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Report from 2011 SIMULIA Customer Conference - Abaqus 6.11 Debuts

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The 2011 SIMULIA Customer Conference has concluded, but the memories of the hundreds of presentations, partner exhibits, and Flamenco entertainment at the banquet will last a lifetime! Check out our Blogs from the 2011 SIMULIA Customer Conference in Barcelona!

New York City Renewable Energy Startup Seeking Mechanical Engineer/Materials Scientist Consultant

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ABAQUS crack propagation

Submitted by Rachel Clinton on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 21:25

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I'm trying to model in ABAQUS that crack density increases with an increasing strain. The single crack path could be either predefined or solution-dependent. It seems to me that seam crack is able to deal with predefined crack path, but could not deal with increasing crack number? XFEM is powerful and able to predict solution-dependent crack path, however, is it able to produce more and more cracks as the applied strain increases? Thanks for any help. Appreciate.

How to deal with noisy data in a mesh free Galerkin method

Submitted by Micah Paul on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 18:03

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I'm currently working with a particle tracking velocimetry method, specifically trying to extract shear and vorticity data from the non-gridded velocity results. Of several methods used, the most efficient and accurate was based on a non-Sibsonian element free method. Unlike a more typical Galerkin problem which finds displacements by solving a PDE, this method uses the displacements of natural neighbors to find local flow gradients.

New International Master Program in Computational Materials Science

Submitted by Sebastien Groh on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 16:18

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Hi,

I am writing to inform you about a new master in Computational Materials Science offered at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. It is an international master program, and all the lectures will be given in English.

To enhance multidisciplinary research, the program is open to students from different background, mechanical engineering, solid state physics and materials science.