Associate/Full Professor at Cardiff University
Reader (Associate Professor) / Professor
A short-beam shear fracture approach to measure the mode II fracture toughness of materials with preferred interfaces
Increasing complexity of numerical simulations has made it important to obtain reliable experimental data for a variety of mechanical properties. Fracture properties are complex to measure but accurate data is often desirable for several challenging problems. We have developed a novel short-beam shear fracture approach in order to measure the mode-II fracture toughness properties of materials with 'preferred' interfaces.
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ASM Educational Symposium: Innovations in Mechanical Testing: From Molecules to Large Engineering Structures
Dear iMechanica Readers,
Greetings from Oak Ridge.
I would like to invite you, your colleagues and students to attend the annual Educational Symposium organized by the Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM International. The theme for this year’s symposium is:
“Innovations in Mechanical Testing: From Molecules to Large Engineering Structures”
We have an outstanding list of speakers, which includes:
Ian Robertson (NSF) - "In situ TEM testing" (Keynote Speaker)
Computational impact, friction and contact mechanics. the Siconos software
Dear colleagues,
For people interesting in the simulation of solids mechanics with impact contact and friction, we are pleased to announce a new release of the Siconos software. The software is open-source, under GPL Licence and can be found at http://siconos.gforge.inria.fr/
Postdoctoral position in Paris (Numerical & Experimental Structural Mechanics)
Location: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, LMT Cachan, South of Paris, France
Duration: 18 month
Starting date: Between March 2011 and September 2011
Scholarship: €2000/month
Contacts:
Effect of mechanical pre-stretch on the stabilization of dielectric elastomer actuation
A dielectric elastomer is capable of giant electromechanical actuation but fails at breakdown due to instability under certain conditions with a small deformation. By applying a mechanical pre-stretch, one obtains a stabilized large actuation.
Two more PhD scholarships are available @ NTU, Singapore
Two more PhD scholarships are available in our group.
The topics are related to "self-powered wireless sensor networks" and "micro power conditioning electronics for energy harvesting". Pls contact me or drop email to my supervisor asap since the application for August intake will close soon.
My email: QQ:88049387 / Skype:tolly8210
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A multidisciplinary research team from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, is recruiting PhD students.