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Mecahnics on the behaviour of Horizontal/laterally loaded thin hollow tubes

Submitted by adarshchatra on

Dear all,

Please give some reading material on the horizontal/laterally loaded thin hollow tube, which explains with suitable formulas to calculate circumferential/hoop stresses in the thin tube subjected to lateral/horizontal loaḍ

 

Contact modelling in Abaqus - Need urgent help

Submitted by r_1159 on

Dear all

I urgently need the answer to my question. I am modelling a clapping or contact between two surfaces similar to a crack.

I have used abaqus : 1-tangential : frictionless  2-Hard contact

I wanna know what moelling approach does abaqus use for above situation ?

Does abaqsu use hertzian contac ? bilinear stiffness or what ?

Thank you

Prager's Hardening Rule

Submitted by felton1990 on

Hi all

I am currently investigating Prager hardening room which is stated as the simplist linear kinematic hardening rule. I was wondering if anyone has worked with this model and if so if you have managed to identify how to determine the constant used for the back stress equation

 

dα =C * dεp ( this is epsilon dot p which is the equivalent plastic strain)

 

Please can you let me know how to determine the constant C from experimental results? 

Postdoc Position Available in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Group at Drexel University (Dept. of Mechanical Eng. & Mechanics)

Submitted by Antonios Kontsos on

A postdoc position is available in the Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Group (http://tamg.mem.drexel.edu/). Of particular interest are expertise in subcontinuum and continuum computational mechanics methods. Available researh projects include both alloy and composite material systems. 

Applicants should submit a full CV, a statement of research and their earliest employment availability to akontsos [at] coe.drexel.edu.