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Phase-field modeling of crack propagation in piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials

This is an accepted manuscript in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Title: Phase-field modeling of crack propagation in piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials with different electromechanical crack conditions

Authors: Amir Abdollahi and Irene Arias, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona

 

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Crack initiation patterns at electrode edges in multilayer ferroelectric actuators

This is the preprint of an article that will appear in Smart Materials and Structures (SMS)

Title: Crack initiation patterns at electrode edges in multilayer ferroelectric actuators

Authors: Amir Abdollahi and Irene Arias, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona

 

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A new postdoctoral position in the mechanics of glassy/amorphous materials

A new postdoctoral position in the mechanics of glassy/amorphous materials is
available at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
The project will focus on
strongly non-linear phenomena such as cavitation, shear-banding and fracture,
with applications to Bulk Metallic Glasses,
and will involve advanced

PhD Students/Post-doctoral Associates- North Carolina State University

Our group at North Carolina State University is hiring PhD students and Post-doctoral Associates in the areas of multiscale modeling, computational mechanics, fracture, and plasticity.

Interested parties should email  zikry@ncsu.edu, and send a cv with a few representative publications.

MA Zikry 

EC FUNDED WORKSHOP ON PHYSICS BASED MODELING OF MATERIALS, Ankara, October 22-23

The objective of the workshop, co-organized by Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and Middle East Technical University, is to discuss the present status of physics based constitutive modelling of metallic materials and associated experimental methods.

The Workshop is funded by the European Commission's Integration and Enlargment Programme.  There is no cost for attending the Workshop. A limited number of scholarships is available for participants from the target countries (see attached flyer).

Corrosion rates of reinforcing steel in cracked concrete

Hi all,

 

In the course of our project, we are monitoring the corrosion behavior of steel reinforcement in cracked concrete, while exposed to simulated sea water. Recent results are posted on our blog,  http://microlab-m3c4.blogspot.nl/ ! Be sure to check them out! For more information, you can contact us, or follow us on twitter @MicrolabM3C4.

 

Cheers!

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Rupture of a highly stretchable acrylic dielectric elastomer (VHB)

Dielectric elastomer transducers are often subject to large tensile stretches and are susceptible to rupture. Here we carry out an experimental study of the rupture behavior of membranes of an acrylic dielectric elastomer (VHB 4905). Pure-shear test specimens are used to measure force-displacement curves, using samples with and without pre-cracks. We find that introducing a pre-crack into a membrane drastically reduces the stretch at rupture. Furthermore, we measure the stretch at rupture and fracture energy using samples of different heights at various stretch-rates. The stretch at rupture is found to decrease with sample height, and the fracture energy is found to increase with stretch-rate.
This paper has appeared in the Journal of Applied Physics and can be downloaded from:

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Call for abstracts: “Computational Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Solids”, SES 2012, Atlanta GA

As part of the 49th Annual Technical meeting of the Society of Engineering Science   (SES 2012) to be held in Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, on 10-12 of October , 2012, it is our pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract to the Symposium “Computational Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Solids”.

POST DOCTORAL POSITIONS

One (1) to Two(2) years post-doctoral positions are open in Ecuador (South America). The following are areas of interest:

Postdoctoral positions in statistical modeling of fracture and plasticity

We anticipate the opening of four postdoctoral positions in 2012 to work on statistical aspects of fracture and plasticity,  and in particular on size effects in the fracture of  disordered media and in microplasticity.  The positions will be funded by the ERC Advanced Grant 2011, SIZEFFECTS.

Cohesive crack - how to verify model? Cant figure out how to output stress intensity factor...

Hello,

I am simulating crack propagation with cohesive elements. In order to verify that my model is working correctly I wanted to compare it to some real world data or benchmark examples. One such example is in the Abaqus Benchmarks manual - a flat plate with a crack in the center.

Deadline extended: CSME International congress: Fatigue and Fracture of engineering materials

All,

    The deadline to submit article for the CSME international congress has been extended to February 17th, 2012. We are organizing a symposium on fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and strongly encourage researchers around the world to submit their research articles relevant to this field. 

 

 

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EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Nanobrücken II: A Nanomechanical Testing Workshop, March 22-23, 2012, INM Saarbrücken, Germany

Dear Colleague:

You are cordially invited to attend Nanobrücken II:  A Nanomechanical Testing Workshop, jointly presented by INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials and Hysitron, Inc., with co-sponsorship from the JEOL company. This is the second workshop in the Nanobrücken series. The workshop's scope has been broadened, and the abstract submission deadline is now February 19, 2012.

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WCCM 2012 - Mini symposium on Computational Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials

I am co-organizing a mini-symposium on « Computational damage mechanics of composite materials »  in the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012) with Dr. Gilles Lubineau at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Dr. Glaucio H. Paulino at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Numerical simulation of intergranular and transgranular crack propagation in ferroelectric polycrystals

This is the preprint of an article that will appear in International Journal of Fracture (IJF)

Title: Numerical simulation of intergranular and transgranular crack propagation in ferroelectric polycrystals

Authors: Amir Abdollahi and Irene Arias, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona

 

 

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Call for Papers - SIMULIA Customer Conference 2012

The international SIMULIA Customer Conference (SCC2012) will be held May 15-17, 2012 in Providence RI, USA. Abstracts for papers are due November 7, 2011.

All users of SIMULIA products including Abaqus FEA, Multiphysics, Isight and Simulation Lifecycle Management (SLM) are invited to submit an abstract.

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Slow-Fast Crack Propagation in Ferroelectric Single Crystals

Dear Colleague,

 

I have uploaded a video which shows the simulation of Slow-Fast crack propagation in ferroelectric single crystals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E7WSVOVAWM

 

For technical details, please refer to our recently published paper in Acta Materialia:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645411001777

 

Best regards,

Amir Abdollahi

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Phase-field simulation of anisotropic crack propagation in ferroelectric single crystals

This is the preprint of an article that will appear in Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering (MSMSE)

Title: Phase-field simulation of anisotropic crack propagation in ferroelectric single crystals: effect of microstructure on the fracture process

Authors: Amir Abdollahi and Irene Arias, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona

 

 

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PhD Studentship: Rock Fracture and Fragmentation - Imperial London, UK

PhD Studentship: Rock Fracture and Fragmentation

IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 AUGUST 2011

 

Background: The Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Recovery was founded

in 2008 in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College

London. The Centre is a partnership between Imperial College and Rio Tinto,

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