Composites

The programme for the 6th International Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives is now available on the website.

To view the programme or to register, please go towww.tc4pca.elsevier.com

Two post-doctoral positions are available in the lab of Sachin Velankar in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh to conduct experimental research on the biomechanics of surface texturing in cephalopods (octopus or cuttlefish), and to devise reversibly-morphing surfaces. These animals are famous for their camouflage abilities. Like many other animals, cephalopods can change their color, but in addition, they can also change the texture of their skin by expressing protuberances or wrinkles.

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Eurotel Victoria, Les Diablerets, Switzerland 11-15 September 2011

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The word "failure" can mean different things to different people. Over the past couple of years, my interactions with various groups from industry has shown me that for some people failure means catastropic fracture/buckling while for others it can mean highly localized plastic yielding. Even for relatively simple sandwich composite structures, there is no clearly agreed upon definition of the word.

Submissions for Poster Presentation
The deadline for Poster submissions is fast approaching. To submit your 250 word abstract, go to the在线submission system.

The conference provides an efficientplatform for experts on composites analysis.We are very pleased that the 2011 Public Forum of the EU Project MAAXIMUS (More Affordable Aircraft through eXtended, Integrated and Mature nUmerical Sizing,www.maaximus.eu) will be part of our ECCOMAS Thematic Conference.

In addition to thenotes on stabilitythat I've already posted, I have a set on Composites, which also originated from a lecture course that I gave in Ecole Polytechnique, around 2002. In the hope that they may be of interest at least to someone, here they are! Please do remember that they are just notes and may not be error-free.

The deadline for submitting abstracts has now been extended to 15 November. To submit, go tohttp://www.tc4pca.elsevier.com/abstractsubmission.asp

The Institute of Structural Analysis (ISD) of Leibniz Universität Hannover organizes the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites, from 21st - 23rd September 2011, in cooperation with the Graduate School on Multiscale Methods for Interface Coupling (MUSIC) of Leibniz Universität Hannover, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and REpower Systems AG.

Nov.5, 2010

Openingfor Research Fellow Position in Composite Structures

The Research Center for Aircraft Parts Technology in Gyeongsang National University (Jinju, South Korea) has openeda postdoctoral research fellowposition for the research on composite structures.

Final call for papers - deadline 5 November 2010

There are only a few days left to submit your papers, if you haven't already done so. All you have to do is go tohttp://www.tc4pca.elsevier.com/abstractsubmission.asp

We are inviting authors to submit 300 words abstract for oral and poster presentation at the conference. New developments and innovative applications are especially welcome in the following subject areas:

The 2011 SIMULIA Customer Conference (SCC) will be held May 16-19, 2011 in beautiful Barcelona, Spain. A city filled with world famous museums, historical sites, shopping, entertainment, and culinary delights.

We are pleased to invite you to join your colleagues and share your Abaqus FEA experience by submitting an abstract by November 8, 2010.

Abstracts are also being accepted for papers detailing the use of Isight for simulation process automation and design optimization.

The Institute of Structural Analysis at Leibniz Universität Hannover invites applications for a

博士生的位置

(Salary scale TV-L E13)

The position will be available from 1 November 2010 and should lead to a PhD thesis.

Research Project

The Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia is organizing this International Conference to bring together researchers and engineering professionals from all over the globe to meet and deliberate in the beautiful green city of Kuala Lumpur.

This will be the 6th International Conference in the series organised by the European Structural Integrity Society - Technical Committee 4 on Fracture Mechanics related to Polymers, Polymeric Composites and Adhesives. We are again inviting papers in the areas reflecting the current and future interests of TC4 as listed below.

Both experimental and analytical work is sought in order to give a balanced view of the subject areas:

I'm currently working on modeling 3 phases composites material. However, I'm having hard time on finding the transverse modulus as it's different from analytical results. I've been using Mori-Tanaka approach to determine the stiffness moduli. Does anyone know how to obtain a correct values for the transverse moduli?

The Graduate School MUSIC and the Institute of Structural Analysis at Leibniz Universität Hannover invite applications for a PhD candidate position (Salary scale TV-L E13).

The Institute of Structural Analysis (ISD) organizes the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites from 21st - 23rd September 2011 in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Graduate School on Multiscale Methods for Interface Coupling (MUSIC) of Leibniz Universität Hannover, and REpower Systems AG.

Dear iMechanica commmunity,

we are looking for 3 PhD students at Oxford, starting from the 1st of October 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. The closing date for the application is the 26th of July. The 3 students are required for two different research projects, namely:

1) Underwater blast on composite structures -open only to EU nationals; 2 PhD students are required. The studentships are advertised here