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ICF14 – Minisymposium on Mixed Mode Fracture in Engineering Materials

Submitted by Majid Ayat on

I am writing to respectfully inform you that Professor Filippo Berto and I are organizing a mini-symposium called “Mixed Mode Fracture in Engineering Materials” as part of the “14th International Conference on Fracture - ICF14” to be held in Rhodes, Greece, June 18-23, 2017.  More information about the mini-symposium can be found in the flyer attached.

Nine papers about fatigue modelling of short fiber composite

Submitted by Atul Jain on

Recently, we have published a series of nine papers about modelling fatigue and damage in short fiber composites.  Together, they provide a complete description of modelling of such materials including wavy fiber composites; starting from appropriate homogenization method to component level fatigue simulation. Discussion and feedback on the papers is welcome.

★Full PhD scholarship at Curtin University, Australia (Structural Engineering)

Submitted by cwstj_cn1 on

The candidate will work with Prof. Hong Hao and Dr. Wensu Chen in the area of structural Engineering on an Australia Research Council (ARC) project regarding development of sandwich composite structure against blast and impact loading.

 

Graphene is softer to bend when stretched and bent and harder to stretch when bent and moderately stretched

Submitted by Antonino Favata on

 

In the attached paper, we have shown that concomitant bending and stretching, whatever their value, concur to make bending stiffness decrease; moreover, concomitant bending and stretching make the stretching stiffness (or the Young modulus) increase until the applied forces reach a threshold value, then they make it decrease. Said differently, graphene is softer to bend when stretched and bent and harder to stretch when bent and moderately stretched.

Writing UHYPER for photo-thermal sensitive hydrogels described in the thermodynamic framework?

Submitted by Arash Krg on

 Hello

I`d like to write a UHYPER for photo-thermal sensitive hydrogels described in the thermodynamic framework. But the photo-chemical term in the energy equation is 7order greater than the others. The other terms are related to stretch and mixing energy they exist also in the temperature sensitive hydrogels energy equations and their UHYPER is valid.  I have checked all the coefficients, their orders are all correct.

Is it something wrong with modeling, or I have made a mistake?

Post Doctoral Openings at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Submitted by harrison_hanfei on

Post Doctoral Openings - COHMAS Laboratory

The Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, invites applications for Postdoctoral fellow in Mechanical Engineering at the Composite and Heterogeneous Material Analysis and Simulation Laboratory (COHMAS, http://cohmas.kaust.edu.sa).

Draft Program Available for the International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials

Submitted by Sophie Hayward on

The the draft programme for the eleventh biennial International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials is now ready to view here

Please register now to secure your place as we advance the knowledge and understanding of the mechanics, materials, environmental, and computational aspects of fatigue damage in structural materials.

Reasons to Attend

 

Draft Program Available for the International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials

Submitted by Sophie Hayward on

The the draft programme for the eleventh biennial International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials is now ready to view here

Please register now to secure your place as we advance the knowledge and understanding of the mechanics, materials, environmental, and computational aspects of fatigue damage in structural materials.

Reasons to Attend

 

Draft Program Available for the International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials

Submitted by Sophie Hayward on

The the draft programme for the eleventh biennial International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials is now ready to view here

Please register now to secure your place as we advance the knowledge and understanding of the mechanics, materials, environmental, and computational aspects of fatigue damage in structural materials.

Reasons to Attend