The Rubber Division, ACS is now accepting online
abstract submissions for the 182nd Technical Meeting being held during the
Rubber Expo at the Duke Energy Center, October 9-11, 2012, in Cincinnati, OH,
USA.  Papers will be judged and awards presented
for Best Paper and Best Paper - Honorable Mention.

2012 SIMULIA Community Conference
May 15-17, 2012 – Providence, Rhode Island
Join our international gathering of simulation experts

Dear i-mechanicians, we are recruiting 4 students for PhD courses in Mechanical Engineering / Solid Mechanics. These positions are ONLY open to UK or EU applicants. Please read the requirements of the specific position before you apply! All positions will cover fully university/college fees and a tax-free maintenance stipend, paid at the standard EPSRC rates. Please do not reply to this post but follow the specific instructions for each of the positions if you would like to apply. 

1 PhD student @ Imperial College London, Dept of Aeronautics

To All friends Humboldiani, from Humboldt associations in the world, and other friends simply in Physics and Biology

dear Friends -

     A nice Kolleg in Cuba in March I receive from my friend Carlos
Tallero in Havana, who in turn is in Brasil, but writes from Germany I
see!

Many people puzzle over the nomenclature of the pure shear test. They rightly point out that 1) the Pure Shear test piece is loaded in tension by extending the specimen in the axial direction, and 2) a shearing deformation, by definition, involves the lateral motion of parallel planes. They wonder where is the "shear"? and what does it mean to say that the shear is "pure"?  Here, we review the origins of the terminology. 

i'need to  initial geometric imperfection of a localized buckling behavior of unstiffened thin plate will be analyzed. Code Abaqus finite element analysis can be used for this purpose. Since a default is not always in isolation, the interaction between s

I am seeking advice on the capability of using Finite Volume Method to solve Hyperelastic Structural deformation. Can anyone help me to get a proper direction to analyze very large deformable structural problems?

Thanks,

S. Mitra 

Professor David Barnett of Stanford University will receive the A.C. Eringen Medal from the Society of Engineering Science (SES). The prize is awarded in recognition of sustained outstanding achievements in Engineering Science. Professor Barnett will receive his award during the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology from October 9-12, 2012.

Professor Markus J. Buehler of MIT will receive the 2012 SES Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science (SES).

My colleague Juan José Ródenas has posted this interesting PhD position:

Position for a Marie-Curie PhD student in Computational Mechanics at Valencia, Spain.

Preseselection closing date 31 January 2012

1 position for a Marie Curie PhD
Salary(aprox): 37,000€/year living allowance + 9,000€/year mobility allowance
Contact:  Juan José Ródenas ( jjrodena@mcm.upv.es), Eugenio Giner (eginerm@mcm.upv.es)

Professor Zhigang Suo of Harvard University will receive the the William Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Science  (SES). The award is made in recognition of his outstanding research contributions in Solid Mechanics. Professor Suo will receive his award during the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology from October 9-12, 2012.

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Professor Kyung-Suk Kim of Brown University will receive the 2012 Engineering Science Medal from the the Society of Engineering Science (SES). The prize, which consists of a plaque and a check for $2000, is awarded in recognition of a singularly important contribution to Engineering Science.  Professor Kim will receive his award during the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology from October 9-12, 2012.

Hi,

Enthalpic and Entropic elasticity can anybody throw some light on the subject...some direction on the reference materials also will be helpful

 Midhun

By: M. Keikhosravi, RH Oskouei, Payam Soltani, A. Atas, C. Soutis

Purpose - The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of geometric variables on the stress and strain distributions as well as non-linear deformation behaviour of aluminium alloy 2024-T3 single-lap bolted joints loaded in tension.