Professor David Steigmann will be a Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellow at the ºÚÁÏÉç from 2016 to 2019.
Visiting Fellow and Host
Fellow:
Professor David Steigmann, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley
Host:
Professor Georges Limbert, Associate Professor, Engineering and the Environment
Aims of the collaboration
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To develop expertise and increased research into theories appropriate to describe and predict surface instabilities in multi-layer structures, such as biological membranes and engineering thin film systems.
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To propose novel theories and computational techniques based on peridynamics theory and its variants
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To explore the role of material anistotropy on wrinkling instabilities with particular focus on multi-layered biological structures
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To establish an international network of researchers in these topics.