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SES 2013: Experimental Nanobiomechanics Symposium

Submitted by Majid Minary on

Dear Colleagues

The SES 50th Annual Technical Meeting will be held July 28-31, 2013 at Brown University (Providence, RI, USA).

I would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium: "Experimental Nanobiomechanics", under Mechanics of Biological and Soft materials.

Academic posts (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader/Professor) in Computational Mechanics(including Fracture Mechanics, Inelasticity

Submitted by Charles Augarde on

Academic posts (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader/Professor) in Computational Mechanics(including Fracture Mechanics, Inelasticity and Geomechanics) Durham University, UK

Up to four posts are available to join an existing team including a number of recent young hires (Akkerman, Koziara, Coombs, Giani, Mao, Gonnet ... ) in a general engineering school which also includes computer science. We are now one of the largest groups in computational mechanics in the UK.

A Geometric Structure-Preserving Discretization Scheme for Incompressible Linearized Elasticity

Submitted by arash_yavari on

In this paper, we present a geometric discretization scheme for incompressible linearized elasticity. We use ideas from discrete exterior calculus (DEC) to write the action for a discretized elastic body modeled by a simplicial complex. After characterizing the configuration manifold of volume-preserving discrete deformations, we use Hamilton's principle on this configuration manifold. The discrete Euler-Lagrange equations are obtained without using Lagrange multipliers.

Analytical elastic-plastic solutions for the torsion of a round bar with a heterogeneous cross section

Submitted by Imme on

Hello,

I am trying to derive/find an analytical expression
for the torsion of a round bar made of an heterogeneous material. But I just do
not seem to find any solution available in the literature other than for a
homogeneous material, which can be find in any theory of plasticity book (e.g.
Theory of Plasticity, 3rd Ed., J. Chakarabarty, pp. 132-136).

ICMoBT 2013 - First Announcement and Call for Papers

Submitted by Laure Ballu on

The 5th International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues (ICMoBT 2013) will take place in Sitges, Spain 8-12 December 2013.

Abstract submission now open! Deadline 31 May 2013

For more information about topics, commitee, keynote speakers, commercial opportunities, and to submit your abstract, visit the website www.mechanicsofbiomaterials.com

 

Building and Environment: Virtual Special Issue on CFD simulation of micro-scale pollutant dispersion in the built environment

Submitted by Laure Ballu on

The full articles selected for this Virtual Special Issue are freely available until 28 May 2013, from the Journal Homepage



Research highlights:

• Outdoor air quality is one of the major environmental problems today

• Micro-scale pollutant dispersion covers the building scale and the meteorological micro-scale

USNCCM12 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended, List of Short Courses

Submitted by John E. Dolbow on

Due to a large number of requests, the deadline to submit an abstract to the 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, to be held in Raleigh this summer, has been extended to March 15, 2013. Students and postdoctoral fellows should note that there are travel awards  available for the Congress.