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With respect to material design, in particular, smart material design with specific functionalities, we may be able to learn something from our peers in electrical engineering. In integrated circuits (IC), we have up to one billion basic units such as capacitors, inductors, and resistors. However, we know exactly where they are and what they do. How does this happen?

We present a monolithic mechanical metamaterial comprising a periodic arrangement of snapping units with tunable tensile behavior. Under tension, the metamaterial undergoes a large extension caused by sequential snap-through instabilities, and exhibits a pattern switch from an undeformed wavy-shape to a diamond configuration.

Dear All,

I got confused on the hyperelastic experiment that the uniaxial, equibiaxial, and planar test are based on the material is incompressible. What if the material is compressible, are the experiment the same as incompressible material? Except for the volumetric mode, what is the different between incompressible and compressible material experiment? Thanks!

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Bob

J.-H. Prevost and N. Sukumar

Image-based modelling can be used to analyse mass transfer phenomena through porous media, with particular applications to reservoir rock pore-throats networks. The aim of these analyses is to improve our understanding and characterisation of the way fluids move through variable pore-scales.

Using real geometries from micro-CT, this project involved generating a 3D model in Simpleware software for visualisation and processing prior to meshing and export to COMSOL Multiphysics® for studying chemical transport mechanisms.

The 2016 Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme launches in October 2015 and seeks to fund early-stage postdoctoral researchers across all disciplines for up to 2 years. I am seeking potential postdoctoral candidates that would be willing to apply for funding under this scheme, which, if successful, would allow them to carry out research in the area of Multiscale Mechanics of Biological Tissues in the Biomechanics Research Centre at the National University of Ireland, Galway.