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In situ nanocompression testing of irradiated copper

Submitted by Daniel Kiener on

Dear colleagues,

we recently published a paper on measuring bulk properties of irradiated copper from nanoscale samples:

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmat3055.html

Hope you find this interesting!

 

Daniel

Variables definition in Abaqus

Submitted by Laurianne on

Hi,

I am working on a 3D contact problem where a spherical part is pressed against another spherical surface. I was wondering what variables may be interesting to study for this problem. I decided to look at the contact area CAREA, the contact pressure CPRESS and the stress S but I am not able to find how Abaqus defines and calculates these variables, does anyone know?



Thanks

energy balance of surface-based cohesive of composite under impact in Absqus 6-10

Submitted by moustachiio on

Hi there! I am really new to Abaqus and I need to model a composite
laminated crash cone under impact to a flat solid wall (analytical
surface is used). I modelled a cone with a layers of conventional shell
elements with hashin failure criteria and surface-based cohesive
behaviour as interaction between layers representing the interface of
composite laminates. The model runs successfully but once I checked the
energy balance, the damage dissipation energy from the cohesive, it
turned out to be NEGATIVE (I think this is wrong).

IASS-IACM 2012: 7th International Conference on Computational Mechanics for Spatial Structures, April 2-4, 2012, Sarajevo

Submitted by Adnan_Ibrahimbegovic on

IASS-IACM 2012 WEB PAGE 

 The final announcement, the conference program and detailed information about the IASS-IACM 2012 will be available at the meeting web page:http://www.gf.unsa.ba/iass-iacm-2012/

viscoplastic analysis of lap shear solder joint

Submitted by luvsharma11 on

Hi all,

I am trying to model a solder joint in double lap shear. I am using the Modified Anand's Model. But for some reasons the analysis is not completing and does not gives any errors as well. Since I am new to abaqus, I am not able to solve this. Here is my input file:

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Journal Club Theme of July 2011: Three Dimensional Biologically Inspired Microvascular Systems

Submitted by Howon Lee on

From venation of leaves to the blood and lymph vessels and tracheae of insects, 3D filamentous branching networks are a common pattern in all higher organisms.  These busy “highways” supply the tissue with nutrition and oxygen, expel waste and heat, as well as conduct immune reactions and other signal pathways. These microvascular networks are also essential for effective response of external stimuli in some sensitive plants, such as Venus flytrap and Mimosa pudica.

PhD Studentship: Rock Fracture and Fragmentation - Imperial London, UK

Submitted by apaluszn on

PhD Studentship: Rock Fracture and Fragmentation

IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 AUGUST 2011

 

Background: The Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Recovery was founded

in 2008 in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College

London. The Centre is a partnership between Imperial College and Rio Tinto,

one of the world’s largest mining companies, and is aimed at developing safer,