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The nervous system has long been an inspiration for the engineer.  Here is an example in a popular textbook on neuroscience.  When a person steps on a nail, the sensor in his foot sends a signal to his brain, the brain sends a signal to his muscle, and he lifts his foot.  The example illustrates the sensor, actuator and processor in the nervous system.

Faculty position in Structures and Materials

IMATI-CNR and the Mathematics Department of the University of Pavia offer a postdoc position on isogeometric analysis. This research project focuses on the design and implementation of innovative isogeometric methods for solid/fluid mechanics.  In particular the target applications are related to

- nearly-incompressible and fibered materials

- fluids in geological formations

This research project is partially supported by the private sector, and is supervised by Annalisa Buffa and Giancarlo Sangalli.

Atomistic Mechanism of Phase Boundary Evolution during Initial Lithiatio of Crystaline Silicon

The Journal of Physical Chemistry  [PDF]  

Loughborough University, UK - Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Lecturer in Mechanics of Materials / Full Time Salary: £34,233 to £45,954 Closing date: 17 August 2014 The School is one of the largest and most successful engineering departments in the UK. Applicants should hold a Doctorate or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computational Mechanics or a related discipline.

Is it possible to run Abaqus from a Java code? or is there any communication way between Abaqus and Java?

I want to simulate a simple problem and pass some info from Abaqus to Java code and vice versa.

Thanks,

The EST method -- http://www.e-uni.ee/e-kursused/estmethod/ -- http://digi.lib.ttu.ee/estmethod/ESTmethod.pdf -- is a general computational method, for solving boundary value problems for the structural analysis of frames, beams, and trusses. Differential equations are considered here together with a set of boundary conditions.  Compatibility equations for joint displacements and equilibrium equations for member end forces at joints serve as boundary conditions.

Xu, F., Potier-Ferry, M., Belouettar, S., Cong, Y.,

International Journal of Solids and Structures (2014), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.06.023

Abstract:

Lallit Anand will receive the 2014 Drucker Medal.  There will be a symposium in his honor at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 14-20 November, Montreal, Canada.  See you there.