The attached notes are written for a course on plasticity. I will update new posts on my twitter account: https://twitter.com/zhigangsuo. Rheology is the science of deformation. This science poses a question for every material: given a history of stress, how do we find the history of strain?
ICAME 2015: Call for Papers, due 30 November 2014
26 – 27 August 2015, Patra Jasa Bali Resort & Villas, Indonesia
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Conference Organiser:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Open Post Doctoral Position in Biomechanics for 2 years, fully employed, at the Institute of Biomechanics in Graz, Austria.
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3D computational model of graphene reinforced polymer composites is developed and applied to the analysis of damage and fracture mechanisms in the composites. The graphene/polymer interface properties are determined using the inverse modeling approach. The effect of composite structure, in particular, of the aspect ratio, shape, clustering, orientation and volume fraction of graphene platelets on the
mechanical behavior and damage mechanisms of nanocomposites are studied in computational experiments.
We've recently published an open access journal paper that looks at the mechanics of sutures used to repair severed tendons. A homogenization strategy is used to derive effective elastic properties for tendon fibrils and intracellular matrix. We have found that regions of high stress correlate with the regions of cell death (necrosis) that are sometimes observed in patients.
If this is of interest, please feel free to view the paper here.
FACULTY POSITION
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
JOB NUMBER JPF00380
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor with a start date of July 1, 2015 or later.
We have a number of open positions in our research group that are available immediately. Summary of the positions are provided below; however, for more information about our research group, please visit
Complex structures consisting of intertwined, nominally vertical carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are called turfs. Under uniform compression experiments, CNT turfs exhibit irreversible collective buckling of a layer preceded by reorientation of CNT segments. Experimentally observed independence of the buckling stress and the buckling wavelength on the turf width suggests the existence of an intrinsic material length.
