Science news articles about 'mechanics of materials'

  • 'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published Online, Available for Free

    (PhysOrg.com) -- There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable`s undergraduate textbook 'Mechanics of Materials.'
  • Design tool for materials with a memory

    ... a fully operational component with the desired characteristics. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM have found a quicker way to reach their goal: "The numerical ...
  • Smart miniature pump

    ... . Together with partners from research institutes and industry, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg have developed an innovative pump system that solves ...
  • Polished to perfection

    ... toothpastes. A leading manufacturer of dental hygiene products asked the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg, one of whose specialties is the analysis and visualization of ...
  • Computer simulates thermal stress

    ... now a thing of the past. A new simulation method developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg enables companies to significantly reduce the time taken to develop ...
  • Dental fillings without gaps

    ... at the edges," says Dr.-Ing. Christof Koplin, research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg. Measurements do not help either, as tension can only be ...
  • Astronomers get best view yet of infant stars at feeding time

    ... a very precise view of the processes acting in the discs that feed stars as they form. These mechanisms include material infalling onto the star as well as gas being ejected, probably as a wind from ...
  • Almost frictionless

    ... flat-screen monitors," explains Dr. Andreas Kailer, head of department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg. "In contrast to normal liquids, the molecules in liquid ...
  • Avalanches -- triggered from the valley

    ... the layer beneath it," says Prof. Dr. Peter Gumbsch, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg. The view commonly held until now assumes that the layers of snow ...
  • The perfect cut

    ... 180 µm thick. Dr. Rainer Kübler, business unit manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM, explains: "When slicing the wafers, the challenge is to reduce the saw gap width." ...
  • Dual simulation improves crash performance

    ... the materials in their original state," says Dr. Dong-Zhi Sun, Group leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM. Yet during the course of the manufacturing process ...
  • Perfectly proportioned

    ... a critical step in dry compaction," states Dr. Claas Bierwisch from the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM. "The metal powder is not distributed 100 percent evenly in the mold. These ...

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