computational mechanics

Fibre-reinforced plates and shells are finding an increasing interest in engineering applications; in most cases dynamic phenomena need to be taken into account. Consequently, effective and robust computational tools are sought in order to provide reliable results for the analysis of such structural models. In this paper the mixed assumed-strain laminated plate element, previously used for static analyses, has been extended to the dynamic realm. This model is derived within the framework of the so-called First-order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT).

This is the first call-for-contributions for the International Workshop-Conference Research Challenges in Mechanics: Applications of Automated Computational Modeling to be held between 01-03 March (2017) in Hannover (Germany).

For more information visit www.rcm2017.uni-hannover.de

A new tenure-track faculty position is available in the group of Aerospace Structures and Computational Mechanics (ASCM) at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

The International 2016 call for PhD applications at IMT Lucca (Italy) is now open!

Applicants may apply online at:

https://www.imtlucca.it/phd/prospective/admission

For people interested in computational mechanics, please select the CSSE Track and specify MUSAM as the research unit to be enrolled in.

Please check the official announcement at:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/124853/phd-position-in-c…

Dear Colleagues,

We have an opening for a post-doctoral fellow position in multiscale computational mechanics of polymers. The project focuses on modeling and simulation of the thermo-mechanical behavior of polymers with covalent adaptable networks (CANs), e.g. vitrimers. The objective is to formulate a hierarchical modeling and simulation approach, which closely mimics key steps in the recycling and reshaping processes of CAN polymers by embedding the physics at two length-scales – (i) discrete-continuum (meso-scale) and (ii) homogenized continuum (macro-scale).