We welcome applications for a fully funded PhD position in the field of experimental mechanics and materials science. Further details in the attachment.

Abstract:A hydrostatically coupled dielectric elastomer (HCDE) actuator consists of two membranes of a dielectric elastomer, clamped with rigid circular rings.  Confined between the membranes is a fixed volume of a fluid, which couples the movements of the two membranes when a voltage or a force is applied.  This paper presents a computational model of the actuator, assuming that the membranes are neo-Hookean, capable of large and axisymmetric deformation.  The voltage-induced deformation is described by the model of ideal dielectric elastomer.  The forc

Using a new experimental setup have now proved that one could actually draw a thermal conductivity-strain relationship in the same way as stress-strain relation!

What remains to be seen is that whether this relationship is tensorial or not! Details are in the paper..

Informal enquiries about positions in Computational Mechanics at Cardiff University School of Engineering should be directed to Professor Stéphane P. A. BORDAS bordasS AT cardiff DOT ac DOT uk

More detais on the institute of Mechanics and Advanced Materials:

 http://www.engin.cf.ac.uk/research/resInstitute.asp?InstNo=13

Candidates with track records in computational mechanics, in particular:

- advanced discretisation techniques (XFEM, meshfree, isogeometric analysis)

 
Position for researcher at IFSTTAR (France - Nantes site). Soil Structure interactions under seismic and vibratory loads. Seismic responses of geotechnical structures.

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Following our previous work on Cu-Zr nanowire system, in this paper we have shown improvement in various thermo-mechanical properties of nanowire via manipulating the surface atoms. The paper titled "Designing copper–zirconium based nanowires for improving yield strength and plasticity via configuring surface atoms" by Vijay Kumar Sutrakarand D Roy Mahapatra has been published in Journal of Nanoparticle Research. The paper can be downloaded from
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j2786222101mn711/

The Society for Experimental Mechanics will hold its 2nd Symposium on Biological Materials and Systems, next June in Costa Mesa, CA. http://www.sem.org/CONF-AC-TOP.asp  

Submission deadline has been extended to October 21th

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The International Conference on Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics (X-MECH 2012) is being organized by the Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics affiliated to the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Iran University of Science and Technology. Further details can be found at: 

http://xmech.iust.ac.ir/