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As we approach the last few months of 2013, it’s interesting to
reflect upon what took place over the past ten months. Reminiscing can
be fun, but do you know what makes it even better? Sharing memories for
prizes!!! This month we are launching a new contest and here is how it
works…

ICMoBT 2013, Sitges, Spain 8-12 December

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 16:06

conference

biomedical engineering

biomaterials

biomedical

Medical Engineering

The 5^th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues is now a month away. If you would like to attend, but have not registered yet, please do so now. Go to http://www.mechanicsofbiomaterials.com/conference-register.html

using abaqus pore pressure cohesive element to model hydraulic fracture

Submitted by liulu on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 09:20

research

hello:

I am using pore pressure cohesive elemnt to model hydraulic fracture with abaqus 6.13. Iwant to export the fracutre opening (or fracture aperture) of the injection point. The PFOPEN(pore pressure opening) or U(Displacement), which is the best to choose.

Waiting for your answer, thank you very much!!!!

Modeling programmable deformation of self-folding all-polymer structures with temperature-sensitive hydrogels

Submitted by Jinxiong Zhou on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 08:00

research

finite element methods

Combining
soft active hydrogels with hard passive polymers gives rise to all-polymer
composites. The hydrogel is sensitive to external stimuli while the passive
polymer is inert. Utilizing the different behaviors of two materials subject to
environmental variation, for example temperature, results in self-folding soft
machines. We report our efforts to model the programmable deformation of
self-folding structures with temperature-sensitive hydrogels. The self-folding
structures are realized either by constructing a bilayer structure or by
incorporating hydrogels as hinges. The methodology and the results may aid the

Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Scholars in Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Biomechanics

Submitted by firefly on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 02:40

job

biophysics

electromechanical coupling

ferroelectricity

Application of phase-field method in Geoscience - Microstructure evolution

Submitted by Kumar Ankit on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 20:06

Phase field simulations

The recently published work shows the application of phase-field methods, which is more popular in the material science community, in the area of geophysics.

Publisher: http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00410-013-0950-x

Preprint as attachment