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Since James Watt, a Scottish inventor, improved the efficiency of steam engine, human civilization relies more and more on a steady supply of energy. Today we are at a transitional age. On one hand, we see technology advances in the exploration and development of oil and gas, a depleting resource; we see growth in handling aging and decommissioning. On the other hand, we see ideas and plans for the future's new energy structure.

Since James Watt, a Scottish inventor, improved the efficiency of steam engine, human civilization relies more and more on a steady energy supply. Today, the world is poised on the brink of two historic energy transformations: replacing oil with electricity in transportation, and replacing high carbon, finite-supply coal and natural gas with renewable wind, solar, marine and biomass energies for electricity production. This symposium is about current state of the art small scale technologies being applied to solve energy challenges,

Hi every body,

I need to delete an arbitrary set of elemets in abaqus *.inp file before analysis running.

I tried to remove elements with this command in inp file-> (*Model Change, remove), But it does not work. may be because the model is 3D. (a tube)

Is there any way to delete a set of elemets in inp file? or I should write a python script for that?

I appreciate any hints on this problem of mine.

Thank you in advance.

There is a fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab  http://dalubc.wordpress.com  on the topic of phonon transport in nanostructured materials. Strong background in computational tools (MD, FE, and MATLAB) and elastodynamics/wave propagation is essential.  Applications are sought from very strong and motivated gradaute students intending to puruse PhD studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBC, Vancouver, Canada.

 The 2016 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture will be given by Romesh C. Batra, Virginia Tech during the ASME Mechanical Engineering & Exposition, November 11-17 at the Phoenix Convention Center.

 The 2016 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture will be given by Romesh C. Batra, Virginia Tech during the ASME Mechanical Engineering & Exposition, November 11-17 at the Phoenix Convention Center.

My research interests are mainly focus on Structures and mechanical behavior, Small scale mechanics, In-situ TEM of Metallic Glasses/Nanostructured materials.And I am proficient in different testing instruments: in-situ TEM/SEM, FIB (preparation of pillars/TEM sample for mechanical testing/TEM foils), Instrumented nanoindentation, Integrated mechanical testing machine, XRD, DSC, etc.