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PhD Studentship: Numerical modelling of fault formation, Imperial College, London, UK

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PhD Studentship: Numerical modelling of fault formation



IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM



APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 NOVEMBER 2012



***UK/EU Student Funding*** - ***Any International Student will require additional tuition payment***



Giant voltage-induced deformation in dielectric elastomers near the verge of snap-through instability

Submitted by Tiefeng Li on

     Dielectric elastomers are capable of large voltage-induced deformation, but achieving
such large deformation in practice has been a major challenge due to electromechanical
instability and electric breakdown. The complex nonlinear behavior suggests an important
opportunity: electromechanical instability can be harnessed to achieve giant voltage-induced
deformation. 

 

 

Expansion behavior of cellular solids

Submitted by Ahmad Rafsanjani on

The expansion behavior of cellular materials is especially attractive for potential applications such as design and development of bio-inspired adaptive materials since most of biological materials have a cellular microstructure at least at one of their hierarchical levels. Wood, bone, bamboo, ice plant and honeybee combs are examples of such natural materials.

 

I have funds for someone to visit me at The University of Chile

Submitted by Alejandro Orti… on

I have funds for someone to come for a short visit (one to two weeks) to the University of Chile. You are eligible if:

a) You hold a Ph.D in Civil Engg, Mechanical Engg, Material Science, Mathematics or closely related field.

b) You currently work at any University, Research lab or similar.

c) One of your research areas is meshfree or finite element methods (including xfem and isogeometric analysis) for solid mechanics (preferably nonlinear).

d) You are able to come here before this October 31th.