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New Program Directors in Mechanics-Focused Programs at NSF

Submitted by Siddiq Qidwai on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 16:08

Dear Mechanics Community Members:

We have great news to share! Two additional program directors have joined the Mechanics and Engineering Materials (MEM) cluster. Recall that the MEM cluster is composed of two programs devoted to the discipline of mechanics: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) and Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MoMS). The new hires will work across and bridge both programs, forming a complement of five program directors in total serving the needs of the ever-expanding mechanics community.

Multiscale Reduced-Order Modeling of a Titanium Skin Panel Subjected to Thermomechanical Loading

Submitted by xiangzhang on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 14:32

research

multiscale modeling

reduced-order modeling

Titanium

Thermomechanical loading

fatigue initiation

Dear colleagues,

Call for Abstract Submission in USNC/TAM 2022-MS 308, Computational Fracture, Fatigue and Damage Modeling

Submitted by trisha_sain on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 14:27

conference

Dear Fellow Mechanicians,

Cordially inviting you to submit an abstract for the upcoming USNC/TAM 2022, in session named as -"Computational Fracture, Fatigue and Damage Modeling"; we are encouraging (not limited to) research related to new method development to understand the fracture, damage and fatigue behavior in complex engineering materials such as soft polymers, composites, biological materials etc. Kindly consider submitting an abstract before the deadline of December 18, 2021.

Universal Deformations in Inhomogeneous Isotropic Nonlinear Elastic Solids

Submitted by arash_yavari on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 14:01

research

Universal deformations

Nonlinear elasticity

isotropic solids

inhomogeneous solids

Universal (controllable) deformations of an elastic solid are those deformations that can be maintained for all possible strain-energy density functions and suitable boundary tractions. Universal deformations have played a central role in nonlinear elasticity and anelasticity. However, their classification has been mostly established for homogeneous isotropic solids following the seminal works of Ericksen. In this paper, we extend Ericksen's analysis of universal deformations to inhomogeneous compressible and incompressible isotropic solids.

Torsional strain engineering of transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes: an ab initio study

Submitted by Phanish Suryan… on Wed, 09/01/2021 - 16:02

research

strain engineering

density functional theory

#Nanotechnology

Nanotubes

Abstract

Postdoc position at UC Merced

Submitted by Rui Huang on Wed, 09/01/2021 - 02:57

job

postdoc

additive manufacturing

We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic, self-motivated, and qualified postdoctoral researcher to work on modeling and simulations for metallic additive manufacturing.

Research Faculty Position in Digital Engineering - University of Texas at El Paso

Submitted by jfchessa on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 23:01

job

Digital engineering

Aerospace engineering

Description:

Postdoc fellowship available at BUAA, China

Submitted by Leiting Dong on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 16:11

job

A two-year/three-year fellowship named as the Hundred-Talent Postdoc Fellowship is available at Beihang University. Beihang University, also known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), has always been ranked No. 1 in Aerospace Engineering among all the universities in China. Our research group led by Professor Leiting Dong is seeking talented and motivated candidates to work on the development of state-of-the-art computational mechanics methods and their applications on the analysis and design of complex engineering structures.