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Reminder: Call for abstracts International Workshop on Computational...

This is a reminder to invite you to submit an abstract for the 24th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM 24) in Madrid, Spain on October 1st-3rd. The abstract...

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Looking for a postdoc position in US

Hi, all,I am Kun Luan, a doctoral graduate from China. I am now looking for a postdoc position in damage tolerance, failure analysis, and fracture mechanics for composite materials, and advanced...

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Postdoctoral Position in Computational Damage Mechanics Available at Masdar...

A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in computational damage mechanics is available immediately at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates. Masdar Institute...

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PhD position in Analysis of Fracture in Porous Ceramic Catalysts by use of...

The Department of Energy Conversion and Storage at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Haldor Topsøe A/S (HTAS) is seeking a candidate for a PhD position in analysis of fracture in porous...

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Research Associate in Fractured Rock Hydrology

Research Associate in Fractured Rock HydrologyImperial College LondonDepartment of Earth Science and EngineeringA fixed term post for up to 36 monthsSalary: £32,750 per annumThe Department of Earth...

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Plastic J significance in CTOD equation

I am working on the validation of CTOD. In the evaluation of CTOD using the J-integral approach as applied in ASTM E1290 and E1820, the plastic J component is defined as (Npl*Apl)/(Bn*Bo)...

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Comparing experimental fracture properties and micromechanical (or...

I am interested in developing a global-local finite element model (micro/macro) to simulate flexural testing of a composite material. Flexural loading will be applied on global model (macro) and crack...

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PhD Position in Fracture of Arctic Materials at the Norwegian University of...

One PhD position in "Fracture of Arctic Materials" at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.

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Forensics: residual stress of fractured part

I’ll present this below without the answer, in case you want to enjoy a little brain teaser. It is a solid and experimental mechanics problem that, while not terribly practical, I found very...

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Competition for a post-doc position on computational mechanics now open at...

Dear Colleague, this is to inform you that the research unit MUSAM "Multi-scale Analysis of Materials" (http://musam.imtlucca.it) at the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy) has opened 1...

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Modelling fracture of graphene using Griffith’s criterion and quantized...

In armchair graphene sheets, crack propagates perpendicular to the applied strain, whereas crack propagation in zigzag sheets occurs at an angle to the straining direction. This occurs due to...

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Calculation of J integral of graphene using molecular dynamics simulations

In our recent paper, atomistic and continuum modelling of temperature-dependent fracture of graphene, we directly calculate J integral using the data obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. Fig....

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Post-doctorate Positions in Offshore Engineering at National University of...

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is recruiting 2 post-doctorate research fellows to pursue research on ice-structure interaction in...

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Post-doctoral position in bio-inspired micro-architectured materials at...

I have an open position for a Post-doctoral researcher in the area of biomimetic materials, starting immediately. The successful candidate will explore and optimize bioinspired microarchitectures to...

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Inglis (1913) vs. Griffith (1921)

I have updated my notes on the Griffith paper.  I added more description on the experimental determination of surface tension of solids.  Griiffith himself determined the surface tension of glass by an...

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The toughest hydrogel in the world

The class started today.  I'll be teaching fracture mechanics this semester.  I'll be mostly using the class notes I wrote in 2010, but will post updated ones.  In today's class I covered "Trouble with...

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J integrale evalution on Abaqus

Good mourning, i am using Abaqus software to inverstigate a crack propagation problem using Abaqus, in this regards i have created a seam crack iner the geometrie which is a plate  under a plane stress...

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Project Associate / PhD Positions: Multiscale Simulation of Nano-Composites...

Applications are invited for few open positions in the area of multiscale simulation of fatigue and fracture of advanced alloys and nano-material based composites. Primary focus of this research is...

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Deadline extended for NT2F12 congress

Deadline extended for NT2F12 congress which will be held in Transilvania University of BRASOV.Brasov is one of the largest and most cherished cities of the country. Surrounded on three sides by...

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Call of interest - Post-doc position at IMT Lucca on computational mechanics...

This is a call of interest for a post-doc position (1 year renewable up to 3 years) at the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy (www.imtlucca.it), in the field of computational damage and...

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