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I am trying to simulate a delamination in a multilayer plate using seam in abaqus. Has any body utilized this function for the same purpose?

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Bending of cables and, for that matter, of any helical strand system (such as overhead electrical conductors) is a challenging solid mechanics problem, with geometry and multibody frictional contact aspects. As seen in several recent papers, one workable approach is based on Coulomb’s laws of friction.  An earlier contribution by Lehanneur (1949), published in French, has generally been  ignored. The attached report presents a translation into English (including a presentation) of this most interesting work.

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I need an urgent help. I have no idea how to define two phase poroelastic soil in abaqus. Water and soil should be treated as two different materials rather than a single material. And how to define the poroelasticity (saturated soil). Can abaqus perform these analysis.

(1) Coupled quasi-static for saturated soil

Many prior posts asked about manufacturers of Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar equipment. REL Inc in Calumet MI (http://www.relinc.net/products/hopkinson-bar/) designs, builds & installs custom equipment to meet your requirements. We offer a university discount.  And, we provide in-house testing; manufacturing of samples, etc. A new offering in this field is our SurePulse software which simplifies the data acquisition effort for Hopkinson bar testing. 

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5 PhD Opportunities in Composite Materials and Structural Testing in Marine Renewable Energy

The PhDs are being funded at the National University of Ireland, Galway as part of the SFI Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Centre, starting from September/October this year.

The positions are as follows:

1. Application of Low-Cost, High Performance Thermoset Materials to Marine Renewable Energy Device Structures

2. Application of Low-Cost, Reactive Thermoplastic Materials to Marine Renewable Energy Device Structures