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PhD positions in the area of materials modelling and characterization: Western University, Canada
PhD positions are available:
I am looking for talented, self-motivated, and enthusiastic students with MSc degree in mechanical or materials engineering. Students with a background in any of the following areas are recommended to apply:
- Solid mechanics and finite element modelling of materials
- Crystal plasticity modelling of polycrystals
- Materials characterization
The selected candidates are expected to start no later than January 2018.
Characterization of Human Diaphragm at high strain rate loading.
In this paper, we studied the strain rate dependent failure properties of human diaphragm tissue using uniaxial tensile testing at four strain rates, i.e. 0.0015/s, 65/s, 130/s and 190/s. The custom made quasi-satatic and drop tower based dynamic test setups was used to conduct the tests uptill 200/s strain rate.
Postdoc position in soft tissue mechanics
A postdoctoral position is available in the area of characterizing the mechanical properties of biological materials. The primary objective is to use experimental methods to investigate the mechanical response of soft tissues. The candidate is responsible to develop and carry out the experiments, analyze the results, and develop computational models to understand the measured properties. Please note that applicants must have previous experience with conducting experiments on soft tissues or soft materials and they are required to have a Ph.D.
2017 Melosh Medal Winners and Finalists
The 2017 (tied) winners of the Robert J. Melosh Medal are Matthias Mayr (Sandia National Laboratories, previously at TUM, Munich Germany) and Heng Chi (GATech).
Convert pressure (Surface load) to nodal force
Dear all,
Currently, I have a FE mesh and want to apply pressure load on part of the surface. Anybody has suggestions on how to convert the pressure load to nodal force theoretically and numerically?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you very much.
Hydrodynamic Design of Pump Diffuser Using Inverse Design Method and CFD
A new approach to optimizing a hydrodynamic design of pump diffuser is presented, based on a three-dimensional inverse design method and a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. The blade shape of the diffuser was designed for a specified distribution of circulation and a given meridional geometry at a low specific speed of 0.109 (non-dimensional) or 280 (m3 /min, m, rpm).
5 Things to Know when Selecting Grips
For the full blog post, click here: http://www.admet.com/5-things-know-buying-tensile-testing-grips/
- Item #1 – Different types of grip design
Modeling the Hydrophobicity of Nanoparticles and Their Interaction with Lipids and Proteins
We present a method of modeling nanoparticle (NP) hydrophobicity using coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG MD) simulations, and apply this to the interaction of lipids with nanoparticles. To model at a coarse-grained level the wettability or hydrophobicity of a given material, we choose the MARTINI coarse-grained force field, and determine through simulation the contact angles of MARTINI water droplets residing on flat regular surfaces composed of various MARTINI bead types (C1, C2, etc.).