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Dear Colleagues,

The deadline for submitting an abstract to the international
conference "Fluid and Elasticity 2009" is approaching.

   ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DEC. 19

To submit your abstract, please follow the instructions on:
https://www.irphe.univ-mrs.fr/%7Efe09/abstracts.html

The following topics will be addressed:
- Aeroelasticity
- Biological internal flows
- Compliant walls
- Elasticity-capillarity coupling
- Flow-induced vibration

Multiple, assistant researcher/research scientist/postdoctoral positions are available in a large, 4-year duration, Department of Defense program on “Release, Atmospheric Dispersal, and Environmental Fate of Liquid Agents”.  The effort is aiming to: (a) achieve a basic understanding of the physics of aero-breakup and dispersal of liquid agents in high-speed flows, (b) achieve a basic understanding of impact/spreading/absorption/reaction/evaporation of drops falling on various substrates, and (c) develop and validate computational tools covering the hierarchy of scales involved and purp

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS. 17th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM on COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ORTHOPAEDIC BIOMECHANICS, http://www.pre-ORS.org, Saturday, February 21st, 2009, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Online Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline: December 8, 2008

Hi all,

     Here I encoutered a error in ABAQUS when I include ALE with VUMAT. When ALE was not included with VUMAT, my job can work well while with the combination of VUMAT and ALE, the job cann't work any more due to a "Signal 8" error. And if I use a built-in material model and at the same time ALE, a job can work. Furthermore, element failure is considered in all of the cases.

    Anyone can give some suggetion? Thanks in advance!

Xinke

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