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Openings in Computational Geomechanics and Rock Physics at ExxonMobil

Submitted by Gareth Block on

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company has immediate openings in Computational Geomechanics and Rock Physics at its Corporate Strategic Research Laboratory in Annandale, NJ. 

To be considered, applicants must satisfy the requirements described in the attached flyer and submit a cover letter and resume directly to the ExxonMobil website (www.exxonmobil.com/ex).

5th IC on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives - just 4 weeks to go!

Submitted by Dean Eastbury on

The 5th International Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives will be held in the beautiful Alpine village of Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 7-11 September. Les Diablerets is situated 120 km from Geneva's international airport and is easily reached either by car or by public transport.

The full oral and poster programs, as well as registration details can be found on the conference website at www.tc4pca.elsevier.com

Gradient based cohesive zone models

Submitted by Mohan Kulkarni on

Hello,

Strain gradient based (non-local) plasticity and damage models have been studied quite extensively in the literature.

 I was wondering if anyone has experience in the development of cohesive zone models that obtain the tractions in front of crack tip not only as a function of the diplacement jump, but also as a function of the gradient of displacement jump.

 If yes, can you please point me to the reference?

Issue 2 of J. Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials published

Submitted by Dean Eastbury on

I am pleased to announce that Volume 1, Number 2 of the the recently-launched Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (www.elsevier.com/locate/jmbbm) has been published by Elsevier. All JMBBM articles can be accessed free-of-charge on ScienceDirect until September 2008 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/17516161).