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24th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM 24) in Madrid, Spain, on October 1st-3rd 2014

Submitted by jsegurado on



The abstract submission for the 24th International Workshop on

Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM 24) in Madrid, Spain, on

October 1st-3rd, 2014 is now opened. The deadline for abstract

submission is June 15th, 2014.



The workshop is intended to cover all aspects of modeling and

simulations of the mechanical behavior at different length and time

scales. The materials of interest range from traditional materials such

as metals, alloys, polymers and composites to advanced and emerging

Call for abstracts: “Issues in computational modeling of damage, fracture and fragmentation of solid materials”

Submitted by Julian J. Rimoli on

As part of the 51st Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES 2014) to be held at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, on October 1-3 2014, it is our pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract to the Symposium “Issues in computational modeling of damage, fracture and fragmentation of solid materials”.



Open PhD position in soft tissue modeling at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Submitted by Bjorn Skallerud on

The project addresses tissue modeling for the pharynx region and is a part of a larger project addressing the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (mechanical, fsi, medical angles). See www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/101325/phd-positions-in-sof… for further info. Deadline is 15 May.Expected start-up is summer 2014.

PhD and postdoc positions in Pavia

Submitted by sangalli on

The Mathematics Department of the University of Pavia is currently offering 1 PhD position (3 years) and 2 postdoc positions (1 year, renewable) within the framework of the ERC Consolidator Grant HIgeoM. This research project focuses on mathematical study and development of isogeometric analysis for solid and fluid mechanics.



Interested candidates may find a detailed description of the activity and the instructions how to apply here:

http://www-dimat.unipv.it/sangalli/higeom

PhD Position in the area of peridynamics

Submitted by Erkan Oterkus on

Dear All,

We are planning to offer a PhD position in the area of peridynamics. For more information about our PMMA research group, please visit

http://personal.strath.ac.uk/erkan.oterkus/ 

If you are interested, please send your current CV to oterkus [at] gmail.com (oterkus[at]gmail[dot]com).
This offer is only valid for citizens of European Union countries.

Thank you very much.

Research Engineer Position in Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. (Princeton, NJ)

Submitted by Ling Liu on

As a close collaborator and active member of Global Engineering and Materials, Inc (GEM), I would like to present you a research and development position at GEM. The information below can also be found in the attached PDF file.   

PhD Studentship in Computational Mechanics of Porous Metallic Materials

Submitted by Szyniszewski Stefan on

We are offering the PhD studentship at the
University of Surrey, and we are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated candidates.

This project focuses on applications of metallic foams where structural functionality is combined with energy absorption, damping, heat insulation, and noise silencing.

Have someone met a strange behavior of Load-Displacement curve in a simple 2D indentation problem

Submitted by minhtran.1986.vn on

I am modelling a very simple 2D contact problem between a rigid wedge indenter and a deformable squared-shape specimen (general steel material) in frictionless contact case. I used an implicit function f to describe the rigid indenter.



I implemented Lagrange multiplier method for this contact problem and the contact condition is: Inside the contact zone of the deformable specimen, the node set is active if f(node)<=0 and the Lagrange multiplier lambda<=0.