Do Eshelby forces exist in elastic structures?
Do Eshelby forces exist in elastic structures?
We provide a positive answer to this question, see http://www.ing.unitn.it/~bigoni/eshelbylikeforce.html
Call for Abstract Submission to the CAMX (The Composite and Advanced Materials Expo), 2014
Abstract submission to a technical session entitles "Resin System Technology" at CAMX (Created by SAMPE and ACMA) which will be held on October 13-16, 2014 in Orlando, Florida.
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Minisymposium on Damage Mechanics of Solids & Structures
As part of USNCTAM2014 (17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics) to be held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan from June 15-20, 2014, we are organizing a Minisymposium
entitled
Damage Mechanics of Solids and Structures
within the Mechanics of Solids and Structures Technical Track. Detailed information on the conference is available at http://www.usnctam2014.org
Minisymposium on Mechanics and Physics of Soft Matter Materials
As part of USNCTAM2014 (17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics) to be held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan from June 15-20, 2014, we are organizing a Minisymposium entitled
Mechanics and Physics of Soft Matter Materials
within the Mechanics of Solids and Structures Technical Track. Detailed information on the conference is available at http://www.usnctam2014.org
Applied Mechanics Division of ASME
The Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) strives to foster the intelligent use of mechanics by engineers and to develop this science to serve the needs of the engineering community. The AMD was founded in 1927 with Stephen Timoshenko as its first chair.
Collecting phenomena of large elastic deformation
It might be fun for us to work together to collect phenomena of large elastic deformation. These phenomena will enliven teaching and motivate research. As inspiration, here are two albums of fluid motion
Crack Propagation by Cohesive Element
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Hi everyone,
I've been working on crack propagation problem by cohesive elements in Abaqus.
I have a sandwich struture where adhesive bonds two steels together. And I've attached part of my input file in the following.
I can have the stress and strain distribution, but I really expect the crack will propagate in the midplane of the adhesives. I don't know whether I have to preset a line in the middle of adhesive as existing crac, or I can set some crack interaction to get the crack growth result.