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Open Faculty Positions in Mechanical Engineering at Boston University

Submitted by Harold S. Park on

The Department of Mechanical Engineering invites outstanding applicants in all areas of
Mechanical Engineering for tenure-track positions at the level of Assistant Professor beginning
Fall 2014. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is multi-disciplinary with strong research
programs in Biomechanics, Robotics and Control, MEMs and Nanotechnology, Thermo-fluid
Sciences and Energy, Bioacoustics, and Materials. The department is further strengthened by its
affiliation with the Photonics Center, the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, The
Division of Systems Engineering, and the Fraunhofer USA Center for Manufacturing Innovation.

Full Time Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment in Mechanical Engineering - UC Santa Barbara

Submitted by chairasst-me on

FULL TIME LECTURER WITH POTENTIAL SECURITY OF EMPLOYMENT 

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

Energy formulations of nonlinear elasticity including electric / magnetic couplings

Submitted by liuliping on

Equilibrium theories for a continuum body may be formulated by either of the
following the classic paradigms: (1) We begin with the stress postulation (Cauchy’s formulation) and write down the kinematics, conservation laws, and
constitutive relations. In this way, one can obtain a system of field equations
which, presumably, can be solved upon specifying boundary conditions and
determine the equilibrium state of the body. (2) A second way is to start from
the energy postulation (Green’s

The 20th European Conference on Fracture (ECF20) to be held at Trondheim, in Norway on 30 June – 4 July 2014.

Submitted by Zhiliang Zhang on

Dear Colleagues,

The 20th European Conference on Fracture (www.ecf20.no) will be held at Trondheim, in Norway on 30 June - 4 July 2014. We are inviting abstracts in the areas of fracture and fatigue at all scales! The deadline for abstract submission is 4 October, 2013.

explicit analysis critical time-step Ansys

Submitted by tejas.ruparel on

hello,

 I am trying to solve a simple cantilever beam (2D)  in ansys.

I wish to find out the critical time-step that can be used to explicitly solve a transient problem. 

 

I started with modal analysis to determine the maximum natural frequency of the model. I then computed dt < 2/Wmax.

I use this dt with beta = 0.0 and gamma = 0.25 (Newmark parameters). However the solution is unstable.

I am including my apdl script with this post.