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Dear Prof.Barber, This is the proof

Submitted by Xu Guo on

 

Dear Prof.Barber,

     This is the proof of the theorem I mentioned before. This proof is recorded in a book

  (titled as variational principle in elasticity and its applications)  written by Prof.Hai Chang Hu, one of the inventors of the well-known Hu-Washizu generalized variational principle. It is written in Chinese. I translated it into English. Of course, all errors and misunderstandings are due to me. I think this proof is elegant and accessible to most of the students with engineering background.

From the Ph.D Student

Submitted by GOPALAERO2000 on

Hi Every one

Greetings!!!

 I am a new entrant to this site. This site seems to be very good towards technical aspect.

First of all I would like to introduce myself. I am a Ph.D student working in the area of fatigue.

- Is there anyone to support and share the knowledge in the domain of fatigue?

- Can anyone guide towards the websites that provides very good information about fatigue and related literatures.

 

Thanks and Regards

Gopalakrishnan Mohanam

 

ABAQUS_UMAT_STATEV

Submitted by Marina Trajkovic on

Dear all,

do you know does any entry stored is STATEV, used in UMAT subroutine,
should remain unchanged for the next increment for the case of finite
deformation?

I know that STRESS and STRAN  will be rotated by ABAQUS but what about the STATEV?

I want to protect STATEV from any rotation by ABAQUS in order to rotate
it in UMAT by my rotation matrix but I am experiencing that it is
different value at the beginning of new increment in comparison the one
as output from previous increment.

Thanks in advance,

Marina.

2009 Gordon Research Conference on Adhesion

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Location:  Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, United States

Sunday, July 26, 2009 - Friday, July 31, 2009

Chair:  Jeffrey T Koberstein (Columbia University)

Vice Chair:  Chung-Yuen Hui (Cornell University)

Web Site:  http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2009&program=adhesion

Online Application:  http://www.grc.org/application.aspx?id=13784

Hertz contact question

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Dear all

I'm doing an analysis where i need to evaluate the contact area acoording to hertz theory.

I have a book which shows me every step, except for how to calculate two coefficients, and insteads gives me a table of calculated values. 

For the contact patch dimensions a and b, i get the expression

where i need to determine m and n. My book (A swedish book without ISBN) simply states that m and n are functions of theta,

and writes a large table with m and n for different angles

The issue of the computation of the deformation gradient in Abaqus

Submitted by Malik Ait-Bachir on

Hi everybody,

I am trying to model an anisotropic hyperelastic material in plane stress under uniaxial tension

where W=Wiso +Wani= C10*(I1-3)+C4*(I4-1)2 .

 When the load is parallel or perpendicular to the fiber direction, the deformation gradient returned by Abaqus matches the theoretical expression obtained after derivation of W. 

However, when the fiber direction is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the load, the deformation gradient returned by Abaqus differs

modelling of axisymmetric cold extrusion die by abaqus

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

 my problem is simulation of axisymmetric cold extrusion die. the die is conical, i have to determine die pressure, ram force and temprature in billet as well in die, plz see attached file and see simulation figure, my problem is same as in file,i have facing interaction problem in abaqus while solving this problem. plz help me