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PhD position in D. Rittel's group - OUTCOME collaborative project - ITN-ETN
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong background in materials science and mechanics, to sudy dynamic shear failure of metallic materials. Experience with numerical modeling required. Previous exposure to experimental work will be considered as an advantage.
Additional information can be found in the atatched description of the planned research.
Contact email: merittel [at] technion.ac.il
Heat seal properties of polymer–aluminum–polymer composite films for application in pouch lithium-ion battery
Polymer–metal–polymer composite films are widely used in packaging, building, and cooling, and more recently as envelopes for pouch lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The influences of heat seal temperature and dwell time on the heat seal strength (HSS) of five different multilayer films were investigated by T-peel testing. The failure modes were observed and analyzed by digital optical microscopy. Heat-sealing temperature and dwell time interacted and simultaneously influenced the HSS. Temperature was confirmed as the primary factor while dwell time was secondary.
Immediate opening for post-doctoral researcher in coatings tribology
Immediate opening for a post-doctoral researcher in the area of coatings tribology
Webinar: Tips & Trips When Working with Simpleware ScanIP, Feb 10 2016
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Communication time out in Fluid Structure Interaction Problem in Abaqus
Hi,
I am working on Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) problem. I am trying to understand the tutorial problem (Flow through a bent Pipe (FSI)) given in Abaqus. When I submitted the Coexecution job I am getting an error in the abaqus comman window "Session has been idle for longer than 3600 secs". But the coexecution jon shows it is running, there is no update in .sta file also. Please help me to solve this issue. Thankyou in advance.
Transfer printing enabled soft composite films for tunable surface topography
Transfer printing, an emerging manufacturing technique for heterogeneous material integration, is combined with the unique mechanics of soft composite films to realize a responsive surface for tunable topography in this work. Soft composite films are fabricated by transfer printing thin silicon ribbons on elastomeric films in a staggered manner. The corrugation formation in soft composite films requires a well-organized spatial distribution of the silicon ribbons which is enabled by transfer printing processes developed here.
Search for a postdoc position
Over the years i have been following with keen interest the various posts on this website especialy those related to the progress in research. I am always fascinated when new posts present current works which at time seem so difficult for me to understand but at times, very familiar and i identify with those. Such topics include those related to materials characterisation, tribological properties, thermal analysis of composite materials (polymer composites, metal alloy, aluminum matrix).
Micromechanics Simulation Challenge
cdmHUB has completed the level I micromechanics simulation challenge. Several micromechanics methods/tools including both commercially available tools such as Altair MDS, ESI VPS, Digimat, SwiftComp and research codes such as MAC/GMC/HFGMC and FVDAM, are used to analyze six typical 2D/3D microstructures. All the results and model files, inputs and outputs, and the report are hosted on cdmHUB as a live project at https://cdmhub.org/projects/mmsimulationchalleng/.
How can I avoid stress concentration at fixed support
I have a cantilever beam, 8 in long, rectangular cross section W=0.75 in, H=1.5 in, E=29 msi, Poisson's=0.3, under uniform line load qy = -50 lbf/in (y direction) entire length, bending around strong axis (zz). Beam theory solution M*c/I gives max. stress = 5687 psi.
I model with ANSYS Workbench, uniform mesh Ex-3-6-3D-Normal-Stress.PNG attached.
If I refine the mesh I only get more and more stress concentration. Expected but how to avoid? I just want to get the same result as M*c/I to show how FEA can predict the same as beam theory.