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Postdoc Position Available

Postdoc research fellows are needed in computational material science.  Experience in molecular level simulation of polymer/metal interfaces or CNT/Si and CNT/Cu interfaces are required.  Please send detailed academic CV to Jianmin Qu at jq@gatech.edu

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Eleventh Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XI)

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in the Eleventh
Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XI) January 4 - 8, 2010.

PhD scholarship in mechanical engineering at University of Seville, Spain

One PhD scholarship (only for European citizens), funded by the Spanish local government of Andalucia, is currently available in the Department of Structures and Construction at the University of Seville (Spain). The PhD position is associated to the Project “Partitioned formulations for dynamic and contact problems” with Professor Ramon Abascal and Professor Jose A. Gonzalez (japerez@esi.us.es) as principal researchers.

The History of Another Dimension - 50 Years of Bentley's V8 Engine

Dr Ulrich Eichhorn's lecture covers the original design and development of the Bentley V8 engine, from its introduction in 1959, in their S2 model, through to its present day form in the newly launched Bentley Brooklands coupe.

With contributions from several senior figures involved with the engine's creation and evolution over the last 50 years, the talk will describe how a well thought out concept and its careful execution have carried the design through to 2009, while other contemporaries have long since fallen by the wayside.

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Assistant Professor position: Multi Scale Mechanics

In the field of multi-scale (discrete and continuum) theory and modeling of fluids and solids.

Computers & Structures, Inc., Structural Software Development Engineer position for hire

CSI is looking to hire a talented engineering software developer for finite element based structural engineering software. Job listing below. Applicants should be sure to list relevant experience in developing engineering software, experience and/or research which would apply toward development of finite element analysis software, particularly development of material models.

 Structural Software Development Engineer
   Berkeley, CA

Bioheat transfer

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Dear researchers.

I am trying to start studying HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) absorption mechanisms and modeling methods, specially for clinical applications(absorption in tissue). But I cant find any straightforward article in this field.Would you please help me on this.

With great Thanks.

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Research Fellow Position in Offshore Geomechanics at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)

A post-doctoral position is available at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (Paris, France) in Offshore Geomechanics. The theme of this 1 year research fellow position is:

Mechanical behaviour of ocean sediments and offshore geohazards

More information is available at the web page of Navier research department of Ecole des Ponts ParisTech.

decomposition of fourth-order tensor

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Is it possible to decompose a 4th-order tensor Dijkl with minor symmetry (i.e., Dijkl=Djikl=Dijlk) into Dijkl=AijBkl? And does Dijkl have its polar decomposition form like a 2-order tensor ? Welcome to discuss this question.

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Ph.D. Candidate Position at the University of Waterloo

Ph.D. position avaliable at the University of Waterloo. This program is funded by NSERC and CFI to construct UHV variable temperature nanoindenter and micro-tensile tester. Candiates must have a strong background in instrumentations and programming. Please contact Ting Tsui at tttsui@uwaterloo.ca

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PostDoc Position Available at MIT

PostDoc Position Available

Ortiz Laboratory at MIT

Professor Christine Ortiz, Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

To apply for this position; send cover letter including date available to start, CV, full list of publications, and the names of three references to: cortiz@mit.edu

 

The analytical solution for a stress field in an infinite plate with a circular inclusion due to an applied tensile stress

I need to know the analytical solution for the stress field in an isotropic infinite plate with a circular inclusion, assuming linear elasticity. The plate has an applied tensile stress.

The solution for a hole in an infinite plate is very common (http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Elasticity/Plate_with_hol...). I need a similar solution in which the inclusion has some elasticity tensor C and the matrix some tensor C_0 with C=x*C_0, where x is a scalar.

Thanks!

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2 PhD scholarships in geotechnical engineering at UPC, Barcelona

Two PhD scholarships, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, are currently available in the Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) (Barcelona, Spain). The PhD positions are associated to the Project “Progressive failure and the reactivation of big landslides: Analysis, prediction and risks (BIG RISK)” with Professor Eduardo Alonso and Professor Jordi Corominas as principal researchers.

dielectrical breakdown simulation

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Memories of IT. Part 2

Looking back at episodes of our lives, we reflect on how people meet and how such meetings change lives.  Information technology, broadly interpreted as means of communication among people, is always part of these narratives.  But central to such narratives are nearly always people themselves and the content of their communication, rather than the means of their communication. 

Is there a failure criterion/model for brittle spheres?

Hi, everyone

I am a student. I am  dealing with a failure problem of brittle spheres. These have a lot of flaws inside.I did some compression tests. Single spheres are crushed by a pair of parallel plates. I got the crush load distribution (in terms of critical contact force). 

My question is:

is there a failure criterion/model which relates to load(critical contact force), Youngs moduli and Poisson ratios of shpere and plates, radius and friction coefficient?

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Inverse problem: Stress-strain curve from load-displacement curve of CT specimen

I have a load-displacement curve for a compact tension specimen (side-notched small square plate), that has been plastically loaded in tension, to leave residual stress around the notch. I want to derive the stress-strain curve for the sample material from this load-displacement curve. Naturally the load-displacement curve is geometry dependent.

Coupling Abaqus with an aeroedynamic BEM code to compute aeroelastic respons

For my graduation work (student at the Delft university of Technology, The Netherlands), I am trying to model the aeroelastic behavior of a wind turbine rotor. For this end I use an Abaqus model of a wind turbine blade (which is a composite structure with different fiber layers and corresponding orientation). The aerodynamic force is calculated by a BEM code (Blade Element Momentum theory), which is a simplified engineering aerodynamic code: fast but still quite good. Using CFD to calculate the loads is out of the question since it requires far too much time to calculate.

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Domain control in ferroelectric nanodots through surface charges

The ability to control the domain patterns in ferroelectric nanostructures holds promise as a method to tailor physical properties for specific applications. We proposed a new way to control the domain patterns in ferroelectric nanostructures. Desirable domain patterns can be obtained through different surface charges. The surface charges can be supplied by the atomic and molecular adsorbates on the surfaces of ferroelectric nanostructures.

Deadline Extended for 21st Annual Melosh Competition

The deadline for abstracts for the 21st Annual Melosh Competition has been extended until January 30.  All interested graduate students are encouraged to apply.

 This competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis will be held at Duke University on Friday, April 24, 2009.  The competition has become one of the premier graduate student events in the broad area of computational mechanics.  

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