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Novelis and Georgia Tech Establish Novelis Innovation Hub

Submitted by vh on Sat, 10/05/2019 - 00:49

industry

Novelis

Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta-based Novelis Inc. and Georgia Tech have announced a new collaboration to establish the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech. The company has committed $2.5 million to initiate research, faculty, student, and educational program support. The collaboration will promote basic and translational research, innovative business models, and related educational endeavors at Georgia Tech and will serve as a cross-functional hub connecting Novelis’ technical and business innovators with Georgia Tech’s students and faculty.

Postdoctoral Position Available at Khalifa University: Characterizing the Failure Modes of Flexible Skin for Morphing Wings

Submitted by kamran026 on Fri, 10/04/2019 - 09:46

job

A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available immediately in the aerospace department at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The research project focuses on characterizing the failure modes of flexible skin and their supporting structures for morphing wing applications. Those with a background in aerospace structures, composites material, fatigue and damage accumulation, morphing wings, and compliant/flexible structures are encouraged to apply.

Application submittal information:

Technicians/Service Engineers at DTU Nanolab

Submitted by info@signatur.dk on Fri, 10/04/2019 - 08:58

job

Technical University of Denmark

transmission electron microscopes

microscopy

NOSA-ITACA code 1.1c is now available

Submitted by MMSLab-CNR on Fri, 10/04/2019 - 07:18

finite element modeling

Modal Analysis

linear pertubation

model updating

The new version of the code presents an improved and more intuitive
management of the subroutine and an easier use of Job monitor dialogue.
Enjoy it
http://www.nosaitaca.it/software/

Call for abstracts! International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials XIII

Submitted by Sophie Hayward on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 13:19

conference

Fatigue damage; structural metals; crack growth; residual stress; corrosion; abrasion; oxidation

The thirteenth biennial International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials will be held in scenic Cape Cod at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Hyannis, USA from 13-18 September 2020.

This prestigious and long running conference will bring together delegates from around the world to discuss how to characterize, predict, and analyze the fatigue damage of structural materials.

Abstract submission open for mini-symposium "S15: Advanced modelling techniques: higher-order continua" at 17th European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC17), Madrid, Spain, May 27-29, 2020

Submitted by Lorenzo Bardella on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 12:42

conference

higher-order continua

"Advanced modelling techniques: higher-order continua" organised by Lorenzo Bardella (University of Brescia) and Samuel Forest (Mines ParisTech CNRS) http://www.emmc17.org/symposium-s15.html

Submission deadline: December 3rd, 2019.

The false myth of the rise in Italian self-citations, and the impressively positive effect of bibliometric evaluations on the increase of the impact of Italian research

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 05:05

Title: The false myth of the rise in self-citations, and the impressively positive effect of bibliometric evaluations on the increase of the impact of Italian research

Authors: Pietro D'Antuono and Michele Ciavarella

Categories: physics.soc-ph math.ST stat.TH Comments: 20 pages, 8 figures, 10 tables, in English and inItalian License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02948

Journal Club for October 2019: A Metamaterial Approach to Soft Robotics

Submitted by K. Bertoldi on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 02:12

research

Metamaterials are rapidly emerging at the frontier of science and engineering. Mechanical metamaterials, in particular, have been designed to show superior mechanical properties, such as ultrahigh stiffness and strength-to-weight ratio, or unusual properties, such as a negative Poisson’s ratio and a negative coefficient of thermal expansion.

Postdoctoral Fellow Position Available at Khalifa University: Topology Optimization

Submitted by kamran026 on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 01:37

job

Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline (Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics), and an established track record evident by

publication in top-quality journals. Expertise in one or more of the following areas is a must:

topology optimization, mechanics of cellular materials, finite element analysis,

Wrinkling and smoothing of a soft shell

Submitted by Fan Xu on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 01:11

Transverse wrinkles usually occur in a uniaxially tensile elastic membrane and will be smoothed upon excess stretching. This instability-restabilization response (isola-center bifurcation) can originate from the nonlinear competition between stretching energy and bending energy. Here, we find a crucial factor, the curvature, which can control effectively and precisely the wrinkling and smoothing regimes. When the sheet is bent, the regime of wrinkling amplitude versus membrane elongation is narrowed, with local wrinkling instability coupled with global bending.

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