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Special issue on "Low-Dimensional Phase Transforming Materials"

Submitted by Kmomeni on

A special issue of Journal of Nanomaterials is devoted to "Low-Dimensional Phase Transforming Materials" which obtained significant interests in the recent years. This topic covers a broad range of research such as 

OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS IN BENDING : A SEMI-CONTINUOUS MODEL

Submitted by Alain Cardou on

As indicated in the review by Cardou & Jolicoeur (1997), and depending on the application, a helically stranded system may be modelled using a semi-continuous approach whereby each layer is replaced by a continuous helical orthotropic material. For those able to read Russian, this approach is presented in a paper by Danilin & Al. specifically oriented towards Overhead Electrical Conductor mechanics: “Modelling of Deformation of Wire Spiral Structures” published in the PNRPU Mechanics Bulletin (2015, No 4, pp. 72-93).

Two PhD positions in computational mechanics of materials at the University of Tennessee

Submitted by Timothy Truster on

Two PhD positions are currently available in the Computational Laboratory for the Mechanics of Interfaces at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville (http://clmi.utk.edu). Research topics are in the following areas:

1. Modeling of titanium alloys using dislocation density based crystal plasticity finite element method.

2. Thermo-mechanical modeling of damage in fiber-reinforced composite materials using mixture theory.

Post-doctoral position in failure micromechanics

Submitted by Ravi Sastri Ayyagari on

There is an opening for a post-doc in Prof. Shailendra Joshi’s research group at NUS, starting November 2016, in the area of micromechanics of advanced structural steels. An ideal candidate for this position must possess a PhD in mechanical engineering or related field with a strong background in computational materials mechanics.

M.Sc. student position in MEMS lab at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Submitted by arashkhm2000 on

The Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems labratory (arashmousavi.net) at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is seeking applications for the M.Sc. program in Mechanical Engineering with a starting date of spring 2017. The funding will be through TA position. 

 

Required qualifications:

  • A Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering or closely related fields with a GPA of 3 or more.

 

Preferred qualifications:

PhD Position in Mechanics & Materials of Origami Metal Structures at UC Merced

Submitted by A_K_226 on

The IDM lab at University of California, Merced  (http://www.alaqattawi.net/opportunities) is seeking applications for the PhD program in Mechanical Engineering with a starting date of spring 2017. The research position is in the area of Mechanics & Materials of Origami Metal Structures.

 

Required qualifications

 

* A Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering or closely related fields with a GPA of 3 or more.

Approaching the ideal elastic strain limit in silicon nanowires

Submitted by Yang Lu on

In our new paper published on Science Advances, we carefully measured the elastic mechanical properties of individual silicon nanowires by uniaxial tensile straining under both SEM and high-res optical microscope, and demonstrated that high quality VLS–grown single-crystalline Si nanowires with diameters of ~100 nm can be reversibly stretched at room temperature with 10% or more elastic strain, approaching the theoretical limit of silicon.