Professor John W. Hutchinson, of Harvard University, will receive the 2012 Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring.  The award is the highest honor bestowed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics.   Ludwig Prandtl was a great pioneer of modern Aerodynamics.  The Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring is awarded annually to the maximum of one individual for outstanding contributions to Aeronautics and Astronautics.   

Join us in Providence, RI, May 15-17, 2012, and share your success story!Abstracts for papers are due November 7, 2011.All users of SIMULIA products including Abaqus FEA, Multiphysics, Isight and Simulation Lifecycle Management (SLM) are invited to submit an abstract.



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Please have look 
http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.5321
 
This paper presents the theory for the Lagrange co-rotational (CR) formulation of finite elements in the geometrically nonlinear analysis of 3D structures. In this paper, strains are assumed to be small while the magnitude of rotations from the reference configuration is not restricted. A new best fit rotator and consistent spin filter is derived. 

Regards,
Lukasz

Hi,

I am looking for a good citation (or perhaps a detailed explaination) on the difference between material co-ordinate and eulerian co-ordinate system.Please treat me a beginner in the field of continuum mechanics.Thanks for your help in advance.

Regards

Kapil

Hi All  Currently I am running FE modelling using linear elastic fracture mechanics approach to estimate crack growth propagation in a web plate of box girder in an existing bridge deck. The FE model includes 3D solid element. The crack growth direction is expected to follow in a plan perpendicular to the maximum principal stress.  As I know there are many methods can be used to estimate the direction of crack during propagation. My question is about the maximum tangential stress criterion method.

I am co-organizing a mini-symposium on Cohesive Zone Models –
Fundamentals and Multiscale Applications (MS-139) in
the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012) with Dr.
Glaucio H. Paulino at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. We welcome papers that present theory and
applications of cohesive zone models at any length and time scales,
from atomistic and molecular to microstructural and phenomenological
models. Please, see the attached PDF for more detail of the
mini-symposium.