I am posting this announcement of behalf of Lev Truskinovsky (PMMH, ESPCI /CNRS), for a 3 years funded PhD grant on "Bridging mesoscopic and molecular scales in crystal plasticity" at Lab. PMMH (www.pmmh.espci.fr), CNRS/ESPCI/Paris 6/Paris 7, Paris, France (see also attached flyer).
In this manuscript with Lev Truskinovsky, we developed a new nonlinear theory of large-strain incompatible surface growth. Surface growth is a crucial component of many natural and artificial processes from cell proliferation to additive manufacturing. In elastic systems, surface growth is usually accompanied by the development of geometrical incompatibility leading to residual stresses and triggering various instabilities. Here we developed a nonlinear theory of incompatible surface growth which quantitatively linkes deposition protocols with post-growth states of stress.
Consider a thin dielectric plate with conducting faces: when will it break if a voltage is applied? If it is rigid it will break once its dielectric strength is overcome by the voltage. But what if it is highly stretchable, like the elastomers used for soft actuators, stretchable electronics, or energy harvesters? The precise answer to that question is not known.
On behalf of the Organisers, I wish to post the following message:
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce
Nonconvexity, Nonlocality and Incompatibility: From Materials to Biology
Conference in honor of Lev Truskinovsky's 60th birthday
Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh
May 5-7, 2017
Conference Website: http://www.math.pitt.edu/%7Eannav/NNI17/NNIconference.html
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