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Free and open source C++ library for the generation of polygonal meshes on arbitrary domains, based on the constrained Voronoi diagram. It is the built-in polygonal mesh generator of the Veamy library.

Postdoc position available in material models for 3D printed structures

Submitted by josef.kiendl@u… on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 09:40

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3D printing

additive manufacturing

Material modelling

multiscale models

FEM

Please check the official announcement under

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/148255/postdoctor-in-mat…

Application deadline: March 9, 2018

Open Post-doc position at Energy- Control and optimization lab

Submitted by shimahajimirza on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 07:01

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Nano-Materials- Radiative Heat Transfer-Energy

Energy, Control and Optimization (ECO) lab https://www.ecolab.tamu.edu/ in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University has one post-doc position. The research project is about energy conversion in Nano-materials and thin film solar cells. Candidates should have a strong background and interests in Radiative Heat Transfer, Nano-Materials, Nanofabrication, Computational Methods and Machine Learning. Programming experience in MATLAB or Python is necessary.

Using LEFM for analyzing crack in a non linear material

Submitted by vivekiitm8 on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 12:46

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linear elastic fracture mechanics

Dear all,

I am trying to find the crack tip SIF in Polyurethane which an elastomer. It behaves like a nonlinear elastic material with the initial small linear elastic region. Can I use a multi-parameter stress field equation (William's crack tip stress field equation) to get the SIF of the crack tip.

Thank you

A web site APP for rough contact adhesion from simple Ciavarella BAM model

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Sun, 02/11/2018 - 16:49

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adhesion

dmt theory

pastweka-Robbins criterion

Persson's theory

BAM model

CIAVARELLA

See online App for rough contact adhesion based on the BAM model of Ciavarella

http://www.tribonet.org/adhesion-calculator-for-rough-surfaces-bearing-…

Advancing the frontiers of silk fibroin protein-based materials for futuristic electronics and clinical wound-healing (Invited review)

Submitted by Jingjie Yeo on Sat, 02/10/2018 - 16:48

field-effect transistors

biosensors

wearables

artificial muscles

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2018.01.007 The present review will introduce the basic concepts of silk-based electronics/optoelectronics including the latest technological advances on the use of silk fibroin in combination with other functional components, with an emphasis on improving the performance of next-generation silk-based materials. It also highlights the patterning of silk fibroin to produce micro/nano-scale features, as well as the functionalization of silk fibroin to impart antimicrobial (i.e. antibacterial) properties.