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10% "early bird" discount off full registration fee for 2nd IC Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues - offer closes 26 October!

Submitted by Dean Eastbury on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 13:06

Elsevier is offering a 10% discount off the full registration fee for the 2nd International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues (www.icmobt.elsevier.com). This offer will end on 26 October 2007.

I hope you are able to come to Kaua'i and take part in this exciting and well-received conference.

Dean Eastbury

Publisher, Elsevier

Reminder - abstract submission deadline for 5th IC Fracture of Polymers, Composites & Adhesives!

Submitted by Dean Eastbury on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 12:57

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The abstract submission deadline for this next conference in the triennial Fracture of Polymers, Composites & Adhesives series (www.tc4pca.elsevier.com) is 2 November 2007.

The conference will take place will take place in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 7-11 September 2008. Les Diablerets is a beautiful alpine village set in the mountains above Lac Leman just 90 minutes from Geneva International Airport by car or train.

Cell mechanics-----Soft Tissue (MICROSCOPIC BIOMECHANICS )

Submitted by Lianhua Ma on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 04:28

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The cells of our bodies represent a very large class of systems whose structural components often are both comlex and soft. Most cells have a complex internal structure of biological rods,ropes and sheets.

cell mechanics is vital to tissue formation!

I need some introductory materials to be familiar with cell mechanics and soft tissues in biomechanics. I will appreciate your help and guidance!

Best

Marc

continuity e.q.,equilibrium e.q. ,N-S , constitutive e.q. for elastic solid and compressible fluid in the space-frequency domain

Submitted by Lianhua Ma on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 02:08

constitutive e.q. for elastic solid and compressible fluid in the space-frequency domain

continuity e.q.,equilibrium e.q. ,N-S , constitutive e.q. for elastic solid and compressible fluid in the space-frequency domain, as shown in the following Fig.

i don't understand how can this author deduce? why v=iwu? is this assumption? why is this necessary? thanks for your help and guidance!

Covariance in Linearized Elasticity

Submitted by arash_yavari on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 22:27

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In this paper we covariantly obtain the governing equations of linearized elasticity. Our motivation is to see if one can make a connection between (global) balance of energy in nonlinear elasticity and its counterpart in linear elasticity. We start by proving a Green-Naghdi-Rivilin theorem for linearized elasticity. We do this by first linearizing energy balance about a given reference motion and then by postulating its invariance under isometries of the Euclidean ambient space.