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Short Course: Engineering of Durable Elastomeric Structures, 26-27 July 2011, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Submitted by wvmars on

Elastomers are outstanding in their ability to repeatedly endure large deformations, and they are often applied where fatigue performance is a critical consideration. Because the macromolecular structure of elastomers gives rise to a number of unique behaviors, appropriately specialized methods are needed to characterize, analyze, and design for durability. This 2-day course provides the know-how for engineering durable elastomeric components and systems. The course is taught at Axel Products, and includes live demos of typical behavior.

Some Analytical Formulas for the Equilibrium States of a Swollen Hydrogel Shell

Submitted by Song Zilong on

Dear Colleagues,

I wish to bring to you my recent work with my supervisor Hui-Hui Dai on "Some  Analytical Formulas for the Equilibrium States of a Swollen Hydrogel Shell". Below is the abstract and attached is the preprint of the article. I will very much appreciate your comments and suggestions.

what is physical reason behind it?

Submitted by krishna chaitanya.k on

Hey to imechaica, i am doing my M.E Project in composites.i have done finite element analysis of composite plate with different boundary conditions and  different orientation angle with antisymmetric stacking sequence. i absorve  tip center displacement of cantilever plate is increasing with orientation angle increment and for simple supported plate it decreases.

stacking sequence is [0/-θ/θ/-θ/θ/0] 

please help me to understand this.