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Numerical Simulation, Modelization, Mechanical Characterization and Micro-structural Optimization of Industrial Components
News
PhD Defence - Emilio Martínez Pañeda
31.05.2016
Emilio Martínez Pañeda, predoctoral fellow at SIMUMECAMAT, will defend the 3rd of June his PhD Thesis titled Strain gradient plasticity-based modeling of damage and fracture. His work has been supervised by Professor Betegón and the defence will take place in the boardroom at 12:00 a.m. The members of the PhD Committe will be Prof. Cristina Rodríguez (University of Oviedo), Prof. José Fernández-Sáez (Universidad Carlos III Madrid) and Prof. Viggo Tvergaard (Technical University of Denmark).
Susana receives the 2nd prize in the Mobility MSc Thesis competition
12.01.2016
Susana del Busto, pre-doctoral researcher of SIMUMECAMAT, has been recently awarded the 2nd prize in the ThyssenKrupp Chair in Mobility Master Thesis competition. Her work, entitled Development and application of a cohesive zone model in the finite element method has been supervised by Emilio Martínez Pañeda and Covadonga Betegón.
Konstantinos Poulios PhD Seminar
29.06.2015
Within the continuum mechanics and theory of structures seminars organized by professor Alfonso Fernández-Canteli, Konstantinos Poulios, from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), will give a talk entitled Finite Element Analysis of Fiber Micro-buckling in Unidirectionally Reinforced Composites by means of Homogenization. The seminar will take place in the boardroom at 11.30 a.m. on Friday 3.
32nd Meeting of the Spanish Group of Fracture
15.05.2015
From the 27th to 29th of April, the XXXII Meeting of the Spanish Group of Fracture was held in Zamora (Spain). Several members of SIMUMECAMAT attended the event, which takes place every year, being a traditional meeting point for solid mechanics researchers from Spain and Portugal. This edition was particularly emblematic since Prof. Cristina Rodríguez received the honor medal of the Spanish Group of Fracture, in recognition of her long and successful research career. Moreover, Emilio Martínez-Pañeda was granted with the best oral presentation award. Read more...
XVIII International Colloquium Mechanical Fatigue of Metals
10.02.2015
The XVIII edition of the International Colloquium Mechanical Fatigue of Metals will take place in Gijón (Asturias, Spain) in September 2016. The event will be chaired by Prof. Javier Belzunce, Prof. Alfonso Fernández-Canteli and Associate Professor Inés Pariente. All the information regarding the event can be found in its official website: www.icmfm18.org
PhD Defence
31.10.2014
Víctor Llaneza Menéndez, predoctoral fellow of SIMUMECAMAT, will defend the 31st of October his PhD Thesis titled Control of shot peening parameters with the aim of optimizing these treatments over industrial materials. His work has been supervised by Professor Belzunce and the defence will take place in the boardroom at 11:30 a.m.
XIV National Congress on Mechanical Properties of Solids
01.10.2014
From the 17th to 19th of September, the XIV National Congress on Mechanical Properties of Solids was held in Linares (Jaén). This congress takes place every two years and it is a meeting point for research centres and universities which are specialized in metals, ceramics and polymers. Read more...
12th International Conference on Shot Peening
30.09.2014
From the 15th until the 18th of September of 2014 the “12th International Conference on Shot Peening ICSP-12” has been held in Goslar (Germany). This conference, which is held every three years, is organized by the International Scientific Committee for Shot Peening (ISCSP) and it is an important international meeting point for experts in mechanical surface treatments. Read more...
20th European Conference on Fracture
30.07.2014
From 30th June to 4th July, the 20th European Conference on Fracture (ECF20) took place in Trondheim (Norway) under the auspices of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS). The ECF, which is held every two years since 1976, is a renowned international conference in the field of fracture, fatigue and structural integrity. Read more...
WCCM XI - ECCM V -ECFD VI (Barcelona 2014)
29.07.2014
From 20th July to 25th July took place in Barcelona the 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI) along with the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM V) and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI), organized by the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and the Spanish Association for Numerical Methods in Engineering (SEMNI)
IUTAM Symposium on Micromechanics of defects in solids (SMDS2014)
16.06.2014
From the 9th until the 13th of June took place in Seville (Spain) the Symposium on Micromechanics of defects in solids (SMDS2014) organized by Professor Pilar Ariza, from the University of Seville, and supported by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM). Emilio Martínez Pañeda, in representation of SIMUMECAMAT, had the opportunity to attend and participate in such an interesting event. Read more...
Special coverage in EPI magazine
24.04.2014
April's edition of EPI Magazine includes a special coverage of SIMUMECAMAT research activities, including a picture of the members of the group and information related to SIMUMECMAT research interests and current R&D projects. Read more...
XXXI Conference of the Spanish Group of Fracture (31GEF)
01.04.2014
On this occasion, six members of SIMUMECAMAT research group led by Professor Javier Belzunce will attend the annual meeting of the Spanish Fracture Group (31GEF) in El Escorial (Madrid), where they will present a total of 8 research papers.
Amina Tahar PhD Seminar
19.02.2014
Within the continuum mechanics and theory of structures seminars organized by professor Alfonso Fernández-Canteli, Amina Tahar, from the University of Aïn Témouchent (Argelia), who is currently doing a research stay in the University of Oviedo under the supervision of Cristina Rodríguez, will explain her research interests with the aim of stablishing future collaborations. The seminar will take place in the boardroom at 9.00 a.m. on wednesday 19.