This field has a wide range of applications, laws and concepts of solid mechanics are used: 1  In Civil Engineering to design foundations and structures.  In Geo-Mechanics to model shape of planets, tectonics and predict earthquakes.
CBS News Logo. Kurt Cobain's death was indeed a suicide, police say. Nearly 20 years after Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home, the city's police have re-examined the case - including dozens of photos not seen before. Cobain was 27 at the time.
A detective told CBS Seattle affiliate KIRO-TV the new work on the case turned up nothing to make him think Cobain's death was anything but what it was ruled to be in 1994 - a suicide. April 1994 photo provided by Seattle Police Department shows items found at scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide, in Seattle.