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Ph.D. position in the framework of FP7-Marie Curie-ITN Endure

Submitted by V. Carvelli on

Institution:  POLITECNICO di MILANO – Italy

Ph.D. Supervisor:  Prof. Valter Carvelli

Funding Availability: 
FP7-Marie Curie-ITN Endure

Deadline application: Aprili 29th, 2014

One
Ph.D. position
(Early-Stage Researcher) of 36 months, in the framework of EU Marie
Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN Endure (see http://www.endure-itn.eu)

Call for Proposals: Recent Trends in Mechanics

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The US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNCTAM) publishes periodic Reports on Recent Trends in Mechanics. An archive of recent reports can be found at the Committee’s website. The USNCTAM has reorganized the process for generating such reports; a SubCommittee (K. Ravi‐Chandar, Chair (ravi [at] utexas.edu), G.

Evading the strength-ductility trade-off dilemma in steel through gradient hierarchical nanotwins

Submitted by Yujie Wei on

It is a long-standing goal in metallurgy to enhance the strength of materials without sacrificing ductility. In a recent article in Nature Communications, we reported an effective way to evade the strength-ductility trade-off dilemma in twin-induced plasticity steel.

The Renaissance of Continuum Mechanics

Submitted by Weiqiu Chen on

Dear friends of IMechanica:

 

Primary data mining through Web of Science
reveals that the number of papers containing “continuum mechanics ” increases
rapidly these years. This is a very exciting fact to our mechanicians. Thus, I
wrote a short paper titled “The Renaissance of Continuum Mechanics”, which was just
published online via:

 

http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/iparticle.php?doi=10.1631/jzus.A1400079 (The full paper can be downloaded.)

Abaqus Max Principal vs Max Principal (Abs) values

Submitted by Gayan Aravinda on

Hi every one,

                   Does Any one know the difference between Max. Principal values and Max.Principal(Abs) values in Abaqus ? I searched from there manual..but they have not mentioned in there manual too..could you please let me know the difference between those two parameters? Thank you very much.

河海大学“先进材料与力学研究中心(筹)”诚聘英才,Tenure-Track Faculty Positions, Center for Advanced Materials and Mechanics Research, Hohai University,

Submitted by Feng Xue on

河海大学创建于1915年,校本部位于南京市区风景秀丽的清凉山北麓,并在常州市新北区、南京市江宁区设有校区,总占地面积2300余亩。河海大学是以水利为特色,工科为主,多学科协调发展的教育部直属全国重点大学,实施国家“211工程”重点建设、国家优势学科创新平台建设以及设立研究生院的高校。

河海大学力学与材料学院前身为河海大学工程力学系、材料科学与工程系,创建于1959年,是学校历史最悠久的系科之一。现有教职员工120余人、教师90余人,含国家教学名师、国家千人计划获得者、国家杰出青年基金获得者、江苏省特聘教授等各类省部级人才计划获得者20余人次。