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Published in the June 22, 2012 issue of Science (DOI:10.1126/science.1220335 , download PDF)

In addition to the ASME awards related to the Applied Mechanics Division, some prestigious society awards will be given to mechanicians at the IMECE, Houston, Texas, in November 2012.

Professor Jan Achenbach  of Northwestern University will receive the ASME Medal.  [ASME Medal, established in 1920, is the highest award that the Society can bestow and is to recognize “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.”  Only one ASME Medal may be awarded annually.]

10th HSTAM INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MECHANICS

Chania, Crete, GREECE, 25-27
May,2013

www.10hstam.tuc.gr

Hi,

I am using Abaqus to simulate crack propagation during 3 point bend test. In the Materials section I am defining the Damage evolution and I have chosen to specify softening in tabulated data format. Tabulated data will include damage variable vs. displacement. 

I am having difficulty in providing this data. If anyone has done some related work and know of some thing similar then please let me know.

Thanks,

Gyanender

Hello,

 I need to write a python script that changes the inputs in my MDB file and then runs the abaqus code and gets the output and then goes on with another sets of inputs.

Since I am quite a beginner in abaqus-python scripting, does anyone has any clue how to do this automatically, I mean not changing the inputs in every run manually.

Thanks,

Omid

More information on http://www.composites.ugent.be/PhD_job_vacancies_PhD_job_positions_composites.html 

Dear colleagues,

the iMAM is looking for strong Computational Mechanicists interested in joining the ~20 researchers in the Institute of Mechanics and Advanced Materials as incoming Post-Doctoral Marie Curie Fellows, the deadline for applications is August 2012. I will be most keen to discuss with potential applicants.

 Salaries for such fellows are in the vicinity of 50,000€.

Topics:

- biomechanics (soft tissue, cell mechanics)

- fracture mechanics (theoretical, applied or computational)

Neil Stephen, Professor of Structural Mechanics at the University of Southampton and editorial board member of the International Journal of Solids and Structures has received the first Doak Prize for an outstanding journal paper On Energy Harvesting from Ambient Vibration (JSV, 293,1/2, pp 409-425).

Full programme now available from the website: http://www.icefaconference.com/conference-programme.html

Attendance at this meeting will enable you to: