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Postdoc in Mechanics/Tribology and/or Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Postdoc position available on Mechanics/Tribology and/or Triboelectric Nanogenerators at the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering. Applicants with background in mechanics, tribology or triboelectric nanogenerators (including device fabrication and testing) are welcome. Closing date: 08-Dec-2020
Residual stresses reduce pulse wave velocity in arteries
In this note, we develop simple analytical formulas to estimate the effect of residual stresses on the pulse wave velocity in blood vessels. We combine these formulas with three constitutive models of the arterial wall: the Fung model and two models accounting for the dispersion of collagen fibers via 8 and 16 structure tensors accordingly. The residual stresses come into play with a description of the initial kinematics - the opening angle.
EML Webinar on 11 November 2020 on Mechanobiology: A Tale of Stressed Life by Sulin Zhang
EML Webinar on 11 November 2020 will be given by Sulin Zhang, Penn State University. Discussion leader: Teng Li, University of Maryland
Title: Mechanobiology: A Tale of Stressed Life
Time: 9:30 am Boston, 2:30 pm London, 3:30 pm Paris, 10:30 pm Beijing on 11 November 2020
Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684
Faculty positions at Northeastern University in China
Multiple faculty positions (Full professor, associate professor and assistant professor) in mineral processing are available at Northeastern University in China. Please send your CV to ilovebluesky1981 [at] gmail.com, if you are interested. Thank you.
Two postdoc positions in computational mechanics at Czech Technical University in Prague
Two fully-funded postdoctoral positions in computational mechanics of materials and structures are available in the groups of Milan Jirásek (https://mech.fsv.cvut.cz/~milan) and Jan Zeman (https://openmechanics.fsv.cvut.cz/people/jan-zeman). Full description of the openings is available at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/573988, the call closes on 5 December 2020.
PhD opportunity within the ITN NewFrac Computational Fracture Mechanics
Dear friends,
I bring your attention to the following PhD offer within the ITN Newfrac on Computational Fracture Mechanics, please see below and the link https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/572885
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Is the Bouligand architecture tougher than regular cross-ply laminates? Adiscrete element method study, Pro and Barthelat, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020
Novelty/impact/significance:
With capturing the main mechanisms, it is revealed that the Bouligand structure outperforms the cross-ply (0°/90°) for any crack orientation, while the former is more isotropic in-plane in stiffness and toughness.
Scientific question:
Is the Bouligand architecture tougher than regular cross-plies, given the same fibers and interfaces?