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Ph.D. and Postdoc on Mechanics and Biology

Submitted by Patrick Onck on

A Postdoc position is available at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, to work on the mechanics of biological cilia. In addition, a Ph.D. position is available to work on the mechanics of the cell's cytoskeleton. Both candidates should have a university-degree in biology, physics, materials science or mechanical engineering, with a strong affinity for theoretical/numerical modelling. For a more detailled description, see the attachments below.

Processing with Matlab the Femlab data

Submitted by Sergio González on

Please, can you help me with a
little issue. I am working with the multiphysics modelling of femlab:
Stokes problem, and I need the matrices of the bilinear form, gradient
and divergence operators to create a matlab program. Could you tell me how can I
have this information in the workspace of matlab and how can I use this
information to set up a program? Thakns in advance!

Productivity tools associated with the Internet

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

One of the mission statements of iMechanica is to use the Internet to enhance communications among mechanicians. It seems that the top three uses of the Internet among many of us are

  • Emails
  • PDF
  • Google search 

It might be useful, and fun, for us to share the experience with these and other tools associated with the Internet.  I'll start a list of tools that I have found exceptionally useful.  All these tools are free of charge.

Nice Tips for Google Search Engine

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

In the current time computer and internet helps to everyone
in their daily routine. Thousand of people take help from search engine for
getting knowledge from internet per day. Mostly people use Google one of the
biggest search engine in the internet. As a Google user, you must aware about
the speed and accuracy of Google Search. How exactly Google search for the
particular word and give the right results in the front of the user. No doubt
Google is one of the most powerful search engines, and there is millions of

G.C.Sih _ Strain energy density theory

Submitted by BoJing Zhu on

Mechanics of Fracture V1-7(1973-)

1. A special theory of crack propagation

2.A three-dimensional strain energy density factor theory of crack propagation

3.Strain energy density theory applied to plate bending problems

4.Dynamic crack problems _Strain energy density criterion

5. Strain  energy density and surface layer energy for blunted cracks or notches.

6.Failure of composites as predicted by  the strain energy density  theory

7.Experimental facture mechanics :strain energy density criterion