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Propagation of instability in dielectric elastomers

Submitted by Jinxiong Zhou on

When an electric voltage is applied across the thickness of a thin layer of an dielectric elastomer, the layer reduces its thickness and expands its area. This electrically induced deformation can be rapid and large, and is potentially useful as soft actuators in diverse technologies. Recent experimental and theoretical studies have shown that, when the voltage exceeds some critical value, the homogenous deformation of the layer becomes unstable, and the layer deforms into a mixture of thin and thick regions.

Mixed-mode flaws modelling at nanoscale in cell membrane system by time-domain hypersingular integral equation method

Submitted by BoJing Zhu on

Cell membrane system has the protein-lipid-protein sandwich type structure. The membrane nanocomposites (PLP-MNs) typically exhibit pronounced nonlinear viscoplastic response under electro-thermo-elastic coupled incremental loads conditions. These extended coupled incremental loads can cause high extended incremental stresses and may induce flaws initiation, growth and finally lead to fracture or failure of nanocomposites.

On the Possibility of Piezoelectric Nanocomposites without using Piezoelectric Materials

Submitted by Nikhil Sharma on

In a piezoelectric material an applied uniform strain can induce an electric polarization (or vice-versa). Crystallographic considerations restrict this technologically important property to non-centrosymmetric systems. It can be shown both mathematically and physically, that a non-uniform strain can potentially break the inversion symmetry and induce polarization even in non-piezoelectric dielectrics.

field data transfer

Submitted by EL HRAIECH Amine on

Hi,

I am actually working of field data transfer techniques when remeshing is needed during analysis of metal forming process.

some
researchers use a so called Linear interpolation technique using the
volume coordinates as shape functions to transfer a field from a mesh
to an other.

 Is there any one who used this technique in such a problem? 

If there is any, could he tell me which are the advantages of the technique and its disadvantage?

Is there any tests to validate the method?

Multiple interacting three-dimensional flaws in electromagnetothermoelastic coupled multiphase composites by extended hypersing

Submitted by BoJing Zhu on

This work presents extended hypersingular integral equation (E-HIE) method to analyze the multiple interacting three-dimensional mixed-mode flaws problem in electromagnetothermoelastic coupled multiphase composites (EMTE-CMCs) under extended electro-magneto-thermo-elastic coupled loads through intricate theoretical analysis and numerical simulations.

Does anybody can recommend me a book on interface fracture of bi-materials?

Submitted by Faxin Li on
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Does anybody can recommend me a book on interface fracture of bi-materials? I am a layman on this and need your help. Thank you!

Best wishes

Faxin

"Theoretical and Applied Mechanics" - An international journal of the Serbian Society of Mechanics.

Submitted by Vlado A. Lubarda on

The following is a link to the journal "Theoretical and Applied Mechanics," an international journal of the Serbian Society of Mechanics, founded in 1980 in former Yugoslavia:

http://www.ssm.org.yu/WebTAM/journal/journal.html

The attached pdf file is the editor invitation for the manuscript submission.