New Science of Cracks: Peridynamics
Although we usually don't realise, cracks are important part of our daily lives. Science of cracks is an amazing research area and there are limitless questions to be answered. Listen to Selda Oterkus’ talk on New science of cracks: Peridynamics. This talk is proudly sponsored by Deccan Airsports, South India's first Airsports company. www.deccanairsports.com The University of Strathclyde hosts world’s first ever Peridynamics Research Centre. Peridynamics is a non-local approach which depends on interaction between particles within an interaction domain called horizon. 'Everything is connected within the horizon' and the size of the horizon can be limitless. Such an approach can allow us to solve the mysteries of "science of cracks" and many more. Dr. Selda Oterkus is an associate professor (senior lecturer) in Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering department at the University of Strathclyde. Her main research interests are offshore and subsea structures, fluid structure interaction, damage modelling, multiphysics analysis, composite structures, structural health monitoring, corrosion and fatigue. She received her PhD on peridynamics from University of Arizona. She is currently the vice-director of PeriDynamics Research Centre (PDRC) at University of Strathclyde. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
BEAM AND PLATE FORMULATIONS IN PERIDYNAMIC FRAMEWORK
Dr. Erkan Oterkus gave a lecture on beam and plate formulations in peridynamic framework during the workshop “Encounter of the third kind” on “Generalized continua and microstructures, organised by M&MoCS. The International Research Center for Mathematics & Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS) is a Research Center of the Università dell’Aquila. It was established by the Dipartimento di Ingegneria delle Strutture, delle Acque e del Terreno (DISAT) and the Dipartimento di Matematica Pura e Applicata (DMPA). Its administrative headquarters are located in L’Aquila. M&MoCS was established with the financial and logistical support of Provincia di Latina and the Fondazione Tullio Levi-Civita, with which it shares the mission of developing and disseminating scientific culture in the region. It was also founded together with the Dipartimento di Strutture of Università di Roma Tre.
