Dear everyone!
The fourth issue in 2014 (Volume 30, Issue 4) of Acta Mechanica Sinica (AMS) is now online.
Welcome to this SCI-indexed journal http://ams.cstam.org.cn for rapid publication of your exciting results.
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Journal of Applied Mechanics (JAM) received 280 submitted manuscripts during the first 6 months in 2014. Among them only 4 are still in review.
The average time for the 1st round of review, with the decision to accept, or reject, or revise, is reduced to 10 days. For those that need revisions, the average time to make the final decision is 24 days after the 1st round of review, which include both the authors' revision time and 2nd (and more) round(s) of review.
We are looking for candidates for doctoral positions in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University to work in the area of mechanics of materials. Candidates should have earned a M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering or in a related field from an accredited University. Candidates with a strong background in numerical simulations, finite element analysis, and/or computational solid mechanics will be only considered.
In this paper (JMPS, in press)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2014.07.014
we give a proof of the feasibility of an exact cloak for bending waves in a Kirchhoff plate. See the graphical abstract for more details.
Massimiliano
Vibro-acoustics (2 positions)
Noise is one of the vitally important factors determining the quality of life and liveability in urban areas. We have awarded a grant to develop novel windows enabled with green and intelligent sound absorbing materials that have substantially reduced noise transmission, and at the same time maintain ventilation function to realize good thermal comfort and resource efficiency. You are welcome to apply if you are:
CONCREEP-10, the 10th Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures, will be organized by the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) in cooperation with the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE (EMI). The conference will be held on September 21-23, 2015 at the Vienna University of Technology in Vienna, Austria. It will be chaired by Prof. Christian Hellmich, Prof. Johann Kollegger, and Prof. Bernhard Pichler, all of TU Wien.
Fracking has been an important research topic in recent years. JAM just published a paper "Why Fracking Works" by Professor Zdenek Bazant and his co-authors (JAM, volume 81, paper 101010, 2014). This paper is of great interest, not only to mechanics, but also to engineers interested in fracking.
The paper is attached.
Nanocomposite structure, consisting of hard mineral and soft protein, is the elementary building block of biological materials, where the mineral crystals are arranged in a staggered manner in protein matrix. This special alignment of mineral is supposed to be crucial to the structural stability of the biological materials under compressive load, but the underlying mechanism is not yet clear.
JMPS paper: "Some basic questions o mechanosensing in cell–substrate interaction"
In this paper, a mechanical model of cell-substrate interaction is constructed and discovers the mechanisms of cell sensing compliance, thinckness and distance. If you are interested, pls see details in the paper.
EMI 2015, the annual conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, will be held at Stanford University on June16-19, 2015. It will be chaired by Prof. Ronaldo Borja ( Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University).
