Harnessing snap-through instability in soft dielectrics to achieve giant voltage-triggered deformation
For a dielectric elastomer membrane we show giant voltage-triggered expansion of area by 1692%, far beyond the largest values reported in the literature.
PhD position in the area of Computational Mechanics, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Bauhaus Uni. Weimar
The Institute Structural Mechanics at the Bauhaus University Weimar is looking for a PhD-student who is interested in pursuing her/his PhD in omputational Mechanics. The PhD is about uncertainty quantification, verification and validation in the context of a multiscale methods that ridges atomistic domains with continuum domains.
Qualification
Applicants should have a M.Sc. and B.E. in Computational Mechanics, applied Mathematics, Mechanical or Civil Engineering.
Requirements
Post-doctoral Research Position on Multiscale Computational Mechanics at Vanderbilt University
We welcome applications for a post-doctoral position in the Multiscale Computational
Mechanics Laboratory within the Civil Engineering Department at Vanderbilt University.
John W. Hutchinson is awarded the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring
Professor John W. Hutchinson, of Harvard University, will receive the 2012 Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics. Ludwig Prandtl was a great pioneer of modern Aerodynamics. The Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring is awarded annually to the maximum of one individual for outstanding contributions to Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Call for Papers Open – 2012 SIMULIA Customer Conference
Join us in Providence, RI, May 15-17, 2012, and share your success story!Abstracts for papers are due November 7, 2011.All users of SIMULIA products including Abaqus FEA, Multiphysics, Isight and Simulation Lifecycle Management (SLM) are invited to submit an abstract.
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Corotational formulation for 3D solids
Please have look
http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.5321
This paper presents the theory for the Lagrange co-rotational (CR) formulation of finite elements in the geometrically nonlinear analysis of 3D structures. In this paper, strains are assumed to be small while the magnitude of rotations from the reference configuration is not restricted. A new best fit rotator and consistent spin filter is derived.
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Lukasz