Solar escape velocity
Solar escape velocity from a space station at 2.26 radii earth altitude, 9.42 km/s
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Solid Mechanics Professorship at Imperial College London
Professorship in the Mechanics of Materials Division
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Imperial College is one of Europe's leading teaching and research institutions and the Department of Mechanical Engineering had the highest possible rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 31: Emerging Methods To Understand Mechanical Behavior at TMS Annual Meeting, March 9-13 2008
You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the symposium on “Emerging Methods To Understand Mechanical Behavior” at 2008 TMS annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008.
Recent papers on rubber mechanics
Here are some of my recent papers about mechanics of rubber material. They concern constitutive modelling, fatigue and fracture.
Problems with atomic force microscopy
Hello,
Recently, I have a problem bothered me alot, anybody please help me out.
I am using Dimension 3100 AFM. It is a scanned tip SPM. There are two screws to adjust mirrow so that the laser can be reflected to the photodiode. My problem is:
3D Panel Structural Analysis & Design
Hi everyone. We're interested in analysis and design of
3D Panel
Wall & Roof Structural. You're welcome to join us.
Simpleware signs up Vangest Group as their reseller in Portugal and Spain
Simpleware Ltd., the world leader in image-based meshing software, has signed a reseller agreement with Vangest Group, a provider of most advanced solutions in project, development and manufacturing.
Simpleware develops world-leading mesh generation software for the conversion of 3D scan data into high-quality computational models for FEA, CFD, CAD and Rapid Prototyping. Unlike other approaches, Simpleware provides complete software solutions from importing 3D images through to direct export to commercial FEA and CFD solvers including: ABAQUS, ANSYS, COMSOL, FLUENT, MSC, etc.
Why do people become registered users of iMechanica?
The number of registered users of iMechanica is approaching 3000. This sustained growth has been surprising to many, considering that iMechanica was launched less than a year ago, in September 2006, that iMechanica uses an off-the-shelf open-source software, Drupal, and that everyone can read everything without registration. Why have so many people registered? There might be many reasons, such as
Sih's Strain Energy Density Approach in Fracture - why is it not very popular?
Most fracture classes and texts focus on the following different approaches: Griffith's energy approach, Irwin's stress intensity factor approach, the Barenblatt-Dugdale strip yield model (and subsequently, cohesive zone modeling) and Rice's J-Integral approach. As a graduate student studying fracture mechanics, I have often wondered why there seems to be very little discussion in the community with regard to Sih's strain energy density approach. Are there any fundamental limitations to the approach or are there "other" reasons behind this? Your thoughts are appreciated.