A generalized Johnson parameter for pull-off decay in the adhesion of rough surfaces
Article in Physical Mesomechanics · December
Authors: Michele Ciavarella, Antonio Papangelo
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Symposium SM08—Smart Hydrogels and Living Materials (MRS 2018 Spring) (Deadline: Oct 31st 2017)
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to cordially invite you to submit an abstract to our symposium titled “Smart Hydrogels and Living Materials” as part of the 2018 Spring MRS conference that will be held in April 2-6, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona.
The deadline for abstract submission is Oct. 31st, 2017.
Details can be found below and through the website: http://www.mrs.org/spring-2018-call-for-papers/call-for-papers-detail/?…
Multiple scattering theory for polycrystalline materials
This work is a natural extension of the author’s previous work: “Multiple scattering theory for heterogeneous elastic continua with strong property fluctuation: theoretical fundamentals and applications” (arXiv:1706.09137 [physics.geo-ph]), which established the foundation for developing multiple scattering model for heterogeneous elastic continua with either weak or strong fluctuations in mass density and elastic stiffness. Polycrystalline material is another type of heterogeneous materials that widely exists in nature and extensively used in industry.
Multiple scattering theory for heterogeneous elastic continua with strong property fluctuation: theoretical fundamentals and applications
Scattering of elastic waves in heterogeneous media has become one of the most important problems in the field of wave propagation due to its broad applications in seismology, natural resource exploration, ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation and biomedical ultrasound. Nevertheless, it is one of the most challenging problems because of the complicated medium inhomogeneity and the complexity of the elastodynamic equations.
Updated solution manual for Metamaterial book
The derivations of some equations and solutions to problems from my metamaterials books are now available for download from ResearchGate at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320611794_Mechanical_metamaterials_some_derivations_and_examples.
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PhD positions in Computational Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin Madison
Looking for prospective PhD students with strong background in solid mechanics and numerical methods to join the Computational Mechanics and Multiphysics Group at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Background in modeling contact or contact mechanics is a big plus but not essential.
The research scope is in the broader areas of mechanics driven multiphysics in morphogenesis/embroyogenesis phenomena (Biophysics) and microstructure evolution in metallic alloys.
On the Potential of Lattice Type Model for Predicting Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete and SHCC Structures
Discrete approaches can be used in various areas of engineering and science.
Our group at TU Delft has recently published a paper on simulating shear failure in reinforced concrete using discrete (lattice) models. The paper can be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317617956_On_the_Potential_of_…;
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Women in Engineering: solving real-life problems today for a better tomorrow
Five women engineers based at the Biotribology lab at Imperial Colleage London tell us about their work, their aspirations for the future, and the advice for other women caonsidering careers in engineering.
They tell us about their work to understand and recreate human cartilage to reduce the need for animal testing, to improve the longevity of hip and knee replacements, and techniques that could help to treat aggressive brain cancers.
We hope you find their stories as inspiring as we do.
Postdoctoral Position in Textile Simulation and Optimization
Position:
We are looking for a postdoctoral research fellow who has experience with developing and implementing computational algorithms for simulation and optimization in structural mechanics.
Doctoral research positions within the International Research Training Group "Integrated Engineering of continuous-discontinuous long fiber reinforced polymer structures” (DFG GRK 2078)
The international research training group "Integrated Engineering of continuous-discontinuous long fiber reinforced polymer structures” offers several doctoral research positions at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) starting in April 2018. Discontinuous long fiber reinforced polymer structures with local continuous fiber reinforcements represent an important class of lightweight materials.