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Poisson's ratio changable of carbon nanotube sheet

Submitted by Ying Li on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 14:05

Here is a recent work on the Poisson's ratio of carbon nanotube sheet [1]. From the experimental results, the researchers found that the Poisson's ratio could change from 0.06 to -0.20 as the content of MWNTs increasing from 0~100%. The interesting zero Poisson's ratio and auxetic materials were thus found.

Ref. [1] Sign Change of Poisson's Ratio for Carbon Nanotube Sheets. Science 25 April 2008: 504-507

Ying Li

Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University

A question about "A simple linear viscoelastic material in ABAQUS "

Submitted by shenchenghit on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 10:36

basic theory

there is a example about "A simple linear viscoelastic material " in ABAQUS.Does anyone know what 's the meaning of the constants of u',v' ？Thanks.

Layered Material.

Submitted by Hardik kumar on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 09:23

pure bending

I want to get some information about layered material and its property and nutural plane in bi metal plate while bending.

Post-doc position on Multiscale Simulations of Cell Contact and Adhesion

Submitted by shaofanli on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 02:12

job

adhesion

computational mechanics

contact

A post-doc position on multiscale simulation of cell contact and adhesion shall be available this coming Fall at UC Berkeley. We are seeking for a person who has experience and background on finite element computations, especially in cell contact/adhesion modeling and simulation or finite deformation simulations.

Anyone who is interested in the position please send an email, resume, and reference to li [at] ce.berkeley.edu (li[at]ce[dot]berkeley[dot]edu)

Grand Challenges For Engineering

Submitted by Ravi-Chandar on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 17:01

opinion

grand challenges

The US National Academy of Engineering has published a list of Grand Challenges for Engineering. Ths US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics is interested in developing a discussion on the implications of these Grand Challenges to the Mechanics community.

New Book on Polymers and Viscoelasticity

Submitted by cbrinson on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 05:04

education

polymer

viscoelasticity

I wish to inform the imechanica community about my recent book, Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity, Springer, 2008. THe book starts at the beginning and contains both the physics of polymers and the mathematics of viscoelasticity. It is also unique in the history of mechanics in being the (first ever?) father-daughter book. Those interested in polymer mechanics may find this a useful resource! It may be found in your library or further information can be found here

2014 US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Submitted by Ravi-Chandar on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 17:13

conference

The US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics is seeking proposals from US institutions interested in hosting the 2014 US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. If you are interested, please contact K. Ravi-Chandar: kravi [at] mail.utexas.edu (kravi[at]mail[dot]utexas[dot]edu) for more information.

Summer School on "Modeling and Computation in Biomechanics"

Submitted by Gerhard Holzapfel on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 08:59

conference

biomechanics

summer school

Summer School on "Modeling and Computation in Biomechanics"

PhD Position: Solid Mechanics/Biomechanics at KTH-Stockholm

Submitted by Gerhard Holzapfel on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 08:20

PhD Position: Solid Mechanics/Biomechanics at KTH-Stockholm

A four to five-year PhD position focusing on the analysis of multi-scale phenomena in diseased blood vessels including atherosclerotic plaques has recently been opened at KTH Solid Mechanics. The position is fully supported by the Swedish Research Council.