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Research Associate Position at University of Virginia in Professor Xiaodong (Chris) Li's Lab

Submitted by ql5jg@virginia.edu on

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia seeks candidates for a Research Associate to assist in the development of low-cost carbon fiber techniques in Professor Xiaodong (Chris) Li's lab.

Evolution of solidification defects in deformation of nano-polycrystalline aluminum

Submitted by mohsenzaeem on

Formation of solidification defects and their evolution in uniaxial tensile deformation of solidified polycrystalline aluminum (Al) were investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. First, solidification process was simulated both isothermally and with different quench rates. At the initial stages of nucleation, coherent twin boundaries and/or fivefold twins formed depending on the quench rate or the undercooling temperature. The solidified polycrystalline Al consisted of randomly distributed grains, twin boundaries, and vacancies.

How do I do multiple restarts is ABAQUS ?

Submitted by rajan_prithivi on

Hello All,

I have been trying to restart an ABAQUS simulation using the command line. The following works fine

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abaqus job=restart1.inp oldjob=OLD user=UMAT.f cpus=160 scratch=$PWD interactive

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But when I do the restart for the second time like the following, It gives me an error

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abaqus job=restart2.inp oldjob=restart1 user=UMAT.f cpus=160 scratch=$PWD interactive

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Error :

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Postdoctoral and PhD positions - UIC

Submitted by Hamed Hatami on

There are immediate openings for candidates in the areas of computational solid mechanics and experimental (bio)mechanics in the mechanical engineering department, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). 

Candidates with strong background in numerical simulations (FEA, high performance computing, ...), in experimental characterization of materials, or biochemistry and molecular biology are encouraged to apply. 

Nonlinear and Linear Elastodynamic Transformation Cloaking

Submitted by arash_yavari on

In this paper we formulate the problems of nonlinear and linear elastodynamic transformation cloaking in a geometric framework. In particular, it is noted that a cloaking transformation is neither a spatial nor a referential change of frame (coordinates); a cloaking transformation maps the boundary-value problem of an isotropic and homogeneous elastic body (virtual problem) to that of an anisotropic and inhomogeneous elastic body with a hole surrounded by a cloak that is to be designed (physical problem).

PhD position at the Institute of Mechanics, OVGU Magdeburg, Germany

Submitted by djuhre on

We have an opening PhD Position at our Institute of Mechanics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany).
The candidate should work in the field of "coupling of fictious domain methods and the boundary element method for the analysis of acoustic metamaterials".
Attached you will find the corresponding job advertisement.
Futher questions will be answered by my postdoc Dr. Fabian Duvigneau (fabian.duvigneau [at] ovgu.de).

Critical porosity in the fatigue of additively manufactured IN718 via crystal plasticity modeling

Submitted by rajan_prithivi on

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.04.022

Highlights

1. Critical porosity is estimated in additively manufactured IN718 via crystal plasticity.

2. Porosity is characterized using high resolution tomography.

3. Non-local damage indicator parameters identify the location of fatigue crack initiation.

4. The critical pore size is 20 μm in IN718 with average grain size of 48 μm.