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WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 66 new members and 10 foreign associates, announced NAE President Charles M. Vest today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,254 and the number of foreign associates to 206.

Computational mechanics of cells, tissues, and biomaterials (ECOMASS 2012), DEADLINE EXTENDED to FEBRUARY 29

Submitted by azadpoor on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 10:18

conference

Deadline for submission of abstracts extended to February 29th.

As a part of ECCOMAS 2012 (European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering)

Submit your Abstract (Choose mini-symposium MS114)

Deadline extended for NT2F12 congress

Submitted by Catalin I. Pruncu on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 09:33

conference

fracture mechanics

finite element methods

plasticity/damage modeling continuum damage mechanics

Deadline extended for NT2F12 congress which will be held in Transilvania University of BRASOV.

Brasov is one of the largest and most cherished cities of the country. Surrounded on three sides by mountains, it was a perfect place for a medieval settlement.

pictures and data of crack propagation experiment or example

Submitted by garyofcourse on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 09:23

Forums

Fracture Mechanics Forum

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Hello,

I am looking for some data/pictures of crack propagation tests. More precisely, what I am looking for are test results of some 2D structure (or structures that can be modeled in 2D) where the experimenter has listed the geometry, material, loads and boundary conditions, and displayed photos of the crack that was observed propagating on loading the structure. Sort of like "heres a plate of dimensions a x b, made of material x, with an initial crack here, I now apply a load of magnitude M, and heres a picture of the crack that has propagated."

Is there anybody who are still studying elastic vibration theory?

Submitted by Rui He on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 08:30

research

vibration theory

I'm a graduate student studying the coupled elastic vibration prolbem of structures and soils. However, I'm not very interested in that, as I think the practical coupled structure and soil vibration problem is totally inelastic, and I don't think it is of great importance to study the elastic case.

Is there anybody studying the vibration problem here and can you tell me what's the importance of studying the elastic vibration problem? Are you interested in inelastic vibration prolbem?

Opening for a Non-tenure-track Instructional Faculty

Submitted by Pradeep Sharma on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 04:22

job

faculty opening

The Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Houston has an opening for a non-tenure track instructional faculty position. The ideal candidate should be passionate about teaching will be expected to teach 3 undergraduate courses a semester and help with ABET. A competitive 9-month salary is expected and summer support is possible as well. Although the position is non-tenure track, our intention would be to hire someone for the long-haul.

composite laminates

Submitted by kathire thirumoorthy on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 03:39

research

hai,

my project is analysis of functionally graded plates for thermal loads using matlab in this regard i need certain basepaper regarding "bending,buckling and vibrational analysis of composite laminates(cross-ply & angle-ply)subjected to only thermal loads(i,e temperature increment) either constant or linear change using different theories as classical laminate plate theory(CLPT),first order shear deformation theory(FSDT) and zeroth-order shear deformation theory(ZSDT)"

How to update solution-dependat variable (SVARS) during iterations

Submitted by haghighat on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 01:07

User subroutines in ABAQUS

Hello everyone,

I am implementing a uel user subroutine in ABAQUS. This uel is for modeling contact in X-FEM framework. Thus, it's a nonlinear problem and I need to store some solution dependent variables during each iteration. I know I can store SDVs in SVARS. But this vector will update at the end of each step, and not during iterations. Anybody knows about this problem?

I really appreciate if anybody can help me with this.

Thanks

Ehsan

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