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Call for Papers: Fluids Special Issue "Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer in Biological Systems and Clinical/Medical Applications". Free of Charge!
Call for Papers
Special Issue "Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer in Biological Systems and Clinical/Medical Applications" in Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521)
Looking for a postdoc position
Dear Professor,
I am Fan Xie, a PhD in solid mechanics, Beihang University.
I am looking for a postdoctoral position in computational mechanics (MDs, FEM etc.) now. I have published 9 journal papers and 2 conference papers. I deeply understand the modeling of nano materials and nanocomposites (fiber reinforced, IPCs or bicontinuous composites) based on either Molecular Dynamics simulation (MDs) or FEM. And I am a hard working person as a Chinese student who is crazy about science.
Modeling of Localized Inelastic Deformation 2016 (LID 2016)
Dear colleagues,
on behalf of the course organizer, I would like to bring to your attention to the advanced course on Modeling of localized inelastic deformation that will be taught by Milan Jirásek in Prague, Czech Republic on 19-23 September 2016.
RVE analysis without BCs and periodic mesh requirements
RVE analysis becomes a routine exercise in material modeling. Usually it is carried out using finite element codes such as ABAQUS or ANSYS. The main thing one should pay attention is to applying the right boundary conditions. It is settled that periodic boundary conditions are the preferred boundary conditions to be applied. The BCs are that u_i-\epsilon_{ij}x_j should be equal on the corresponding edges. This type of boundary conditions can be applied using coupled equations constraints. This requires that one creates a mesh with corresponding nodes on periodic edges.
RC beams under blast load: Reliability and sensitivity analysis
The effects of blast loading on structures can be very dangerous: damages and failures are expected with serious threats to structural safety and human life. Materials stresses and strains are often pushed to the limit and the modelling of these phenomena can be very complex. In order to design blast-resistant structures it is very important to determine what are the key parameters of this problem.
A finite element framework for distortion gradient plasticity with applications to bending of thin foils
A finite element framework for distortion gradient plasticity with applications to bending of thin foils
Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Christian F. Niordson, Lorenzo Bardella
International Journal of Solids and Structures
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020768316301081
(A pre-print version is available at www.empaneda.com)
DLOAD, element deletion, new active load surface
Dear all,
Currently I am engaged in solving a geological problem. So we have some soil model in the form of disk, there is a circular hole in the center, which has the initial pressure at the reference time (a modelling of the soil injection with the polymer compound)
Phase field modeling of phase transformation using Comsol?
Dear members of imechanica,
Does anyone have any exprience in phase filed modeling of phase transformation in comsol? To be more specific, I would like to know if it is possible to solve the field equation and diffusion equation at the same time using Comsol PDE module or any other module?
I know that there are phase field modules for liquid/solid intractions in Comsol. However, what I intend to do is phase transformation or solidification.
Thanks in advance.
Relation between E and G for rubber
Hi,
I am working in rubber. Since this is hyperelastic material, I seriously doubt whether I can use the relation E=2G*(1+nu) which is valid for metals.
Is there any relation for rubber as such? Can anyone give me a direction on how to get the relation between these two?
Thanks in advance!