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PhD or Research Fellow in Applied Mechanics

Submitted by nunziovitt on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 13:17

Hi, guys...

I am a Mechanical Engineer (newly graduated).

Can somebody tell me where I can find a very good PhD studentship in APPLIED MECHANICS (i.e. vibro-acoustics, control systems, vehicle dynamics, etc...) in Europe? Or something like a research fellow (1 or 2 years would be great)?

I'm getting crazy with that... I hope somebody can help me.

PhD in Applied Mechanics

Submitted by nunziovitt on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 13:11

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Hi, guys...

I am a Mechanical Engineer (newly graduated).

Can somebody tell me where I can find a very good PhD studentship in APPLIED MECHANICS (i.e. vibro-acoustics, control systems, vehicle dynamics, etc...) in Europe?

I'm getting crazy with that... I hope somebody can help me.

Problem sets for MACE-11010 Engineering Mechanics

Submitted by Henry Tan on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 11:48

Engineering Mechanics

Please note that according to the New Grading System, no marks can be gained from answering the following questions. (1 October 2007)

Presentation Tips

Submitted by vh on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 07:39

students

I am attaching a pdf of "How to give successful oral and poster presentations" by J.W. Niemantsverdriet of the Eindhoven University of Technology which I had found on the internet some years ago. It has some very useful tips.

V. Hegadekatte

Kinetic and potential energies

Submitted by Henry Tan on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 19:45

Kinetic and potential energies.

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Equations of motion of a particle

Submitted by Henry Tan on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 19:06

Engineering Mechanics

Equations of motion of a particle

Newton's 2nd law will be applied to study the equations of motion of a particle.

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Mechanics associated with grain-boundary diffusion and sliding in polycrystals and its application to nanocrystals

Submitted by Yujie Wei on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 17:11

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nanocrystalline materials

grain-boundary diffusion grain-boundary sliding

strain-rate sensitivity

As stated by Richard Vinci and Oliver Kraft in the announcement of 2008 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior, there is a compelling need to understand the critical roles of different deformation mechanisms in structures with small characteristic dimensions, like nanocrystals and thin films. We have recently studied deformation behaviors in nanostructured materials and thin films with deformation mechanisms including grain-boundary diffusion, grain-boundary sliding, and grain-interior plasticity. Some interesting mechanical phenomena associated with heterogeneous grain-boundary properties are found and summarized here.