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1D modeling of tubes in a tube plate assembly.

Submitted by mahesh248f1 on

hello, I am new to the forum, Hi to all

For the last couple of months I have been struggeling with modeling and coupling of 1D elements with 3Delements of a tube plate, 1D elements are chosen because of obvious reasons, we would like to reduces the mesh.

Guidelines for Suggesting Peer Reviewers for Manuscripts

Submitted by John E. Dolbow on

As a journal editor, I am often surprised by some of the suggestions authors make for potential reviewers.  In some cases the suggestions are not very good, and on occasion authors do not suggest reviewers at all.  Some authors will even state explicitly that they cannot think of any reviewers, which is really surprising.   



Postdoctoral Position in Solid Mechanics in Mechanical Engineering at University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea

Submitted by bluemist011 on

Postdoctoral Position in Solid Mechanics

in Mechanical Engineering at University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea



Advisor: Prof. Seungtae Choi, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan

Location: Ulsan City, Republic of Korea



Description: In the Laboratory for Functional Materials and Applied Mechanics of University of Ulsan, one

or two postdoctoral positions are available for the following research subjects:

(1) Development of Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Sensors,

16th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics ICEM16, 7-11 July 2014 in Cambridge, UK

Submitted by Fabrice Pierron on

 www.icem16.org

The 16th in a series of conferences, starting in Delft in 1959 and following on from the last conference in Porto in 2012 this is the premier event to showcase novel and innovative research in Experimental Mechanics. The conference will take place in Cambridge with the accommodation at Robinson College and the technical sessions at both Robinson and the West Road Concert Hall.

Tension in Non - linear springs - How do I measure it?

Submitted by bharathkoya on

Dear sir,



I am modeling ligament structures in the knee joint finite element model
with non-linear springs and I am successfully getting non-linear
displacement curve.



My only problem is with the calculation of tension in the springs. I
have a set of non-linear springs representing a particular ligament in
the joint, which is having an elongation when I apply the forces on the
joint. I am giving pre-load to the springs so that they do not have any
slack in them before the analysis. I am also specifying the stiffness of

PhD position at RMIT, University

Submitted by hillssurrey on

One Ph.D. student position is available at the Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials  RMIT, University. The research topic is about computational mechnaics and structural topology optimisation. It is expected to enroll in the end of this Auguest. More details please contact with e89817 [at] rmit.edu.au

PhD position at RMIT, University

Submitted by hillssurrey on

One Ph.D. student position is available at the Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials  RMIT, University. The research topic is about computational mechnaics and structural topology optimisation. It is expected to enroll in the end of this Auguest. More details please contact with e89817 [at] rmit.edu.au