Submit abstracts by Friday - 7th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues
The abstract submission deadline for the 7th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues (ICMOBT) is Friday, 30 June 2017.
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Assistant Professor in Design of Concrete Structures - 3D printing of concrete
Ass. Professor Structural Design of Concrete Structures - 3D Printing of Concrete
The Department of the Built Environment invites applications for a position as Assistant Professor in the Chair of Structural Design of Concrete Structures within the unit Structural Design. The assistant professorship is a tenure track position, related to 3D printing of concrete, that includes teaching, research, valorization and administrative duties.
Position: Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral position in mechanics of architectured materials
The Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Bioinspiration (http://barthelat-lab.mcgill.ca) at McGill University has a new opening for a Post-doctoral researcher with a strong background in mechanics of materials, fracture mechanics and experimental mechanics.
Instabilities in confined elastic layers under tension: Fringe, fingering and cavitation
Under tension, confined elastic layers can exhibit various modes of mechanical instabilities, including cavitation, fingering and fringe instabilities. While the cavitation has been extensively studied, the fingering and fringe instabilities have not been well understood, and the relations and interactions of these instabilities have not been explored yet. In this paper, we systematically study the formation, transition, interaction and co-existence of mechanical instabilities in confined elastic layers under tension.
Durability of photovoltaic laminates: mechanical, economical and societal impacts
Mechanicians interested in interdisciplinary research on composites for photovoltaic energy applications, please download the free reports for policy makers and photovoltaic companies published by the Task 13 of the International Energy Agency:
http://mailchi.mp/c40cfc488823/iea-pvps-newsletter-pv-power-update-39?e…
The ERC Starting Grant CA2PVM is glad to have contributed to this outreach activity, see:
Crack propagation simulations
Hi all,
Apologize if a similar thread was discussed elsewhere. I wanted to know as to currently, what is the
best method to simulate large geometries with cracks as in 3 or 4 point bending test and get factors like CTOD
etc. from such simulation in a physical manner.
I am also interested in crack propagation. As I understand FE requires a prior knowledge of the crack propagation.
What are the disadvantages of XFEM in terms of accuracy? Is there any review on discussing various methods including
Modeling of Localized Inelastic Deformation 2017 (LID 2017)
Dear colleagues,
on behalf of the course organizer, I would like to bring to your attention to the advanced course on Modeling of localized inelastic deformation that will be taught by Milan Jirásek in Prague, Czech Republic on 18-22 September 2017.
Midwest Workshop on Mechanics of Materials and Structures at Purdue
Dear Colleagues,
Concept of state of stress in a simple way
I tried to explain the concept of state of stress in a simple way, here is the link to the video - state of stress