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Post-Doc in Grenoble, France: Atomic-scale twinning in HCP metals

Submitted by drodney on

A postdoctoral position is available in the material science laboratory (SIMAP) of INP Grenoble, France, in David Rodney’s group in collaboration with Laurent Capolungo from Georgia Tech Lorraine, with primary focus on the atomic-scale study of twinning in HCP metals. We are looking for a strongly motivated candidate to apply saddle-point search methods, including the Nudged Elastic Band method and the Activation Relaxation Technique, to study the nucleation and propagation of primary and secondary twins during the plastic deformation of HCP metals.

hyperelastic or elastic skin model in Abaqus

Submitted by Izabela on

Dears,  I am quite new in the area of Abaqus models and biomechanics. My background is related with textiles. However I am a post doc in Belgium at the moment and my new task is to model a fingertip skin section under the influence of contact with different objects.

Read Dr Marcin Kaminski's Sept Editorial for Proceedings-of-ICE journal for free here.

Submitted by benramster on

Read Dr Marcin Kaminski's (Technical University
of Lodz) September 2011 Editorial for ICE-journal Engineering and Computational Mechanics for free here.

International Conference on BioTribology, 18-21 September 2011, Imperial College, London

Submitted by Laure Ballu on

Less than 2 weeks until the conference starts - but there is still time to register at www.biotribologyconference.com

Topics covered include: orthopaedic surgery • dentistry • biomechanics • biomaterials • cosmetic chemistry • biophysics • biomimetics

TC4PCA 2011 conference, 11-15 September 2011, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

Submitted by Laure Ballu on

Only a few days left before the conference starts, but it is not too late to register if you haven't already done so. Go to www.tc4pca.elsevier.com 

Also, don't miss the deadline fro full paper submission: 15 October 2011. To submit go to http://ees.elsevier.com/efm

 

 

Crack propagation in composites in presence of shear and pressure loads

Submitted by Roche on

Hi,

Assume that we have a composite structure consists of isotropic layers with
a delamination (separation) between the layers. There is a compressive load
applying normal to layers surfaces and hence normal to the
delamination (crack) which closes the delamination, and a shear load tangential to the
crack surface.