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Postdoctoral position in multiscale modeling at RPI

Submitted by Suvranu De on
There is an opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy, NY.to work on an ongoing project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The project involves the multiscale modeling of particulate composites under extreme loading conditions. This is a great opportunity to be involved in challenging
multiscale computational techniques based on meshfree methods. Encouraged to
apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in
computational mechanics.

 


Buckling behavior of metal film/substrate structure under pure bending

Submitted by Ying Li on

Many studies on the thin film/substrate structure and its failure mechanism were reported in recent years. The direct experimental results of thin film/substrate structure by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) presents an intriguing problem:there exists a buckling failure mechanism at the lateral edge of metal film under pure bending. The qualitative theoretical analysis has been done on such buckling failure of thin film/substrate structure.

Tension Testing of Individual Collagen Fibrils

Submitted by Roberto Ballarini on

In a recent discussion it was suggested that it would be useful to perform tension tests on collagen fibrils. We have developed a MEMS-based experimental procedure that is capable of applying very large strains to individual collagen fibrils. The attached paper presents illustrative data; an upcoming paper will present much more data that illustrates the rich behavior of these fibrils during loading and unloading tests.

My new blog!

Submitted by cj042 on

This is the first scientific blog for me in English though I have had three others in Chinese. I hope it's a significant beginning for my new scientific stage! Communication with top scientists and openning my view are both important issues for me in future. To be a useful scientific dog is to do some innovational things!

ASME IMECE'08 Minisymposium on Recent Advances in Computational Materials Science and Multiscale Materials Modeling

Submitted by Caglar Oskay on

The  mini-symposium focuses on the link between the traditional materials modeling

and computational description of existing and new classes of materials, advanced and composite

materials and their applications. In particular, the mini-symposium is devoted to computational

characterization of material response and processing of material microstructures in the presence

of multiple temporal and spatial scales as well as multiple physical processes, and computational