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Solid Mechanics Professorship at Imperial College London

Submitted by Daniel S. Balint on

Professorship in the Mechanics of Materials Division

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Imperial College London

Imperial College is one of Europe's leading teaching and research institutions and the Department of Mechanical Engineering had the highest possible rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 31: Emerging Methods To Understand Mechanical Behavior at TMS Annual Meeting, March 9-13 2008

Submitted by blboyce on

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the symposium on “Emerging Methods To Understand Mechanical Behavior” at 2008 TMS annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008.  

Simpleware signs up Vangest Group as their reseller in Portugal and Spain

Submitted by Simpleware on

Simpleware Ltd., the world leader in image-based meshing software, has signed a reseller agreement with Vangest Group, a provider of most advanced solutions in project, development and manufacturing.

Simpleware develops world-leading mesh generation software for the conversion of 3D scan data into high-quality computational models for FEA, CFD, CAD and Rapid Prototyping. Unlike other approaches, Simpleware provides complete software solutions from importing 3D images through to direct export to commercial FEA and CFD solvers including: ABAQUS, ANSYS, COMSOL, FLUENT, MSC, etc.

Why do people become registered users of iMechanica?

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

The number of registered users of iMechanica is approaching 3000.  This sustained growth has been surprising to many, considering that iMechanica was launched less than a year ago, in September 2006, that iMechanica uses an off-the-shelf open-source software, Drupal, and that everyone can read everything without registration.  Why have so many people registered?  There might be many reasons, such as

Sih's Strain Energy Density Approach in Fracture - why is it not very popular?

Submitted by yoursdhruly on

Most fracture classes and texts focus on the following different approaches: Griffith's energy approach, Irwin's stress intensity factor approach, the Barenblatt-Dugdale strip yield model (and subsequently, cohesive zone modeling) and Rice's J-Integral approach. As a graduate student studying fracture mechanics, I have often wondered why there seems to be very little discussion in the community with regard to Sih's strain energy density approach. Are there any fundamental limitations to the approach or are there "other" reasons behind this? Your thoughts are appreciated.