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2009 SEM conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

Submitted by L. Roy Xu on

I would invite you to present your research work at the Society of Experimental Mechanics Conference (visit www.sem.org  for more details). You are welcome to submit your abstract my two sessions: 

1. Mechanical Behavior of Nanocomposite Materials

2. Recent Advance in Composite Materials.

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Bending of Inorganic Electronic Materials on Plastic Substrates

Submitted by Xue Feng on

In this paper, we report comprehensive experimental and theoretical
studies of bending in structures relevant to inorganic flexible electronics.
Different from previous mechanics models of related systems, our analysis does not
assume the thin film to cover the entire substrate, thereby explicitly
accounting for effects of edges and finite device sizes, both of which play
critically important roles in the mechanics and bending properties. These
thin-film islands give nonuniform stress, with maxima that often appear at the
edges and spatially non-uniform shear and normal stresses along the film/substrate
interface. Although these results are generally applicable to all classes of

Seeking US citizen MS/PhD applicants with computational mechanics background

Submitted by Jeffrey L Cipolla on

Hello - trying AGAIN to get this to post. I'm seeking applicants with computational mechanics background for new work in security applications. Areas include blast, failure, acoustics, and related fields. Security requirements dictate that we must have US citizens for this work - sorry, I know that's restrictive. Please feel free to email me at cipolla [at] wai.com (cipolla[at]wai[dot]com) for inquiries and details.

Max penetration error in ABAQUS

Submitted by spawaskar on

I am doing contact simulation of soft material. I want to change the default criterion for max penetration error, but can't seem to find how to do it. I tried contact controls relative and absolute penetration tolerances, hcrit but that did not affect the error criterion. Can someone help me please?

I want some informations about computational mechanics as i want to do my master's in this field

Submitted by Zahidul Mustakim on

Hello Everyone,

I am Md. Zahidul Mustakim from Bangladesh. I have graduated in Mechanical Engineering and I want to pursue my Master's Study in the field of Computational Engineering/Mechanics. As i was not familiar with this field in my undergrad study I really dont know much about this subject. I would be really grateful if You please send me some informations about the points mentioned bellow:

1. Is computational Engineering same as Numerical Simulation?

How should one compare material fatigue strength in thin film area?

Submitted by Yunfei Ma on

For several common electroplated materials: Ni, Cu, Au and Al, which one has strongest fatigue strength? We know the mechanical properties of thin films are different with their bulk counterparts due to the so called "size effect", and material properties depends largely on the microstructure and processing technique. But is there some mateiral laws or guidelines for designers to choose the "best material" as for fatigue resistant? Yield limit? ultimate tensile strength? or elongation? How could one compare material candidates without doing time-consuming test?

What are the criteria for the decomposition of the total strain into elastic and plastic parts?

Submitted by Kamyar M Davoudi on

We know that total strain is the symmetric part of the displacement gradient. Total strain can be represented by the sum of the elastic and plastic (eigen) strains. Let consider a dislocation in an arbitrary solid. Suppose we computed the displacement filed, therefore the total strain can be obtained immediately. What are the criteria for the decomposition of the total strain into elastic and plastic parts?

 

Academic Positions in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University Sarawak

Submitted by Aaron Goh on
Applications are invited for full-time, continuing academic positions in a number of areas in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University Sarawak.
Please see website for information : www.curtin.edu.my