Experimental data availability is a cornerstone for reproducibility in experimental fracture mechanics. This is how the technical note begins, the recently published
"Long term availability of raw experimental data in experimental fracture mechanics", by Patrick Diehl, Ilyass Tabiai, Felix W. Baumann, Daniel Therriault and Martin Levesque, in Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 197 (2018) 21–26.
1) PhD Project / Research Engineer
Synopsys Inc
Exeter, England, United Kingdom/Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
A. Emdadi, W.G. Fahrenholtz, G.E. Hilmas, and M. Asle Zaeem. A modified phase-field model for quantitative simulation of crack propagation in single-phase and multi-phase materials. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 200 (2018) 339-354.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B (Outside Front Cover), 2018, 6, 3246-3253.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2018/TB/C8TB00673C#!divAbstract
Nature Communications, Article number: 9, 1831 (2018)
A fully-funded PhD studentship is available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College London.
Fully-funded PhD position in EMSI lab at EFPL - flow and failure of soft materials
The focus of the thesis project is on the flow and failure mechanisms in soft materials. Whereas a comprehensive framework for understanding yield in crystalline materials has helped us to understand plastic deformation of metals for nearly a century, no comprehensive framework has been developed for soft materials. Indeed, yielding and failure mechanisms in soft materials are strongly tied to the failure of everyday materials, from soil and rocks to cosmetics and food, and are thus ubiquitous in our daily experience. A variety of experimental approaches will be used to study flow and failure in soft materials using elastomers and hydrogels as material models, including optical microscopy and x-ray tomography. Prior experience in these methods is not required. Some laboratory experience is preferred, as students will be in charge of the experiments from design of the apparatus to data processing and interpretation. Strong communication ability is necessary, as numerical modelling will be carried out in collaboration.
Interested candidates holding an MS degree in Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering or Physics are encouraged to apply to the EDME doctoral school in Lausanne. The application should indicate interest in joining the EMSI lab (emsi.epfl.ch), and candidates should submit a CV directly to Prof. John Kolinski (john.kolinski [at] epfl.ch).
Dear Colleagues:
The executive organizing committee for the 2019 EMI/G-I specialty conference to be held at Caltech in Pasadena, CA on June 19-21, 2019 is pleased to invite you to submit proposals for mini-symposia that are thematically aligned with one or more of the conference’s ten technical tracks:
1. Computational Mechanics
2. Multiscale and Multiphysics
3. Geomechanics and Geomaterials
