is available at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University. The successful candidates are expected to possess a PhD degree in Mechanics or Civil engineering or science and have experience in the area of computational mechanics or finite elements and continuum mechanics. The candidates will be working in the area of hydraulic fracturing, poroelasticity, and mechanics applied to fluid flow in fractured porous media. Experience in damage mechanics is plus. This position is extendable for another year.

A Phd scholarship  in 'Advanced Modelling for the Biomaterial/Biosystem Interaction' is available  in the Laboratory for Advanced Modelling and Simulation in  Engineering and Science  at Queensland University of Technology.

Symposium 3: Computational Nanotechnology

June 29 - July 1

Location: Seattle Washington

The abstract submission deadline has been extended to February 23d 2015

The conference website can be found at: http://www.asmeconferences.org/mcmat2015/

It gives me great pleasure to announce the outcome of the 2014 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), Kaushik Bhattacharya (Caltech), Roger Fosdick (Minnesota University), and Yonggang Huang (Northwestern University).

According to the Swedish Plant Inspectorate the major part of all reported fracture related failures in Sweden are due to stress corrosion. I guess it is more or less a reality everywhere. The association with accidents is probably because it comes without warning and usually at surprisingly low loads. Just a mm sized spot of decomposing grease is enough to create a locally extremely acid environment. In an otherwise friendly environment this often not even considered as a possibility by the designer.

The paper for this discussion is:

Announcement of a Postdoctoral Research Associate Position

In Structural Health Monitoring

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