There is an opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy NY to work on a project sponsored by the Army Research Office involving multiscale modeling of 3D woven fiber composites under high strain rate loading conditions. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in computational mechanics. Qualifications: 1. PhD in Computational/Applied Mechanics or related topic. 2. Sound background in nonlinear solid mechanics. 3. Sound background in FEM technology.

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED

for a top-level scientific leader, who will become head of

the Laboratory of Solids Mechanics, CNRS , Ecole Polytechnique,
Palaiseau.

see attached file (in English) or go to:  http://www.enseignement.polytechnique.fr/mecanique/Postes/appel-LMS_09…

The Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering invites applications for a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, or full professor preferably in the areas of controls, solid mechanics/design.  Applications will be reviewed until the search is filled. For complete qualifications and applications information see http://www.mee.unt.edu. AA/EOE/ADA

Quantitative studies on diffusional growth of an isolated
precipitate in a supersaturated matrix date back to the classic work of
C Zener (1949) and F C Frank
(1950); while Zener-Frank (ZF) theory is for precipitates that are
non-misfitting, misfitting precipitates have been studied by Laraia,
Johnson and Voorhees (1988) (hereafter, LJV). Both ZF and LJV are sharp
interface models (and are mostly analytical); further, the assumptions
made in these theories make it difficult to verify their results by

Dear colleagues, this is a paper on the experimental determination of temperature field at the crack tip in a natural rubber using a motion compensation technique. The contribution of the non-uniformity of the IR detectors and the Narcissus effect is taking into account to determine the temperature field.

JB LE CAM

This year’s meeting will take place on 13-19 November 2009, in Lake Buena, Florida.  The deadline to submit abstracts is today (2 March 2009).

Well I am really wondering about thsi right now as I read  that I should really try to further my education via Distance learning .

This is a study dealing with the volume variation in filled crystallizable natural (F-NR) and uncrystallizable styrene butadiene (F-SBR) rubbers subjected to cyclic loadings. During their deformation, such materials exhibit volume variation induced by the cavitation phenomenon and the decohesion between particles and the rubber matrix.

this is a study on the competition between cavitation and stress-induced crystallization during the deformation of cis-1,4 polyisoprene rubber. During deformation, this kind of material exhibits volume variation induced by both phenomena. In this study, we propose to measure this volume variation by an original full-field measurement technique. The high resolution of this technique allows us to identify characteristic stretch ratios during mechanical cycles.