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The Role of Mechanics in the Study of Lipid Bilayers

Submitted by arash_yavari on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 23:29

conference

The following summer school on the role of mechanics in the study of lipid bilayers may be of interest to some of you.

www.cism.it/courses/C1608/

Modeling fatigue crack growth resistance of nanocrystalline alloys

Submitted by Piyas Chowdhury on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 20:55

research

fatigue analysis

nanotwinned metals

dislocation nucleation

molecular dynamics

Abaqus - line load on channel beam applied outside of a beam (in shear center)

Submitted by Dzonni on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 21:18

Hello, everybody. I'm having a problem regarding the application of a line load beyond the contours of a channel tube made out of shell elements. I am trying to perform lateral torsional buckling analysis and the load needs to act in shear center. Does anybody have a solution for this?

Yield behaviour of trabecular bone

Submitted by Lee Margetts on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 20:03

research

bone microstructure

homogenisation

Finite Element Method

3D Xray tomography

A recently published paper "Evaluating the macroscopic yield behaviour of trabecular bone using a nonlinear homogenisation approach" links the micromechanics of bone to its macroscopic behaviour. The paper may be of interest to colleagues on this forum. The abstract is provided below.

Abstract:

[Call for Abstract] SES 2016 Symposium D-3: Mechanics of 3D Printed Materials and Structures

Submitted by Sung Hoon Kang on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 13:49

3D printing

SES

Conference

mechanics of materials and structures

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium on Mechanics of 3D Printed Materials and Structures at the 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES2016) to be held during October 4-7, 2016 at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center (College Park, MD).

Symposium Technical Description

Fracto-emission in lanthanum-based metallic glass microwires under quasi-static tensile loading

Submitted by Yang Lu on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 07:22

research

Fracture mechanics; non-linear stress-strain behavior; metallic glass; microwire; in situ SEM testing; nanomechanics; fracto-emission

Plastic deformation in metallic glasses is highly localized and often associated with shear banding, which may cause momentary release of heat upon fracture. Here, we report an explosive fracture phenomenon associated with momentary (∼10 ms) light emission (flash) in Lanthanum-based (LaAlNi) metallic glass microwires (dia. ∼50 μm) under quasi-static tensile loading.

Pressure Difference Calculation in ABAQUS

Submitted by MDaftab on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 06:29

education

coupled eulerian lagrangian

pressure difference

ABAQUS

Hi everyone,

I am working on ABAQUS to simulate Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) movement in a pipeline via CEL technique. I am unable to find how to calculate Pressure Difference in the pipeline using Abaqus.

If anyone of you can guide me through it.

Regards,

MD Aftab

2016 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award - Professor Andrea Prosperetti

Submitted by Executive Comm… on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 15:24

research

AMD awards

asme

Applied Mechanics Division

Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Andrea Prosperetti, Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, as the recipient of the 2016 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award.

2016 Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award - Professor Pedro M. Reis

Submitted by Executive Comm… on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 15:21

research

AMD awards

asme

Applied Mechanics Division

Hughes Young Investigator Award

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Pedro M. Reis, Gilbert W. Winslow Associate Professor, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2016 Thomas J. R.