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Dear Colleague:

 

You are cordially invited to attend a special Workshop on Probing the Limits of Strength, which will be held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on August 10-12, 2009. This workshop aims to bring together researchers with an interest in experimental and theoretical studies of the fundamental limits of strength in materials. The workshop will include a strong lineup of national and international speakers on advanced mechanical testing techniques and computational materials science of materials deformation at the elastic limit.

International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol.1 No.3:

The papers are online available

1. “Foreword: Theoretical and Computational Nanomechanics”, Pradeep Sharma (University of Houston), Rui Huang (University of Texas, Austin, USA).

2. “A Multi-scale Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Algorithm and its Applications”, Ni Sheng (Macau University of Science and Technology, China); Shaofan Li (University of California, Berkeley, USA).

International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol.1 No.1:

1. “Crack-like diffusion wedges and compressive stress evolution during thin film growth with inhomogeneous grain boundary diffusivity”, Tanmay K. Bhandakkar,

Eric Chason and Huajian Gao (Brown University). 1-20.

2. “Strained Ferroelectric Thin Films”, Tong-Yi Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 21-40.

International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM)  Vol.1 No.2:

1.  “Postbuckling Of Nano Rods/Tubes Based On Nonlocal Beam Theory”, C. M. Wang (National University of Singapore); Y. Xiang (University of Western Sydney); S. Kitipornchai (City University of Hong Kong). 259-266.

2. “Ductile Fracture Characterization of Aluminum Alloy 2024-T351 Using Damage Plasticity Theory”, Liang Xue and Tomasz Wierzbicki (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) .267-304.

Dear All,

I am new to simulations of carbon nanotubes, especially in their mechanical properties. My supposed tools are ab initio codes or md codes. I am looking for some references. Can someone introduce some classical papers or leading experts in this field.

Thanks.

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Hi all,

I am currently working on Virtual crack closure technique. I met some problems with the local crack-front coordinate system. I wonder if i can find a detailed explanation on the coding of the local crack-front coordinate sytem.

Thanks a lot

Joachim Guilie

During the study of FEM, I found the term "weak form" of differential equation, which is the integral form of a differential equation along with the boundary conditions for a boundary value problem. Now my question is that why the term "weak" has been used.