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Scientists report solving one of the oldest problems in mechanics

Submitted by Cemal Basaran on

Being able to accurately predict the life span of physical bodies, both living and non-living, has been one of humankind’s eternal endeavors.  Over the last 150 years, many attempts were made to unify the field of Newtonian mechanics  and thermodynamics,  in order to create a generalized and consistent theory of evolution of life-span.

 

Discussion of fracture paper #16 - What is wrong with pure mode I and II? A lot it seems.

Submitted by ESIS on

It is common practice when solving boundary value problems to split the solution into a symmetric and an antisymmetric part to temporarily reduce the number of variables and the mathematical administration. As soon as the symmetric problem is solved, the antisymmetric problem, or vice versa, is almost solving itself. Any problem can be split into a symmetric and an antisymmetric part which is a relief for anyone who analyses mixed cases.

Phd and postdoc position in thermographic inspection of composites @ Ghent University (Belgium)

Submitted by wvpaepeg on

We are looking for a PhD and postdoc researcher in thermographic inspection of composites, in the context of NDT (NonDestructive Testing) and defect detection.

More information can be found on http://www.composites.ugent.be/PhD_job_vacancies_PhD_job_positions_comp….

Transportation Network Controllability PhD studentship in the Department of Computational Engineering Sciences at the University of Luxembourg

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on

There is a PhD position in Computational Engineering and Science offered at the MobiLab Transport Research Group of the University of Luxembourg! We look for a passionate researcher who wants to study network controllability in transportation systems for 3(+1) years. If you are interested go to http://emea3.mrted.ly/1gy60


Controllability of Transportation Networks

EMMC16, March 26-28, Nantes, France - Session on Coupled Problems in Material Mechanics

Submitted by Laurence Brassart on

Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the following session at the 16th European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC16) to be held in Nantes, March 26th-28th, 2018:

S10: Coupled Problems in Material Mechanics 

A short description of the session topics is provided below. 

The deadline for submitting an abstract is September 30, 2017.

Please refer to the conference website for details: