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Junior Professorship (W1) - High Performance Computing in the Engineering Sciences

Submitted by Günther Meschke on

The Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) is one of Germany´s leading research universities.

The Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences in conjunction with the interdepartmental Research Department "Subsurface Modeling and Engineering" (SME) and the Collavorative Research Center SFB 837 "Interaction Modeling in Mechanized Tunneling" invites applications for the position of a Junior Professorship (W1) in High Performance Computing in the Engineering Sciences to start on 01.01.2017.

Call for Abstracts: 2016 ASME IMECE Topic 12-35 Physics and Mechanics of Ductile Failure: Modeling and Experiments

Submitted by Justin W. Wilkerson on

Dear Colleagues:

Please consider submitting abstracts to Topic 12-35 Physics and Mechanics of Ductile Failure: Modeling and Experiments at the 2016 American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) to be held at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA from November 11-16, 2016. 

The deadline for technical presentation abstracts is July 15th, 2016.

How to calculate Stress Intensity Factor for user defined material in abaqus?

Submitted by Rajwinder on

Dear all,

I need to calculate SIF in abaqus for some user defined material but I am getting the below error:

 ***ERROR: "*CONTOUR INTEGRAL, TYPE=K FACTORS" CAN NOT BE REQUESTED FOR A USER
           MATERIAL.

Is their any other process to calculate the SIF in abaqus, in case we use user defined material. Please guide me.

Thanks in advance

Rajwinder Singh

Research Internship in Schlumberger-Doll Research

Submitted by Tianxiang on

Job title: research internship for 6 months

Location:   Schlumberger Doll Research, Cambridge, MA, US

 

Job Description

Schlumberger-Doll Research (SDR) center is looking for a six month research intern with modeling simulation and mechanical engineering background. The scientist will work with SDR scientists to develop a thermal-mechanical model for oil and gas applications. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of finite element modeling, solid mechanics and heat-transfer.   

 

Qualifications

12 PhD and 2 Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in materials science

Submitted by Centre for Adv… on

The Centre for Advanced Materials (Zentrum für Hochleistungsmaterialien – ZHM) is a joint institution in Hamburg, Germany, bringing together scientists from universities and non-university research organizations in the area of materials science and technology.