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Ph.D Studentship in Composite Materials - Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea

Submitted by astacio on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 05:44

We welcome applications for a fully funded PhD position in the field of experimental mechanics and materials science. Further details in the attachment.

New computational mechanics page

Submitted by Biswajit Banerjee on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 01:16

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Prof. Rebecca Brannon and her team have created a wonderful page containing interesting information on aspects of plasticity, damage, and computational mechanics (particularly, the Material Point Method).

Check it out at

http://csm.mech.utah.edu/content/

-- Biswajit

Effect of Lattice Orientation, Surface Modulation, and Applied Fields on Free-Surface Domain Microstructure in Ferroelectrics

Submitted by Kaushik Dayal on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 20:42

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This is the preprint of an article that will appear in Acta Materialia (DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.07.014)

Effect of Lattice Orientation, Surface Modulation, and Applied Fields on Free-Surface Domain Microstructure in Ferroelectrics

by Lun Yang and Kaushik Dayal, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

Stupid Question Regarding Deformation Gradient

Submitted by gnoij on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 12:53

Deformation gradient

Velocity Gradient

Increment

ICoBT 2011 - 3 days to go to register at the Early Bird rate

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 10:00

Only 3 days left to register at the discounted rate for the International Conference on BioTribology, which is to take place on 18-21 September, Imperial College, London

Fracture Toughness of Stitched Composites

Submitted by DevrimG on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 22:09

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Dear Colleagues,

I am studying on Interlaminar Properties of 3D Textile Composites. Especially I am focusing on Fracture Toughness of Stitched Composites. Anyone can suggest useful Journal Papers about Stitched Composites and/or Mode I- Mode II Testing for Literature review?

Kind Regards,

Devrim Goktas

Adventures in 9-space

Submitted by Robert G de Boer on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 21:10

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The three by three matrix is a workhorse for mechanicians, yet the study of this tool is seldom addressed mathematically. One reason is that the space of such matrices is nine-dimensional, quite beyond diagrams and vision. The advantage of a mathematical investigation of the matrix space is clear in the study of two by two real matricies where rotations, shears, and squeezes correspond to area-preserving transformations of the plane. For transformations of space that preserve volume there is a much richer variety of phenomena that may correspond to mechanical events.

How to simulate boundary conditions and apply uniformly distributed load to shell element when I do nonlinear analysis of I-BEAM

Submitted by speedeagle on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 16:01

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Hi, everyone:

I am using ABAQUS to do my final dissertation:nonlinear analysis of steel members.

When I simulated the beam with shell element, first I define reference points at both end of the beam and assign 'RIGID BODY/PIN OR TIE' to nodes at the edge,after that I applied bending moments and boundary conditions to both reference points. But after I finished the buckling analysis, the result is not reasonable,the eigen value is about two times the the value I expected.

Opening for Research Fellow Position in Composite Structures

Submitted by mekchu on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 12:30

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July 4, 2011Opening for Research Fellow Position in Composite Structures

The Research Center for Aircraft Parts Technology in Gyeongsang National University (Jinju, South Korea) has opened a postdoctoral research fellow position for the research on composite structures.