Symposium on "Mechanics & Physics of Soft Materials" at SES 2015 in TAMU
Symposium Title: “Mechanics & Physics of Soft Materials”
Organizers: Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Xuanhe Zhao, Yuhang Hu & Stephan Rudykh
Sessions: 4
Blog posts
Symposium on Architectured Materials at SES 2015
The 52th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science will be held at Texas A&M University, October 26 - 28, 2015. For this occasion we are organizing a symposium on architectured materials. This symposium will cover research on the structure, mechanics, design, fabrication and mechanical performance of all categories of architectured materials including but not limited to lattice materials, metamaterials, topologically interlocked materials and bio-inspired materials.
Prof. Yaakov Benveniste, Tel Aviv University
It is with great sorrow that I heard that our colleague from tel Aviv University, Prof. Y. Benveniste passed away recently. This is a great loss for the Israeli Mechanics Community in particular and for the community in general. I am sure he will be remembered as an exceptional scientist and a very modest and kind person.
He will be missed.
To his family, I adress my sincere condolences
D. Rittel
A new paper on Hencky-logarithmic strain by Prof. Neff
Dear Colleagues:
I thought the following recent paper by Prof. Neff may be of interest to some of you.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02203
This paper discusses the natural appearance of the Hencky-logarithmic strain tensor together with the Hencky strain energy, which can be motivated from some purely geometrical (kinematical) arguments based on the geodesic distance on the general linear group of all invertible tensors GL(n).
4th IIMEC Summer School on Computational Materials Science Across Scales
On behalf of the International Institute for Multifunctional Materials for Energy Conversion (IIMEC) and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M, we would like to announce the 4th Summer School on Computational Materials Science Across Scales. The 2015 IIMEC Summer School will be held from July 20–31, 2015 on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas.
Inverse distance weighting as a FEM shape function
Hello there!
I was thinking to use inverse distance interpolation technique as a finite element shape function. However, am not sure about its performance for finite element method, inverse distance interpolation was originally developed for geographic information system.
can anyone help me please?
thanks in advance!
Postdoc Position in Computational Mechanics - Ohio State University
The Automated Computational Mechanics Laboratory (ACML) at The Ohio State University has an immediate opening for a one-year postdoctoral research associate position. The project is aimed at the application of the finite element method for simulating and optimizing the multiphysics laser ablation process in aircrafts. The optimization process involves characterizing the optimal laser parameters (e.g., peak power, fluence, intensity, etc.) to maximize the coating removal efficiency while minimizing damage to the substrate material.
Abaqus-Meshing Octagonal Part- Face Angle less than 45 degrees
I am modeling an octagonal foundation in Abaqus. The foundation is 3.1 m in height. By its geometry, foundation has got slopes with face angle less than 45 degrees. As a result, when I mesh my model, I get a warning which says that distorted elements have been detected. This is around 25% of total no of elements. How can I partition/seed, etc. to reduce the no of distorted elements? I cannot compromise on the geometry of foundation. Attached is the mesh photo and distorted elements are highlighted.
Post-doctoral Researcher in Advanced Modelling (TU Delft)
Job description
As systems become more complex and multidisciplinary, design of these systems also becomes more complicated. To assist design of such systems, physical models and computational tools are needed for their analysis and optimisation. The SOM group's research focus is on the development of such advanced (computational) design techniques, combined with the understanding and design of innovative mechanical devices in precision and microsystems engineering.
Finite Element Model of the Knee
Hello Everyone,
I recently started to do a project on a FE knee model. Right now, the only available software for me is SolidWorks which was originally purchased for CAD modelling. I was wondering if anyone knows whether SolidWorks FE feature is "good enough" for analyzing a knee model (and for other tissues just in case), or you recommend me to push my supervisor to purchase a license of a "Real" FE software such as ABAQUS. If you have any experience of FE modelling of tissues,bone,etc. I would appreciate if you help me out.
Thanks,
Reza