Z machine makes progress toward nuclear fusion
I thought the following article might be of interest to some on this site.
Lee Margetts's blog
Survey of Computing Platforms for Engineering Simulation
How many organisations are using Cloud Computing? Is the use of High Performance Technical Computing in engineering simulation set to grow in the next 5 years? Will Tablet PCs be powerful enough to run my application? What do my peers think?
These are typical questions asked by the engineering simulation community. Wouldn't it be great if we could take a snapshot of the type of computing platform we're using today and also predict where we will be in the next 5 years?
Cracks found at reactor at Hunterston B nuclear power station
Perhaps some of those on this site have seen the news article on the BBC website yesterday about cracks appearing in the reactor at the Hunterston B nuclear power station. As the article states, cracking in the graphite bricks is predicted and the regulators are happy that the reactor is safe to operate.
Sutured tendon repair; a multi-scale finite element model.
We've recently published an open access journal paper that looks at the mechanics of sutures used to repair severed tendons. A homogenization strategy is used to derive effective elastic properties for tendon fibrils and intracellular matrix. We have found that regions of high stress correlate with the regions of cell death (necrosis) that are sometimes observed in patients.
If this is of interest, please feel free to view the paper here.
Research Associate in 4D Image based quantification and simulation
An excellent opportunity to work in a world leading team with privileged access to facilities that most researchers can only dream about.
Closing date: 18/04/2013
Reference: EPS-02440
Faculty / Organisational unit : Engineering Physical Sciences, School of Materials
Division : X-Ray
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Reference: EPS-02440
Faculty / Organisational unit : Engineering Physical Sciences, School of Materials
Division : X-Ray
Imaging
Salary : Grade 6 (currently £29,541 - £36,298 p.a.)
Employment type : Fixed Term
Using engineering to understand biological processes
All
I'd like to share the following paper with you. I think its an interesting example of where
engineering knowledge can be used to help understand biological processes. We used microscope work and finite element analysis to test a hypothesis as to how a biological structure, crimp, forms in tendons. We'd like to continue this work, so all comments welcome.
engineering knowledge can be used to help understand biological processes. We used microscope work and finite element analysis to test a hypothesis as to how a biological structure, crimp, forms in tendons. We'd like to continue this work, so all comments welcome.
Were you using FEA in 1995?
All,
Anybody have approximate run times for the following linear static problems:
A) In 1995 on a reasonable workstation
20,000 degree of freedom
B) Now on modern desktop computer with quad core and plenty of RAM
20,000 degree of freedom
200,000 degree of freedom
1,000,000 degree of freedom
Any contributions/guesses/opinions welcome. The scatter will be useful.
Thanks
Lee
Royal Society - International Newton Fellowships
2 Year PDRA Opportunity in:
Teaching FEM to Biologists/Medics
All,
Could anyone recommend courses, online materials or text books that
would be suitable for teaching the finite element method to someone with
a non-engineering background. This request is on behalf of an MD
student wishing to use the FEM for modelling the wrist. We're initially
looking for introductory materials.
Best regards
Lee
The "Goldilocks" Effect in Fossilized Dinosaur Trackways
The following paper is now online:
Falkingham P.L., Bates K.T., Margetts L. and Manning P.L. (2011) "The
'Goldilocks' effect: Presevational bias in vertebrate track
assemblages", Journal of the Royal Society Interface
See: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/01/12/rsif.20…
Authors welcome any comments for future studies!