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FSW in ANSYS

Submitted by Viren Parikh on

Hello ANSYS masters, I am student of M.Tech and I am currently doing my dissertation on Friction stir welding stimulation using ANSYS Mechnical APDL. The problem I face is in defining the time substep in the load step defined as follows

PACAM XV

Submitted by Oscar Lopez-Pamies on

The XV Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM) will be held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on May 18-21, 2015. The conference will feature 4 prestigious plenary lectures, several keynote presentations, and mini-symposia in all areas of mechanics, including Atomistics, Defects in Solids, Nanocomposites, Plasticity, Electro- and Magneto-active Materials, Fracture, Instabilities in Solids and Structures, and Fluid Mechanics.

IMPORTANT DATES & DEADLINES

Mini-symposia proposal deadline.............

jacobian matrix caculation

Submitted by afallah on

Dear friends

Hi. I'm working on multiscale modeling of soft tissues. In my research I faced with a problem about computing the jacobian matrix in ABAQUS UMAT. In my model the material properties are function of external parameter like ef (ef is kind of strain and obtained from loading conditions) and  relation between the "ef" and the strin in the model in unkown. Now, i want to calculate the jacubian matrix for this material, as you konw, the jacobian is defined as delta_sigma/delta_epsilon.

I have two question;

Research Position at the Institute of Applied Mechanics, TU Braunschweig

Submitted by Laura De Lorenzis on

We offer a research position in the area of Computational Mechanics with a focus on isogeometric analysis and collocation methods applied to multiscale material modeling, beginning January 1st, 2015. The position is full-time fixed-term for 3 years.

Cohesive Zone modelling

Submitted by phanikumar376 on

Dear all,

           I am trying to study the fracture at bonded interfaces using cohesive zone model in Abaqus. I am going through the abaqus manual but it was not clear how to insert the chosive elements in the model. How to model these chosive elements. Can anyone help in modelling the chosive elements.   

Postdoc (m/f) on fracture toughness of high performance composite materials

Submitted by clemens.dransf… on

Your tasks: The main objective of this position is to improve the fracture toughness of high performance composite materials. You are expected to plan and implement manufacturing and processing experiments with carbon fibre thermoset prepregs and characterise their fracture properties. Furthermore, you will plan respective processing equipment and thoroughly investigate fracture mechanics of composites. This also includes the development of according numerical analyses and simulations.

A Ph.D. Position in Mechanics of Nano-composites at Michigan State University

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

Our Group of Appleid mechanics in Enviormental & Civil Engineering Department at Michigan State University has an openings for PhD positions to work on  Mechanics of Nano-composites  starting Spring 2015.

One research direction is modeling of nano reinforced materials, with combined theoretical and experimental efforts. Highly Stretchable/Flexible composites combines the leight weight of classical composites and mechanical properties of a polymer based composites, and thus do have a very broad biological applications. .