biomechanics
Viscoelastic damping behavior of structural bamboo material and its microstructural origins
In this study, the intrinsic viscoelastic mechanical behavior of a hierarchical bio-composite, structural bamboo material, was experimentally investigated and correlated with its microstructural constituents and molecular building blocks. The macroscopic viscoelastic responses of bulk bamboo at ambient temperature and dehydrated condition were evaluated through dynamic compression experiments with various loading frequencies, whereas the localized viscoelasticity of bamboo's microstructural phases, viz.
Rates of bond breaking between myosin and actin at different nucleotide states are systematically extracted for the first time
Recently, unusually high detachment rates of a myosin from actin were reported with a force spectroscopy technique. Here, we show that these high rates may be due to the coupling between bond breaking and state transition. Based on a kinetic model for single myosin, rates of bond breaking between myosin and actin at different nucleotide states are systematically extracted for the first time. Our results clearly indicate that myosins may adopt much higher transition rates than bond breaking rates at different nucleotide states at relatively low forces.
7th Summer School on Biomechanics of Soft Tissues: Multiscale Modeling, Simulation and Applications
7th Summer School on Biomechanics of Soft Tissues: Multiscale Modeling, Simulation and Applications
Graz University of Technology, Austria
July 4 - 8, 2016
coordinated by:
Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Ray W. Ogden, University of Glasgow, UK
Fully-funded PhD position in Computational Mechanics - Biomimetics [#2] for EU students for September 2016, University of Southampton, UK
PhD project 2 (Reference: NGCM-0080)
Design and optimisation of bio-inspired programmable surfaces with active materials
Biotribology Group, nCATS
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Background
Fully-funded PhD position in Computational Mechanics [#1] for EU students for September 2016, University of Southampton, UK
PhD project 1 (Reference: NGCM-0011)
Generalised asymptotic numerical methods for buckling instability problems in biological systems and bio-inspired morphing structures
Biotribology Group, nCATS
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Background
PhD Positions in Advanced Virtual Prototyping at the University of Manchester
I am currently recruiting new PhD students to join my research group at The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. The core focus of the group is advanced computing for engineering simulation. My research interests centre on extreme scale parallel computing, cloud computing and virtual reality simulation platforms, applied to scientific and engineering problems involving complex processes.
PhD Positions in Advanced Virtual Prototyping at the University of Manchester
I am currently recruiting new PhD students to join my research group at The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. The core focus of the group is advanced computing for engineering simulation. My research interests centre on extreme scale parallel computing, cloud computing and virtual reality simulation platforms, applied to scientific and engineering problems involving complex processes.
Postdoctoral Position at UPenn : Finite Element Simulations of Cell-Matrix Interactions in Micro-tissues
*** This is a NEW OPEN POSITION - not related to any previous post ***
Job position in numerical biomechanics
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