2nd International Conference of Engineering Against Fracture (ICEAF II), Mykonos, Greece, 22-24 June 2011

Dear Colleague:

The Society of the Engineering Science is sponsoring the 47th Annual Technical Meeting (SES2010) on October 4-6, 2010 at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. The meeting is held on biannual basis as a standalone meeting to foster and promote the exchange of ideas and information among the various disciplines of engineering and the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, bioengineering and related scientific and engineering fields.

Mechanics is the paradise of

the mathematical sciences

because by
means of it

one comes to the fruits

of mathematics.

        Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

In this paper we extend the classical method of lattice dynamics to defective crystals with partial symmetries. We start by a nominal defect configuration and first relax it statically. Having the static equilibrium configuration, we use a quasiharmonic lattice dynamics approach to approximate the free energy. Finally, the defect structure at a finite temperature is obtained by minimizing the approximate Helmholtz free energy. For higher temperatures we take the relaxed configuration at a lower temperature as the reference configuration.

Hi all,

I am starting to my phd project focusing on developing new interatomic potentials.

Would you please help introduce some of current research trends(such as review paper, existed potentials etc) on this field.

Thanks.

The Integrated Structure Technical Committee in the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME invite you to submit an abstract to the Symposium on Mechanics of Integrated Structures and Hybrid Materials in Advanced Technologies at the 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE).



Date: November 12-18, 2010

Venue: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Hi,

I have to use Hamilton pricinple to evaluate the diff. equation of motion of a string. As shown in the figure below, the string is hanged from one end and is free at the other. The flexural stiffness of the string is negligible.

I have a problem with the potential energy of the string! required in the Hamilton principle. Since the flexural stiffness of the string is assumed to be negligible, is there any other term for potential energy? 

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