conferences/seminars related to energetic composite materials
The conferences/seminars I attended that relate to the behaviour of energetic composite materials.
Blog posts
Multi-Scale Digital Image Correlation and Tracking with MATLAB
C. Eberl, D. S. Gianola, R. J. Thompson (in alphabetic order)
With this contribution we would like to point to a free MATLAB tool which uses digital image correlation and tracking techniques to measure strain from a series of digital images. The code can be found on the ‘MATLAB central file exchange’ as well as the documentation, example images and some slides. We use the code on a daily basis for micro- and nanoscale measurements and present it here to be used and further developed by the community. Since it was posted at the end of september the code is now ranked place one or two in google and has been downloaded about 1000 times.
The 8th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-8), Heidelberg, Germany (Sep-Oct, 2007)
The 8th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-8) will be held in Heidelberg, Germany, from 30th September to 5th October, 2007.
The Symposium will focus on all technical aspects of fusion nuclear technology (FNT) and other related disciplines...
Topics:
- First Wall Technology and High Heat Flux Components
- Blanket Technology
- Fuel Cycle and Tritium Processing
- Material Engineering for FNT
- Vacuum Vessel
- Nuclear System Design and Reactor Studies
- Safety Issues and Waste Management
- Models and Experiments for FNT
- Repair and Maintenance
- Burning Plasma Control and Operation
- Inertial Confinement Fusion Studies and Technologies
- FNT Contributions to other Fields of Science and Technology
The 13th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Nice, France (Dec, 2007)
ICFRM is the major international conference for exchanging and archiving knowledge on the development of materials for both near and long-term fusion energy systems. It assembles the world community to present their results on research, development, and deployment of materials for fusion devices. The scope of the conference ranges from fundamental materials science to in-service materials performance, and is delivered in a mix of invited and contributed oral and poster presentations.
Post-doctoral position in Computational Stochastic Mechanics, Nantes, France
Post-doctoral position - Stochastic computational techniques to deal with uncertainties on the geometry in structural analysis
The post-doctoral student will join the pole "Structures and Couplings" of the Research Institute en Civil Engineering and Mechanics (GeM), Nantes, France (Nantes University, Ecole Centrale Nantes, CNRS UMR 6183)
We have recently been awarded a Research Project by the French National Research Agency. This project addresses theorical and numerical developments in the field of stochastic computational mechanics. The main goal of this project is to develop a robust computational technique to deal with uncertainties on the geometry in structural analysis. The proposed methodology lies on the extension of the Extended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) into the stochastic framework and the development of efficient computational techniques for solving stochastic systems.
catastrophic behaviors
This blog is on catastrophic behaviors in nature.
A field of material particles vs. a field of markers
In continuum mechanics, it is a common practice to view a body as a field of material particles, so that the continuum mechanics is phrased as an algorithm to determine the function x(X, t), where X is the name of a particle, and x is the place of the particle at time t.
Second International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues
Abstracts are due April 27, 2007 for the Second International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues, to take place on the Hawai’ian island of Kaua’i. Full call for papers is at the conference website. The conference is hosted by Elsevier and the launch of a new Elsevier journal on biomechanics will coincide with the timing of the meeting. (The official journal website is here.)
New Biomechanics Journal
A new journal has been started, "Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials," to be published by Elsevier from November, 2007. From the Journal's website: