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Simpleware Case Study: Homogenisation of the Material Properties of Multi-Phase Materials

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Modelling large structures containing multiple phases over much shorter length scales is often very difficult. Learn how Double Precision Consultancy in the UK solved this problem using Simpleware software when analysing a Mussel shell acquired using X-ray tomography.

http://doubleprecisionconsultancy.com/case-study/homogenisation-of-material-properties/

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ADEC Funded Research Engineer Position at Masdar Institute in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital

Submitted by upriyank on

Advanced Materials and 3D Printing (AM3DP) lab at the Masdar Institute invites applications for a Research Engineer position to work on “Nanocomposites for Orthopedics”. Successful candidate will work at the Institute Center for Energy (iEnergy) and will be based in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) department at the Masdar Institute. Research will be conducted in collaboration with MGH, Boston.

Job Code: MME-RESK012016

Multiple Postdoctoral/Research Engineer Positions at Masdar Institute in collaboration with MIT

Submitted by upriyank on

Advanced Materials and 3D Printing Lab at Masdar Institute invites applications for Project-Postdoctoral Positions to work on a multi-disciplinary collaborative project funded by GASCO (ADNOC), Abu Dhabi.  Successful candidate(s) will work in the Institute Center for Energy (iEnergy) and will be based in Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) department at Masdar Institute. These positions warrant regular communication with the international collaborative team (MIT, TAMU and Lockheed Martin). 

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Submitted by Guglielmo_Scovazzi on

The 27th Annual "Robert J. Melosh" Competition for the best student paper on finite element analysis, will be held at Duke Univeristy on April 29, 2016.

The original deadline of January 11 has been exteded to January 15. See the attached flyier if interested in participating. 

If interested in participating, submit an abstract by January 15, 2016 as specified in the submission rules at the website http://cee.duke.edu/about/awards-honors/robert-j-melosh-medal/call-for-…

Are shear-moment diagrams wrong in ANSYS Workbench 16.1 ?

Submitted by Echeban on

I think I found an ERROR in ANSYS Workbench 16.1 and I hope someone can either CONFIRM or show me what I did wrong. 

This is very important because I am teaching this material, but I do not have support from ANSYS, so I am asking for your help. 

beam_static_structural.jpg : shows a cantilever beam 8 in long under line load -50 lb/in, E=29 msi, cross section 0.75 in wide by 1.5 in tall.

beam_triads.jpg: element triads clearly show cross section coordinates are aligned with global x-y-z coords

Aneurysm rupture

Submitted by Konstantin Volokh on

Aneurysms are local dilations of the arterial wall that are prone to rupture with high mortality risks. The biochemical mechanism of the aneurysm development is not clear. The mechanical mechanism of the aneurysm rupture is not clear either. I attach three papers that study two possible mechanisms of the aneurysm rupture.

Mesoscale Constitutive Modeling of Non-Crystallizing Filled Elastomer

Submitted by Ajay B Harish on

We have just published a new paper, 1st in the series, that presents a computational model to understand the microstructural changes in the filled elastomers as a consequence of mechanical forces. A heterogeneous (or multiphase) constitutive model at the mesoscale explicitly considering filler particle aggregates, elastomeric matrix and their mechanical interaction through an approximate interface layer is presented. An innovative lego-set method is discussed for generation of random microstructures that can be used for simple stochastic analysis.

Mesoscale Constitutive Modeling of Non-Crystallizing Filled Elastomer

Submitted by Ajay B Harish on

We have just published a new paper, 1st in the series, that presents a computational model to understand the microstructural changes in the filled elastomers as a consequence of mechanical forces. A heterogeneous (or multiphase) constitutive model at the mesoscale explicitly considering filler particle aggregates, elastomeric matrix and their mechanical interaction through an approximate interface layer is presented. An innovative lego-set method is discussed for generation of random microstructures that can be used for simple stochastic analysis.

Extreme Multiscale Modeling - 53.8 Billion finite elements

Submitted by karelmatous on

In our recent Extreme Mechanics Letter, we present a simulation consisting of 53.8 Billion finite elements with 28.1 Billion nonlinear equations that is solved on 393,216 computing cores (786,432 threads). The excellent parallel performance of the computational homogenization solver is demonstrated by a strong scaling test from 4,096 to 262,144 cores.