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Submitted by paolucci on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 16:51

Overhead Electrical Conductors

Submitted by Alain Cardou on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 15:17

Stick-slip model (based exclusively on Coulomb’s laws of friction) for conductor bending may be improved by taking into account actual inter-layer contact conditions: elliptical contact areas with tangential elasticity and micro-slip regions. Starting with Papailiou’s model, this has been done by Paradis and Légeron. Work was presented in 2011 at the 9th International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, held in Shanghai (China). Model has been applied to variable curvature case using FEA (in a Matlab environment). Numerical results are compared with Papailiou’s experimental results.

Introduction to Finite Element Analysis Using MATLAB and Abaqus 2013 Book

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 14:56

Features

Shape Memory Alloys: Evolutionary response of NiTi and their application in actuation

Submitted by binoddhakal on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 14:52

Shape memory alloy

Nitinol

large-scale multiscale modeling and simulation

calibration of material behaviour

http://jim.sagepub.com/content/24/1/70.short

Saleeb, A. F., Dhakal, B., Padula, S. A., & Gaydosh, D. J. (2013).
Calibration of a three-dimensional multimechanism shape memory alloy
material model for the prediction of the cyclic “attraction” character
in binary NiTi alloys. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 24(1), 70-88.

Is wear law really Archard's law (1953), or Reye's law (1860) ???

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 21:07

research

tribology

In 1860 the mathematician and geometer Reye proposed a simple and elegant theory for explaining the consumption of a solid body when it slides with friction on a rough surface [8]. Reye’s model became very popular in Europe (in Italy was promulgated by Panetti [7]), and it is still taught in university courses of applied mechanics. But, strangely enough, this theory has been totally ignored in English and American literature. Why? A paper from 2001 by Villaggio is interesting to read today.

On Plastic Deformation and Fracture in Si Films during Electrochemical Lithiation/Delithiation Cycling, DOI:10.1149/2.098310jes

Submitted by Siva P V Nadimpalli on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 19:10

research

fracture energy of Si electrode

stress due to cyclic loading

SEI

http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/160/10/A1885

Computational Mechanics Research and Development Engineer

Submitted by xwling on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 16:33

job

rock failure criteria

rock mechanics

rock constitutive modeling

drilling simulation

Job Details

15 PhD grants for foreign (non-Italian) students at the University of Padova (Italy)

Submitted by michele.zappal… on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 11:18

research

15 PhD grants for foreign (non-Italian) students at the University of Padova (Italy)

The University of Padova opened a selection for 15 PhD grants for
foreign (non-Italians) students with deadline for application at
September 19th. The call and information for the selection are available
at the following website:

http://www.unipd.it/en/research/doctoral-degrees-phd-programmes.

Michele Zappalorto PhD

Assistant Professor of Machine Desing

University of Padova, Italy