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A new book, A Primer on the Kinematics of Discrete Elastic Rods, has just been published by Springer and is freely accessible to faculty and students at

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-76965-3

Dear all,

Our group has recently published a paper on smart crack control in concrete structures through use of phase change materials (PCMs). The paper is open access and available at:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324751942_Smart_Crack_Control_…;

Regards,

Branko

A “flutter machine” is introduced for the investigation of a singular interface between the classical and reversible Hopf bifurcations that is theoretically predicted to be generic in nonconservative reversible systems with vanishing dissipation. In particular, such a singular interface exists for the Pflüger viscoelastic column moving in a resistive medium, which is proven by means of the perturbation theory of multiple eigenvalues with the Jordan block.

We have openings for grad students at the University of California Merced to develop and use atomistic simulations to investigate surface and interface phenomena. Specific research focuses will depend on the applicant’s background, but may include characterization of the interactions and reactions between metallic surfaces and various industrially-relevant liquid adsorbates and exploration of the effects of coupled stresses in determining the size of the contact between nanoscale bodies.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/femporoelasticity/