I have updated my notes on the Griffith paper. I added more description on the experimental determination of surface tension of solids. Griiffith himself determined the surface tension of glass by an experimental setup. Udin et al (1949) described a setup based on the same principle. This setup is now known as the zero creep experiment.
In 2012 and 2013 we organized very successful Workshops on
"Physics-based material models and experimental observations" funded
by the European Union's Enlargement programme. We cordially invite you to
submit an abstract to the 3rd International Workshop on Physics Based
Material Models and Experimental Observations to be held on 2-4 June
2014 in Cesme-Izmir/Turkey.
Lecturers:
Basile Audoly - Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris, France
Katia Bertoldi - University of Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
Davide Bigoni - Università di Trento, Italy
Alain Goriely - University of Oxford, UK
The Civil Engineering Department at Universidad EAFIT in Medellín, Colombia is seeking applicants for a tenure track position in the field of Geotechnical Engineering. Interested candidates must have a PhD degree in the field. The selected candidate is expected to conduct research in the area of Geotechnical Engineering, and create and promote graduate courses.
The applied mechanics group through its research lines in Seismic Engineering and Computational Mechanics is offering three graduate student positions at the MsC and PhD levels to conduct research in projects related to:
Dear Colleagues:
We would like to invite you to present your work at "Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Materials" in ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition ASME Congress and Exposition, Montreal's downtown convention center, 14-20 November 2014.
Symposium Description
Openings at various levels are immediately available in Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, for projects on experimental micro-mechanics and/or alloy design. The positions are in the group of Cem Tasan (Adaptive Structural Materials), in the Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design department of prof. Dierk Raabe.
For more details on the openings and the group, please visit http://asm.mpie.de.
For more information regarding the institute, please visit http://www.mpie.de
