Dear all,
Proceedings of the V International PhD workshop dealing with durability of concrete, which was held in Finland in February, have been published. The publication is available for free download at: http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/technology/2012/T65.pdf . Many interesting and innovative topic, dealing both with experimental and numerical research of concrete durability, are presented.
ERC Starting Research Grant (IDEAS) on Multi-field and multi-scale computational approach to design and durability of photovoltaic modules
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Ing. Marco Paggi
CALL FOR PhD STUDENTS (Jan 2013 – Dec 2015; application: deadline in summer 2012)
TitanX is strengthening its numerical simulation capabilities. As part of this process, we are looking for two additional FE Analysts.
Hi all,
I am a PhD researcher working on relationship between cracking of concrete and its durability, using both experimental and numerical approaches. The work is being carried out at Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands. For anyone interested, here is the webpage of the project:
microlab-m3c4.blogspot.com
Please feel free to send us any comments, suggestions, and possible collaboration proposals using the contact details provided on the website.
Branko
2009 SIMULIA Customer Conference
When a mechanical engineer and a material scientist were asked for the root cause of an in-vivo fracture. Mechanical engineer pointed to the loading and the material scientist pointed to the processing. While they both are correct, they both also missed the real ROOT cause, the design.
It is very common that medical device design engineers are so focused on the device functionality that often the very basic mechanics is overlooked. Lack of knowledge on the in-vivo environment (Design Requirements) is another subject to blame. However, it is common that even technology driven companies have gaps between design department and duarability deparment. Up front design engineers do not necessarily keep up with the fast paces of material advances. On the other hand, downstram subject matter experts, device tesing teams or often the R&D departments are not informed of design changes before the design is fixed. The problem is worse often in industrial leaders than in start-ups, but the sympton is the same, problem found in animal studies and/or clinical trials before they reached industrial subject matter experts.
