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Difining Interior Surfaces in Abaqus

Submitted by rezaalavi1000 on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 20:18

software

ABAQUS

Hi,

Is that possible to define an INTERIOR surface in Abaqus???

Post-doc available on interactive simulation of cutting - Strasbourg/Luxembourg/Cardiff

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 15:50

job

ERC;surgical simulation; cutting; multi-scale; post-doc;

One post-doctoral fellowship is available in RealTcut, funded by the Strasbourg Institute of Advanced Study

http://www.usias.fr/fr/fellows-2013/

The goal of the post-doc is to extend the preliminary results which can be seen here: http://youtu.be/KqM7rh6sE8s and will appear shortly in the journal Medical Image Analysis

Paper on the mechanics of motility of a family of unicellular organisms called euglenids

Submitted by Marino Arroyo on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 15:30

research

Dear colleagues,

I wanted to draw your attention to a paper published last year in PNAS

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/44/17874

where we analyze physical aspects of how euglenoids move

http://euglena.msu.edu/public_html/Movies/Eutreptiella/eutrep2.mov

A question on linear materials in large strain analyses

Submitted by musto on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 09:11

research

Hi there,

I came across the following question on another website, which I found intriguing:

PhD Studentship@University of Southampton, UK - Wet Adhesive Poro-Viscoelastic Contact Along Human Skin Surface

Submitted by wwfchong on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 07:44

job

PhD studies in tribology / contact mechanics - Skin Tribology

Skin, the largest organ of the human body, acts as a
multi-functional biophysical interface to the external environment. The serial
interfacial phenomena along the skin/environment conjunction, particularly when
interacting with cosmetic and consumer goods (e.g. razor and shave preparation)
is determined by the interplay between the chemical structure and arrangement
of stratum corneum lipids,
environmental factors (e.g. hydration level) and also the physical
characteristics of skin surface relief. Therefore, the chemical and biophysical
properties of the stratum corneum
need to be considered jointly to approach the complexity of skin tribo-physics.
These technical challenges present outstanding opportunities for high quality

PhD Studentship@University of Southampton,UK-The Design of Lubricant-Surface Interaction for Reduced Boundary Friction and Wear

Submitted by wwfchong on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 07:40

job

PhD studies in tribology / contact mechanics

Mechanical losses account for 15% of total energy loss in an
IC engine where 45% of these losses result from friction of piston-ring
assembly. An increase in mechanical efficiency of 10% could lead to improved
fuel consumption of 1.5%. Taking into account the large number of vehicles on
road (30 million in the UK in 2010 according to the Society of Motor
Manufacturers and Traders) and fuel
consumption of 12.5 miles/litre, the potential fuel saving would accrue to
approximated £647 million/annum, which is substantial to the country's economy.

Cutting process simulation in Abaqus

Submitted by rezaalavi1000 on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 00:28

software

ABAQUS

simulation

finite element methods

metal cutting

milling

Hello ,

I am working on a project using abaqus to
simulate miling process. As the first stage, I have to be able to simulate cutting process in Abaqus. I have looked up Abacus 6.11 documentaion a lot but did not find too much of usefull information. Could any one kindly give some hints how to develop such model or introduce me some usefull complete resources?

Regards,

Reza