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Elastic behavior in porous materials

Submitted by Dr. Hanaor - D… on

In the work shown here:

Multiscale modeling of effective elastic properties of fluid-filled porous materials

The elastic deformation and its dependence on fluid displacement is studied at two distinct scales, to address the multi-scale nature of porous structures in nature.

 

 

 

 

 

Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Solid Mechanics (CSM) Research Group

Submitted by asagna1 on

The Louisiana State University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work with the Computational Solid Mechanics (CSM) Research Group on research projects pertaining to computational material modeling and simulation due to a variety of causes including high impact damage, explosions due to energetic materials, other extreme loading conditions, etc. The researcher will also work in strain gradient plasticity to address the characteristics of microstructural material behavior such as size effects and numerical instabilities of shear bands.

Postdoc/PhD opening at MSU

Submitted by ChangyongCao on

We have an immediate opening for a Postdoc Associate and a new PhD Position for the Fall 2020 in the Laboratory for Soft Machines & Electronics (www.caogroup.org) at the Michigan State University. The research work is highly multi-disciplinary, and specific topics includes: Energy harvesters; Sensors and actuators; Artificial skins; soft (active) materials and machines; printed electronics and batteries.

Qualifications for Postdoc Position:

A hierarchical hyperelastic-based approach for multi-scale analysis of defective nano-materials

Submitted by M. Jahanshahi on

In this paper, a continuum–atomistic multi-scale method is presented in modeling the nonlinear behavior of nano-materials under large deformation. In order to identify an appropriate strain energy function for crystalline nano-structures with different percentages of spherical voids, the hyperelastic method is employed for specimen whose behavior is determined based on the molecular dynamics analyses. In the atomistic level, the EAM many-body potential is employed to model the interactions between the atoms of Al RVEs.

Postdoc/PhD opening at UMich

Submitted by xpei on

We invite applications for a postdoctoral position and fully funded Ph.D. positions at the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in the general area of advanced manufacturing with an emphasis on dissimilar materials joining innovation and high-speed solid-state additive manufacturing. The research will serve as key enabler for high-volume production of next-generation multi-material lightweight structures in automobiles, trains, ships, and aircraft.

Combined experimental and numerical study of uniaxial compression failure of hardened cement paste at micrometre length scale

Submitted by shavijabranko on

Our group has recently published an article in which, for the very first time, we measure the compressive strength of hydrated cement paste at multi-metre length scale. This study shows that microscopic strength of cement-based materials is many times higher compared to their macroscopic strength.

The accepted version of the article can be viewed at:

Two PhD Open Positions in the Soft Intelligent Materials Laboratory at Ohio State

Submitted by Nan Hu on

The Soft Intelligent Materials Laboratory (https://zhaor.engineering.osu.edu/) directed by Prof. Renee Zhao is recruiting highly-motivated applicants to fill two open PhD positions (one in spring 2020 and one in autumn 2020) at the Ohio State University - Columbus.