Curvature Matters!
In this recent EML paper, we show the stark effect of curvature on the performance of metamaterials, both in the static and dynamic domains. Read more at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2024.102285
COMPLAS 2025 (Barcelona, Spain), invited mini-symposium "Computational Techniques for Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Materials Modeling"
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the invited mini-symposium we are organizing entitled "Computational Techniques for Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Materials Modeling" at COMPLAS 2025.
COMPLAS 2025, the 18th edition of the renowned COMPLAS conference series, will be held as usual in Barcelona (Spain). This conference is a well-established forum for discussing advances in computational plasticity and related topics, bringing together experts worldwide.
Openings: post-doc and PhD positions
A post-doc and a PhD position are available at the Multiscale Mechanics and Multiphysics of Materials Lab at the University of Brescia, https://m4lab.unibs.it/. Candidates will work with an international team, in a friendly and hard-working environment.
PhD studentship at Imperial College London
Applications are invited for a Ph.D. studentship in the Departments of Aeronautics. The research project will be supervised by Dr V.L. Tagarielli and Prof F. Montomoli and it will involve collaboration with Baker Hughes (Florence, Italy) and the Brahmal Vasudevan Institute for Sustainable Aviation.
New book: Modeling Failure and Fracture of Soft Solids and Fluids
Nonlinear continuum mechanics allows solving problems beyond the scope of the theory of linear elasticity for solids and the Navier-Stokes theory for fluids. The success of the nonlinear continuum mechanics would be impossible, of course, without its happy marriage to numerical methods that flourished after the computer revolution. Nowadays, the nonlinear continuum approach is used to model fracture.
Effect of notch root radius on apparent fracture toughness of Ti6Al4V alloy: experiments and simulations
I am happy to share our paper entitled 'Effect of notch root radius on apparent fracture toughness of Ti6Al4V alloy: experiments and simulations' recently published in International Journal of Fracture.
Rapid detachment of a rigid sphere adhered to a viscoelastic substrate: An upper bound model incorporating Maugis parameter and preload effects
Just published on JMPS
Open Postdoc on computational methods and inverse problems
A Postdoctoral Fellow is sought to fill an immediate opening in the Gross Materials Lab at the University of South Carolina to work on a DARPA funded project. The postdoc will have the opportunity to attend regular meetings with DARPA and other DOD program managers. The research is focused on extracting yield surfaces from data rich full-field experimental information by solving an inverse problem.
Postdoc at Oxford on the mechanics of solid state batteries
We are hiring a postdoc to work on the mechanics of solid state batteries. The postdoc will be based at the Mechanics of Materials Lab (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford) and work co-supervised by Profs Laurence Brassart and Emilio Martinez-Paneda. A close collaboration with experimentalists in the Pasta Group (Materials Department) is also expected.