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Post-doctoral position in biological and biomimetic materials at McGill University

Submitted by Francois Barthelat on
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fracture mechanics
biological materials
finite elements
biomimetic

I have an open position for a Post-doctoral researcher in the area of the mechanics of biological materials and novel biomimetic materials, starting immediately. The projects involve mechanics of biological and engineered nano and micro-interfaces, mechanics of fish scales, and design, fabrication and testing of composite materials inspired from nacre. The successful candidate will lead 1-2 projects and will be involved in another 2-3 ongoing projects in these areas, in collaboration with graduate students (more below).   

Finite Element Modelling of Soft Matter

Submitted by Chris Szalwinski on
open source
finite elements
mechanics of soft matter

I'm interested in developing finite element software for soft matter configurations.  Is there any open source FE software already developed for such materials?  My purpose is to research and develop algorithms that use GPU technology for modelling complex materials on a desktop

Post-doctoral position in multidisciplinary design optimization (ULB-BATir, Belgium)

Submitted by ULB-BATir on
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jobs
computational mechanics
finite elements
multidisciplinary design optimization
metamodels
mixed variables

Environment

The post-doctoral position will be accomplished within the BATir (Building, Architecture & Town planning) department of the Brussels School of Engineering/´Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, at the Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles (http://batir.ulb.ac.be ). Duration of the position: 18 months, starting in April 2012.

 

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First order linear system

Submitted by D Rabinovich on
research
finite elements

A linear (hyperbolic) first-order system has to be solved using Finite Elements.

As I understand usually non-standard discretizations are used in this case (Discontinuous Galerkin for example).

What is the reason for this? Can such an equation be modeled using standard Galerkin methods (say, linear finite elements)? 

Would standard Galerkin discretization cause instability of the solution?

Thanks,

Daniel

3-Noded Triangle with Drilling Rotations

Submitted by John Craighead on
finite elements
3-Noded Triangle
Driling Rotations

I'm trying to better understand the 3-noded triangular element with drilling rotations.

I think that the 3-noded triangle with drilling rotations is derived from the 6-noded linear strain triangle by, for mid-side nodes, constraining out-of-plane dof & converting in-plane dof to nodal rotation.

In particular, I'm wondering about the following:

PhD position : hex mesh generation

Submitted by remacle on
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Mesh generation
finite elements
hexhaeda

Two PhD studentships opportunities are available at the Universite catholique de
Louvain in Belgium for outstanding candidates.
The aim of the project is to develop a novel approach for generating
dominant hex meshes for general/complex 3D models. The approach will be based
both a generalisation of Lloyd's algorithm and on the resolution of some kind of
PDE in the domain in order to compute distances, curvatures, surface
geodesics... We look here for an indirect approach i.e. we first generate the
points and then reconnect them. All the developments will be done in the
framework of gmsh (http://www.geuz.org/gmsh).
Successfull candidates should have a strong background in applied
mathematics/numerical methods for CFD. Some knownledge of mesh generation

Position for Research staff member at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Submitted by Hirschberger on
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Plasticity
multiscale
dislocations
continuum mechanics
finite elements
crystal

The Graduate School MUSIC ("Multiscale Methods for Interface Coupling") and the

Institute of Continuum Mechanics at Leibniz Universität Hannover invites

applications for a position as a

Research Staff Member in Computational Mechanics

(Salary scale E13 TV-L)

to be appointed on 1 April 2010.

The position is embedded into the Junior Research Group on „Multiscale Modelling of

Materials and Interfaces with Size Effects” and is initially limited to 1 year.

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