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Title of the book required.

Submitted by vinay kumar B A on

 

Dear all.

 

I was reading an elementary book in which it was very clearly explained about the assumeption,  plane remains plane before and after bending.  ( Euler - Bernouli beam theory ).

In that book author clearly explained why the plane should remain plane, what happens if it takes some other shapes like  C shape or S shape. 

I forgotton the books name, I request all that please let me know the title of the book.

 

Thanks and regards

 

Vinay

 

A website wholly devoted to buckled shells

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

John Hutchinson has just pointed out to me the website, shellbuckling.com.  The site is devoted to the mechanics of buckled shells, with downloadable photos, slides, papers, and computer codes.  The site also has a section on buckling people.  The site is created by a veteran buckling person, Dr. David Bushnell, formerly of Lockheed Martin.  Check the site out, and enjoy. 

getting max prin stress out by python script from ABAqUS

Submitted by hermatician on

hi all,

some how i was able to make a model by importing data in pro/e and then in abaqus.

i have a problem now that I have to take out TRESCA value and max and Min priciple stresses, for all nodes.

i was able to extract coordinates by my programm but when i substitutes "S.Tresca" for COORD in the program, it doesnt work.

Experimental study on the dielectric properties of polyacrylate dielectric elastomer

Submitted by Bo Li on

The dielectric constant of elastomeric dielectric material is an
essential physical parameter, whose value may affect the
electromechanical deformation of a dielectric elastomer actuator. Since
the dielectric constant is influenced by several external factors as
reported before, and no certain value has been confirmed to our
knowledge, in the present paper, on the basis of systematical comparison
of recent past literature, we conducted extensive works on the
measurement of dielectric properties of VHB films, involving five
influencing factors: prestretch (both equal and unequal biaxial),
electrical frequency, electrode material, stress relaxation time and
temperature. Experimental results directly show that the dielectric

PhD position on tissue engineering of cartilage and mechanical evaluation of the generated tissue

Submitted by azadpoor on

A vacant four-years PhD position is available. This PhD project will be done in Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam, NL) in collaboration with Delft University of Technology (Delft, NL) and is a part of a larger Dutch project on regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. The aim of the project is to generate cartilage from bone marrow derived stem cells in culture and evaluate them with molecular assays (Rotterdam) and mechanical assays (Delft). The culture protocol can be varied with oxygen level, tonicity, and active molecules.



Call for abstracts: Growth, adaptation, and differentiation of cells and tissues (WCCM 2012) DEADLINE EXTENDED

Submitted by azadpoor on

Call for Abstracts (Deadline extended to February 12, 2011)

 As a part of WCCM 2012 (10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics)

 Submit Your Abstract (Choose mini-symposium MS-149)

Seeking Engineering Analyst with ABAQUS Experience

Submitted by wvmars on

Endurica LLC (www.endurica.com) is a growing, high-technology, small business startup with customers in the defense, heavy equipment, offshore, and automotive sectors. We deliver world-leading solutions and services for managing elastomer durability issues at the conceptual / CAE stage. We are located in Findlay, Ohio.

We are seeking a full time Engineering Analyst to develop and execute analysis projects, and to support customers in their applications of Endurica’s fatigue analysis technology.

Call for Papers - Rubber Division ACS mini-symposium on Mechanics and Modelling, Cincinatti, 9-11 Oct 2012

Submitted by wvmars on

The Rubber Division, ACS is now accepting online
abstract submissions for the 182nd Technical Meeting being held during the
Rubber Expo at the Duke Energy Center, October 9-11, 2012, in Cincinnati, OH,
USA.  Papers will be judged and awards presented
for Best Paper and Best Paper - Honorable Mention.

Official Call for Papers:
http://rubber.confex.com/rubber/182/cfp.cgi

Abstracts Due: Friday, May 18, 2012

Final Papers Due: Friday, August 31, 2012

2012 SIMULIA Community Conference - International Gathering of Simulation Experts

Submitted by matt.ladzinski on

2012 SIMULIA Community Conference

May 15-17, 2012 – Providence, Rhode Island

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4 PhD positions - EU/UK citizens ONLY :-( - Imperial/Oxford

Submitted by v.tagarielli on
Dear i-mechanicians, we are recruiting 4 students for PhD courses in Mechanical Engineering / Solid Mechanics. These positions are ONLY open to UK or EU applicants. Please read the requirements of the specific position before you apply! All positions will cover fully university/college fees and a tax-free maintenance stipend, paid at the standard EPSRC rates. Please do not reply to this post but follow the specific instructions for each of the positions if you would like to apply. 
 

1 PhD student @ Imperial College London, Dept of Aeronautics