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Postdoc opportunity in the field of computational mechanics

Submitted by Jan Ocenasek on

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New Technologies Research centre at the University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic) invites applications for a Postdoctoral position in the field of Computacional Mechanics of Materials. Highly motivated individuals holding a PhD in Mechanics, Materials Science or closely related fields are encouraged to apply.

Topic 15: Carbon emissions trading: How viable?

Submitted by Samuel Bamkefa on

In order to control the emission of greenhouse gases, a number of initiatives have been brought up internationally. One of these is carbon trading in its various dimensions. This blog is to discuss the insights and issued associated with this initiative.

Posts along this line are welcome

Samuel Bamkefa

Topic 14: Discuss safety in biofuels

Submitted by Samuel Bamkefa on

One of the renewable sources of energy that has gotten attention and is developing is bio-energy. It is obtained from biomass, which is an organic material that has stored chemical energy.

But, is the harnessing and use of biofuels completely safe? Are there issues that should be of concern?

Posts giving insight into safety issues in the use of biofuels are welcome

Samuel Bamkefa

Postdoc opportunity at KAUST in the mechanics of DNA replication

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on



The Nanobiophysics laboratory (Prof. Chaieb) in collaboration with the DNA replication laboratory (Prof. Hamdan) at the division of life science and engineering at KAUST invites

applications for immediate openings for a joint postdoctoral fellow

position between the two aforementioned lab although the primary position is at the Nanobophysics laboratory. The research is expected to

Investigating Stochastic Sensitivity to Solve Multidisciplinary Shape Optimization in Stamping, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

Submitted by ahabbal on

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Stamping simulation, as are all the highly nonlinear mechanical
models, is ravenous in computational resources. Thus, when performing
shape or parameter optimization of a single or /a fortiori/ multiple
criteria related to the stamping process, one has to save as many as
possible computer evaluations of the solution fields, which prohibits a
naive use of classical zero-order algorithms beit deterministic or
probabilistic.

Efficient Computational Tools to Solve Concurrent Optimization of Surfaces in Stamping at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France.

Submitted by ahabbal on

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The limited availability of mineral resources has led to the need for High Performance Material (Steel, Aluminium, Alloys,…).

These advanced materials are used to design lighter and stronger
structures, which result in a lower consumption of energy if one thinks
of the correlation between the weight and fuel consumption e.g. in the
automotive and aerospace industry.

Corrosion modelling in COMSOL 4.2

Submitted by sajalpaul.ce104 on

Hello everybody,

 

I am trying to model corrosion process of steel-reinforcement embedded in concrete with COMSOL 4.2 version.

 So, please anybody has any suggestion how to do it..

 Well, if there are any other software which can model corrosion in a more simple way, please suggest that also.

 

Thanks. 

Post Macondo underwater technology

Submitted by Kobina Gyan Budu on

Michael, I agree with you.

Technologies are as good as the people who use
them. Regulators and organisational stakeholders have always been good at
reactive measures rather than proactive. Once systems start working, stake
holders take their feet off the pedal and are only re-awakened by the failure
events/accidents.  In most of the world’s
accidents, human error (due to lack of knowledge/inexperience, shear
negligence, complacency, ego, etc) has been the primary cause.