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An analysis on nanovoid growth in body-centered cubic single crystalline vanadium

Submitted by Shuozhi Xu on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 12:55

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dislocation nucleation; nanovoid; molecular dynamics;

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2011.03.019

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Visiting academic positions in mechanics of nanocomposites available at UQ and RMIT

Submitted by Jie Yang on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 04:17

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A few visiting academic positions are now immediately available at School of Civil Engineering, the University of Queensland and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Australia. These positions are fully funded by Australian Reserach Council (ARC). The successful applicant will join our research team to work in one of the following areas:

(1) mechanics of composite/nanocomposite structures;

(2) Multiscale simulation of nanotubes/graphene reinforced composites;

SES Board of Directors---Call for nominations

Submitted by Pradeep Sharma on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 13:41

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Society of Engineering Science

Dear iMechanica Community,

Simpleware solution seminar for Materials Applications: June 25, USC, Los Angeles

Submitted by Simpleware on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 13:39

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2015

Time: 10 AM - 12 PM

Location: Laufer Library (RRB 208), Rapp Engineering Building, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Presented by: Simpleware Reseller Device Analytics LLC

Measuring surface dislocation nucleation in defect-scarce nanostructures

Submitted by paul.jh.shin on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 13:34

Introducing newly published article on surface dislocation nucleation. (http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmat4288.html)

Recent Review Paper from Advances in Mechanics——Current situation and development tendency of oil-water separation technology

Submitted by CSTAM_Journal on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 03:31

Journal Tittle: Advances in Mechanics

Article Tittle: Current situation and development tendency of oil-water separation technology

Author: WU Yingxiang, XU Jingyu

Affiliation: LMFS, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

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Recent Review Paper from Advances in Mechanics——Irradiation hardening for metallic materials

Submitted by CSTAM_Journal on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 03:05

Journal Tittle: Advances in Mechanics

Article Tittle: Irradiation hardening for metallic materials

Author: Xiazi XIAO 1,2, Dingkun SONG 1, Haijian CHU 3,4, Jianming XUE 2,5, Huiling DUAN 1,2

Affiliation:

Recent Review Paper from Advances in Mechanics——Coherent structures and drag-reduction mechanism in wall turbulence

Submitted by CSTAM_Journal on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 02:12

Journal Tittle: Advances in Mechanics

Article Tittle: Coherent structures and drag-reduction mechanism in wall turbulence

Author: Chunxiao XU

Affiliation: Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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Post-doctoral position in computational and theoretical mechanics at EPFL - Geo-Energy Lab

Submitted by BriceLecampion on Wed, 06/10/2015 - 18:33

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I am looking for a post-doctoral candidate in the area of computational & theoretical mechanics to work on problems related to hydraulic fracturing. Details of the position and of the application procedure can be found in attachment to this post or online at http://emploi.epfl.ch/op/preview/page-122684-en.html.