This is the preprint of an article that will appear in the Journal of Computational Physics (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.07.001).

A Completely Iterative Method for the Infinite Domain Electrostatic Problem with Nonlinear Dielectric Media

by Lun Yang and Kaushik Dayal, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

We welcome applications for a fully funded PhD position in the field of experimental mechanics and materials science. Further details in the attachment.

Prof. Rebecca Brannon and her team have created a wonderful page containing interesting information on aspects of plasticity, damage, and computational mechanics (particularly, the Material Point Method).

Check it out at 

 http://csm.mech.utah.edu/content/

-- Biswajit

This is the preprint of an article that will appear in Acta Materialia (DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.07.014)

Effect of Lattice Orientation, Surface Modulation, and Applied Fields on Free-Surface Domain Microstructure in Ferroelectrics

by Lun Yang and Kaushik Dayal, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

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Dear Colleagues,

I am studying on Interlaminar Properties of 3D Textile Composites. Especially I am focusing on Fracture Toughness of Stitched Composites. Anyone can suggest useful Journal Papers about Stitched Composites and/or Mode I- Mode II Testing for Literature review?

Kind Regards,

Devrim Goktas 

The three by three matrix is a workhorse for mechanicians, yet the study of this tool is seldom addressed mathematically. One reason is that the space of such matrices is nine-dimensional, quite beyond diagrams and  vision. The advantage of a mathematical investigation of the matrix space is clear in the study of two by two real matricies where rotations, shears, and squeezes correspond to area-preserving transformations of the plane. For transformations of space that preserve volume there is a much richer variety of phenomena that may correspond to mechanical events.

July 4, 2011Opening for Research Fellow Position in Composite Structures

The Research Center for Aircraft Parts Technology in Gyeongsang National University (Jinju, South Korea) has opened a postdoctoral research fellow position for the research on composite structures. 

Dear colleagues,

we recently published a paper on measuring bulk properties of irradiated copper from nanoscale samples:

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmat3055.html

Hope you find this interesting!

Daniel