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On the need for popular science articles by mechanicians
Recently, the Royal Society Science book prize shortlist was announced; though the shortlisted books cover psychology, evolution, biodiversity, medicine and neurobiology, none in the area of materials or mechanics made it to the list. Or, pick any Best American Science writing volume--there are hardly any articles about materials or mechanics that make it to these anthologies.
Instabilities
- Free energy and generalized coordinate. Equilibrium and stability
- Control parameter
- Configurational transitions of two types
- Critical point of configurational transition of the second type. Bifurcation analysis
- Behavior near a critical point. Post-bifurcation analysis
- Load-displacement relation near a critical point
- Koiter's theory of imperfection sensitivity
- A family of systems of many degrees of freedom
- Mode of bifurcation
- Vibration in the neighborhood of an equilibrium configuration
lecture 17. Introduction to Computational Ductile Fracture
An overview of several approaches to computational fracture mechanics for ductile structural metals.
The 2007 Melosh Medalists
The 19th Annual Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis was held last Friday, April 27, at ETH Zurich. Two medalists were selected this year from the six finalists. The 2007 Melosh Medalists are Vikram Gavini, from Caltech, and Michael Hain, from Leibniz University, Hannover.
weight function for finding out the stress Intensity factors
Good evening Everyone,
I have some confusion regarding reference frame and origin point while dealing with concept of weight function in fracture mechanics.
Please check the attached file for complete details.
Regards,
Ratnesh khandelwal
David Turnbull died on 28 April 2007
David Turnbull died peacefully at home last Saturday, April 28th, at age 92.
He was for many years Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University. His seminal work included theoretical and experimental studies of nucleation of crystals, the glass transition and the amorphous state, crystal growth, and atomic diffusion.
XFEM in fluid saturated medium
<>To describe the crack propagation in a fluid saturated solid I have idea to combine the Strong Discontinuity (XFEM) with the fluid, but at the micro-scale, which probably means to use (Navier-)Stokes equations or some modification of them. <>
Thermal Diode
Hi everyone,
We are looking for the practical solutions for building a thermal diode using nanocomposites. A thermal diode allows the heat flow from one end to the other, but it inhibits the flow in the opposite direction. There are some simulations and theoretical work in this regard. Does anyone know any experimental work related to this matter? Thanks.
Journal Club Theme of May 2007: Experimental Mechanics of Nanobuilding Blocks
Welcome to the May 2007 issue. This issue focuses on experimental nanomechanics of nanobuilding blocks. The extremely small dimensions of nanobuilding blocks (for instance, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanowires) have imposed great challenges to many existing instruments, methodologies, and even theories. In this issue, we will discuss – (1) experimental techniques and (2) size-effects.