EML Webinar on 11 November 2020 will be given by Sulin Zhang, Penn State University. Discussion leader: Teng Li, University of Maryland
Title: Mechanobiology: A Tale of Stressed Life
Time: 9:30 am Boston, 2:30 pm London, 3:30 pm Paris, 10:30 pm Beijing on 11 November 2020
Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684
Multiple faculty positions (Full professor, associate professor and assistant professor) in mineral processing are available at Northeastern University in China. Please send your CV to ilovebluesky1981 [at] gmail.com, if you are interested. Thank you.
Two fully-funded postdoctoral positions in computational mechanics of materials and structures are available in the groups of Milan Jirásek (https://mech.fsv.cvut.cz/~milan) and Jan Zeman (https://openmechanics.fsv.cvut.cz/people/jan-zeman). Full description of the openings is available at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/573988, the call closes on 5 December 2020.
Dear friends,
I bring your attention to the following PhD offer within the ITN Newfrac on Computational Fracture Mechanics, please see below and the link https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/572885
Is the Bouligand architecture tougher than regular cross-ply laminates? Adiscrete element method study, Pro and Barthelat, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020
Novelty/impact/significance:
With capturing the main mechanisms, it is revealed that the Bouligand structure outperforms the cross-ply (0°/90°) for any crack orientation, while the former is more isotropic in-plane in stiffness and toughness.
Scientific question:
Is the Bouligand architecture tougher than regular cross-plies, given the same fibers and interfaces?
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the ‘Shock & Blast’ session under Track 1: Dynamic Behavior of Materials. This symposium is part of the 2021 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics (Virtual or Albuquerque, NM, USA, June 14-17, 2021).
Dear iMechanicians. I hope that the following paper is of interest to you. We develop the first phase field formulation for fracture (and fatigue) in Shape Memory Alloys. Its potential is demonstrated by solving a variety of paradigmatic 2D and 3D boundary value problems, from R-curves to fatigue cracking of a NiTi biomedical stent.
M. Simoes, E. Martínez-Pañeda. Phase field modelling of fracture and fatigue in Shape Memory Alloys. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 373 (2021) 113504
The project aims at multiscale non-linear simulalations of earthquakes. The candidates should have a solid mechanical background (elasticity + plasticity (preferable)) and an experience in the computational mechanics. The candidates with a knowledge of flow in porous media or/and with an experience with Comsol multiphysics are especially encouraged to apply.
