Greetings from MA@IITK. Every year MA@IITK conducts "Understanding lecture" where basic conceptsof science and engineering are explained to IITK students. This year weare honoured to have with us Prof. Rajesh Prasad (Dept. Of Material science and engineering, IIT Delhi) as the speaker for this talk. The details of thetalk are as follows:Title: "15 vs. 21 vs. 45: A journey into the world of anisotropic elasticproperties"ABSTRACT:Are crystals isotropic or anisotropic? Does the answer depend upon thecrystal system? In particular, are cubic crystals isotropic? And does theanswer also depend upon the type of property? Can the same material beisotropic for one property but anisotropic for another? Is negativePoisson's ratio possible? If possible, is it rare or common? Why wasRobert Hooke interested in the elasticity of springs? And how did heannounce his law to the world? How do we extend his law to accommodateanisotropy? What was the disagreement between George Green and A.L. Cauchyon the elasticbehaviour of crystals? Welcome to this journey in the strange world ofanisotropic elastic properties.Date: January 26, 2022 Wednesday (4-5 PM)Event Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mq9lzyRHasMYnsCBTLd7q-hjOwhukUIK/view?usp=sharingThe event will be conducted via ZOOM and hence has a restriction on thenumber of attendees. Registration is required for 300 seats available.Kindly fill the google form appended below to register for the talk andinteractive session.Registration Link: *https://forms.gle/7dctSabdCgSc1qyn7Last date for registration is January 22, 2022 (23:59 hrs)*------------------------------
Shruti Dubey
SBoT, ASM International
Chair, MA@IITK
Student Delegate, PCSA
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur
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