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Why fracture and failure mechanics is so important? From Southwest Boeing 737 cracks to future Boeing 787 safety

Submitted by L. Roy Xu on

Even Jay Leno tried to understand fatigue cracks at his Yesterday’s Tonight Show, our research on fracture and failure mechanics is received great attention from the general public. Read more after this photo--

 

 

Postdoctoral Fellow Position Available in Fatigue of Al alloys at Monash University, Melbourne Australia

Submitted by christopher.hu… on

Dear Friends,

I am currently advertising for a new post-doc to work with me in the field of cyclic deformation and fatigue of precipitation hardenable Al alloys.  It is a 2yr position advertised at the following link.  Applications close 20th April.

http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=495459&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&lCategoryID=640%2C+636&stp=AW&sLanguage=en

Symmetry-Adapted Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics of Chiral Carbon Nanotubes under Tensile Loading

Submitted by Amin Aghaei on

Here is the paper "Symmetry-Adapted Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics of Chiral Carbon Nanotubes under Tensile Loading"

 Amin Aghaei, Kaushik Dayal

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Assistant professor (lecturer) position in composite materials at Cardiff University

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on

Lecturer

Composite Materials

Cardiff University - Cardiff School of Engineering

The Cardiff School of Engineering seeks applications
for a full time Lecturer post in Composite Materials.  The successful
candidate should have an established record of research and/or
industrial experience in one or more of the following areas, composite
manufacturing, composite design and analysis, mechanical testing of
composites.

A short-beam shear fracture approach to measure the mode II fracture toughness of materials with preferred interfaces

Submitted by Arun Krishnan on

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.

 

Free Webinar: Retrofitting of Turbomachinery - from Scanned Data to a New Efficient Flow Path

Submitted by Helen_SoftInWay on

SoftInWay has scheduled the next free webinar on turbomachinery retrofitting techniques used to increase efficiency using AxSTREAM. The webinar will be held on April 28, 2011, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST.



The SoftInWay team will present the full redesign process to the attendees: starting from analyzing scanned data and determining profile characteristics, followed with 1D/2D analysis of existing flow path, evaluation and selection of sections which require redesign and finally the design of new and efficient airfoils.