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Run ABAQUS subroutines written in Fortran

Submitted by Jingwen Zhang on

Dear colleagues,

 I am a beginner in using ABAQUS subroutines, and currently come into the problem of running ABAQUS subroutines written in Fortran.

I have installed ABAQUS 6.11-1, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, and Intel Visual Fortran Studio XE 2011 on my computer. However, when I run the test codes, there are the following errors:

Brittle cracking in brittle materials

Submitted by surot on

Hi there,

 I am trying to simulate a crack opening process in ABAQUS. I start up from a simple model of plate with a notch subjected to tension. I would like to see the crack opening. To model a brittle mnaterial behaviour I have added a brittle cracking with sub-option brttle failure and brittle shear.

Please look at dat file:

*Heading

  *Node

  *Element, type=CPS3

  *Element, type=CPS4R

  *Nset, nset=ASSEMBLY_PART-1-1__PICKEDSET2

  *Elset, elset=ASSEMBLY_PART-1-1__I1

Modeling of Viscoelasticity with Hypoelasticity constitutive equations

Submitted by Rotimi Adeleye on

Hi all,

I'm trying to model high temperature viscoelasticity using hypoelastic constitutive equations. I'm not sure of how to include the rotation tensor in the generalized viscoelastic equation.

kindly advise me.

Thank you very much.

Objective Stress Rates in Finite Strain of Inelastic Solid and Their Energy Consistency

Submitted by bazant on

In many practical problems of solid mechanics, it is sufficient to characterize material deformation by the small (or linearized) strain tensor. But there are also many problems where the finiteness of strain must be taken into account.

Ph.D. Position at Polytechnique Montreal on Instability-Assisted Microfabrication of Tough Fibers

Submitted by Frederick Gosselin on

 A funded Ph.D. positionin Mechanical Engineering is available at Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada. The work combines experimentations and theoretical modelling. The goal of the project is to use a fluid instability to fabricate intricate patterns at the microscopic scale. By fabricating fibers this way, interesting mechanical properties can be obtained depending on the parameters of the instability.

 See attached file for more details.

German French Summer School 2012 - Hardening and Damage of Materials under Finite Deformations

Submitted by Celal Soyarslan on

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming Summer

School on “Hardening and Damage of Materials under Finite Deformations:

Constitutive Modeling and Numerical Implementation
”, which will take place in

Dortmund, Germany from September 3rd to 7th, 2012 and is organized by Prof.

Dr.-Ing. A. Erman Tekkaya of TU Dortmund and Dr. Tudor Balan of LEM3,

ENSAM Metz.