The Czech Technical University in Prague - University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings offers nine post-doctoral positions in the field of modeling, simulation, assessment and optimization of multi-functional materials and structures.

Start date: as soon as possible after 21 June 2013, until all positions are filled
Contract duration: until 30 June 2015 (with a critical evaluation after the first year)

The present project integrates nine different topics, each of which will be supervised by a mentor from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The particular topics include

The longitudinal compression strength of unidirectional composites F1c, also called Xc, is very difficul to test for, so often you don't have the value for the particular material (fiber, matrix, volume fraction) that you wish to use. Further, just having data does not tell you what paramaters really influence its value--it is not the compressive strength of the fiber, I can assure you. So, there is a simple formula that you can use to predict its value and also to understand what are the parameters that really affect the compression strength of the composite. For that you need to check out this paper: Barbero, E. J. (1998)  Prediction of Compression Strength of Unidirectional Polymer Matrix Composites, J. Composite Materials, 32(5), 483-502.

September 4-6, 2013     Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Objectives and topics:
Development
of nanoengineering technologies and creation of nanomaterials opened
new perspectives for a number of areas of industry and everyday life.
These materials demonstrate increased strength, toughness,
biocompatibility, and can ensure higher service properties, reliability
and lifetime of devices and systems.

Hi everybody,

 I am a very beginnerin doing research :-) and my topic is about "micro indentation analysis using continuum dislocation theory". I am applying high-order finite element method for this nonlinear problem.

My plan is first writing a subroutine for the element. However, when I intend to compute the internal force by using Gauss integration, I see a problem with the integrand function of some index of the internal force vector. This integrand is discontinuous function. It is therefore, I cannot get a good approximation with the standard Gauss integration. 

Hi everybody,

 I am a beginner in doing research :-) and my topic is about "Micro Indentation Analysis using Continuum Dislocation Theory". I am applying high-order finite element method for this nonlinear problem.

 My plan is first writing a subroutine for the element. However, when I intend to compute the internal force  by using Gauss Integration, I see a problem with the integrand function of some components of the internal force vector. This integrand is discontious function. It is therefore, I cannot get a good approximation with the standard Gauss integration.

A joint workshop of the ISSMGE TC101-TC105: Experimental
Micromechanics for Geomaterials will be held on 23rd-24th May
2013 at The University of Hong Kong.

Abstracts are now invited, until the 1st October 2012. They should
be 200-300 words in length, written in English, and show relevance
to the theme of the workshop. Abstracts should be sent to Ms Bridget
Lam. Email: owlam@hku.hk (subject: EXP MICRO 2013)

See also attached flyer.

One postdoc and several PhD student positions are available at Arizona State University for fall 2012. Research background in at least one of the following areas is preferred.

1. Fatigue and fracture of materials and structures

2. Computational mechanics and micromechanics

3. Damage detection for composite materials

Interested candidates please send application documents to yongming.liu@asu.edu

Thanks!

MPI für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Department for Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design
Post-Doc or PhD Position: Characterizing and modeling the mechanics of crystalline interfaces

Requirements
A solid background in physical metallurgy, polycrystal mechanics,
dislocation plasticity, continuum mechanics and proficiency in English
are required. Prior experience in microstructural characterization such
as EBSD or AFM is beneficial. Programming skills (Fortran, Python,
Matlab) and experience in numerical simulation and finite element
modeling are strongly appreciated.

Background

CADEC is an online application that performs composite materials analysis as described in the textbook Introduction to Composite Materials Design-- Second Edition, CRC, 2010.
This web application implements the equations for:

• Micromechanics
• Ply Mechanics
• Macromechanics
• Strength
• Damage
• Fabric-Reinforced Composites
• and Beams

http://www.cadec-online.com

I am writing to let you know the release of VAMUCH 3.0,  the 3rd version of our general-purpose micromechanics code. The main new features are:

1. Multiphysics capability: VAMUCH can be used to homogenize heterogeneous materials which have coupled or uncoupled responses to mechanical field, electric field, magnetic field, and thermal field.  It not only predicts elastic, conductive, dielectric, magnetic, and diffusive properties of heterogeneous materials but also coupled properties such as coefficients of thermal expansion, pyroelectric, pyromagnetic, piezoeletric, piezomagnetic, and/or eletromagnetic properties, as well as the local fields corresponding to these multiphysical responses.

DOI: 10.1007/s00033-011-0136-1

2 Year PDRA Opportunity in:

Image Based Modelling to Improve Damage/Fracture Tolerance in Materials

Postdoctoral Positions at the University of Pittsburgh in Cellular Mechanics and Biophysics of Morphogenesis

Postdoctoral Positions are available for highly qualified and motivated candidates to study the physical principles of morphogenesis in the Davidson Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Bioengineering. The laboratory focuses on studying the molecular-, cellular, and tissue-scale processes that regulate mechanical properties and force-production during morphogenesis. Projects involve a combination of biophysics, cell biology, bioengineering, and embryology.