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Elastocapillarity

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

These notes are part of a course on advanced elasticity.  The notes recall several phenomena where both elasticity and surface energy are significant, including

  • Griffith crack
  • Adhesion of flexible structures
  • Wafer bonding
  • Contraction of a soft elastic sheet 

The notes also contain a formulation of combined surface energy and elasticity of finite deformation.  

Compatibility Equations of Nonlinear Elasticity for Non-Simply-Connected Bodies

Submitted by arash_yavari on

Compatibility equations of elasticity are almost 150 years old. Interestingly they do not seem to have been rigorously studied for non-simply-connected bodies to this date. In this paper we derive necessary and sufficient compatibility equations of nonlinear elasticity for arbitrary non-simply-connected bodies when the ambient space is Euclidean. For a non-simply-connected body, a measure of strain may not be compatible even if the standard compatibility equations ("bulk" compatibility equations) are satisfied.

Would you like to recommend some ebooks on computational nonlinearity?

Submitted by Jing_Yang on

Hi, everyone:

    I'm recently very interested in computational nolinearity. Would you like recommend some monographs on the computation nonlinearity so that i can have a better understanding of the mechanism of ABAQUS.

    Thanks

  

Deadline Extended! IMECE 2013 Symposium on Advanced Nanomanufacturing and Mechanics of Structural Nanomaterials (Topic 10-7)

Submitted by Xiaoding Wei on

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the co-organizers, I would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium on "Symposium on Advanced Nanomanufacturing and Mechanics of Structural Nanomaterials", Topic 10-7 under track "Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids" at the upcoming 2013 ASME IMECE conference to be held in San Diego, CA from November 15-21.

Boundary Element Method (BEM)

Submitted by kamlesh jangid on

Hello to dear all, I am working on Multiple crack arrest problems in piezoelectric  ceramics.

I want to know that is there any book on fracture analysis of piezoelectric ceramics with defects such as cracks, flaws etc., by using BEM?

If any one have ebooks than kindly send me on the following email id: kamljdma [at] iitr.ernet.in,   

Welcome for your suggestions.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Regards

Kamlesh Jangid