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ES 240 Project Proposal - Jane Yoon, Sun Min Jung

Submitted by Sun Min Jung on

Stress/Strain Analysis of Bullet-Holeson the Boeing 737 Fuselage Boeing 737 is the most popular aircraft in the sky today, with each one taking off or landing on average of every 6 seconds. One of the most important analyses conducted on these passenger aircrafts is determining the impact of any damage on the fuselage.

ES 240 Problem Set #8, Problem #20 - Green's function of biharmonic operator is not positive definite

Submitted by John Peter Whitney on

Professor Vlassak mentioned that last year every single person did a finite element project.  He said he wanted to see more theory projects, so I decided to take him up on that.

I was browsing around one day and happened upon an article that explained that while the Green's function of the laplacian was positive definite, the biharmonic operator's Green's function is not.  Physically, this has significance. 

Seeking postdoctoral research position in experimental mechanics

Submitted by Sandip Basu on

Hi

I am looking for a postdoctoral research position in experimental mechanics in US. I'll be graduating in January 2008 with a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia. 

Reminder - abstract submission date for 3rd IC Engineering Failure Analysis

Submitted by Dean Eastbury on

The abstract submission deadline for this next conference in the biennial Engineering Failure Analysis series (www.icefa.elsevier.com) is 30 November 2007.

The conference will take place in the coastal town of Sitges, just a short distance from Barcelona's international airport, from 13 to 16 July 2008.