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Sandia Fracture Challenge Update

Submitted by Sharlotte Kramer on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 18:57

Supplemental information for the third Sandia Fracture Challenge (SFC) is now available! We have compiled the supplemental information promised in the original information packet and some additional information based on questions we received from participants. The supplemental information includes electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) data on the Challenge geometry, additional base material tests, raw DIC images and examples of DIC analyses of base material tests, and additional boundary condition information.

The 3rd Sandia Fracture Challenge is here!

Submitted by Sharlotte Kramer on Mon, 12/19/2016 - 19:33

The third Sandia Fracture Challenge is here! We invite to you participate in this next installment of our collaborative, blind assessment of predictions of ductile fracture. For the third SFC, we wanted to challenge the computational mechanics community to predict ductile fracture in an additively manufactured structure.

Extrusion, slide, and rupture of an elastomeric seal

Submitted by Zhengjin WANG on Sun, 12/11/2016 - 18:36

Elastomeric seals are essential to two great technological advances in oilfields: horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. This paper describes a method to study elastomeric seals by using the pressure-extrusion curve (i.e., the relation between the drop of pressure across a seal and the volume of extrusion of the elastomer). Emphasis is placed on a common mode of failure found in oilfields: leak caused by a crack across the length of a long seal. We obtain an analytical solution of large elastic deformation, which is analogous to the Poiseuille flow of vi

PhD student or Postdoc Position available at Columbia University

Submitted by WaiChing Sun on Thu, 11/24/2016 - 10:03

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Funded Phd Positon

1 postdoctoral position

computational geomechanics

constitutive modeling

multiscale method

fracture

Plasticity

A PhD or postdoc position is available in computational multiscale modelling of geological materials at my research group.Interested candidates please visit http://gradengineering.columbia.edu/onlineapplication for general information. Answers of general admission question can be found at http://gradengineering.columbia.edu/frequently-asked-questions-2.

Symposium on Atomistic and Mesoscale Aspects of Fracture and Fatigue

Submitted by Erik Bitzek on Wed, 11/02/2016 - 11:17

I would like to point you to the

Mini symposium at the 14th International Conference on Fracture Rhodes, June 18-23 2017

on Atomistic and Mesoscale Aspects of Fracture and Fatigue

Chair: Prof. Peter Gumbsch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology & Fraunhofer IWM, Germany

Co-chair: Dr Gianpietro Moras, Fraunhofer IWM, Germany

Call for Papers: PVP 2017 - MF2 Application of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Assessment

Submitted by Liang Xue on Wed, 10/26/2016 - 17:11

2017 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference

Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA

July 16 – 20, 2017

The ASME Materials and Fabrication Committee (M&F) is inviting papers in the technical sessions on Application of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Assessment (Topic MF-2). The papers will appear in the PVP 2017 conference proceedings and may be considered for publication in the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (JPVT) or any other ASME archival journals.

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PhD position available at the University of Luxembourg - Additive Layer Manufacturing - Multi-scale Uncertainty Quantification

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 08:06

uncertainty quantification

Context

Profs. Thierry J. Massart (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Ludovic Noels (Universite de Liege) and Stephane P.A.
Bordas (University of Luxembourg) have recently been awarded a joint research project by the FNRS and FNR.
The project focuses on the mechanical behavior of discrete metallic materials, such as metal foams and printed metallic structures

PhD opportunities

Looking for a job opportunity in Mechanical Engineering

Submitted by Anton Trofimov on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 20:23

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computational mechanics

Dear All,

My name is Anton and I have graduated from New Mexico State University with my Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering in August. I am currently looking for a job opportunities in both industry and academia (PhD). I am keep looking for an openings on this web-site myself, but I will be grateful for any suggestions. If someone knows any other opportunities please let me know.

Here is a brief summary of my qualifications:

•Solid Mechanics and Materials. Physics of Strength and Plasticity. Modeling of Mechanical systems

Call for Papers // Fatigue Durability India 2016 // Publishing Partner Springer

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/19/2016 - 14:23

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FatigueDurability India 2016 invites technical papers from all Academicians/ individuals/companies associated with engineering design, analysis, testing, instrumentation, research on Fatigue Durability & Fracture Mechanics or related technologies .

The Authors are encouraged to submit paper on the following themes, but not limited to