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Looking for a Great Solid Mechanics Book w/Solutions

Submitted by zaphead on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 00:05

Dear all, I am an ME PhD graduate looking for a great classical solid mechanics text (preferably something that includes a thorough treatment of classical methods as well as finite deformation and an intro into computational methods). Here's the catch:

It's got to have good homework problems at the end of each chapter, AND a solution manual to those problems. I really like the texts by Fung and Goldstein, however I can't find solution manuals to the homework problems.

Can anyone suggest a book and its accompanying solution manual?

Running ABAQUS *.inp Files?

Submitted by hossein_ataei on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 04:06

Does anyone know how I can run an input file that I have a copy of that in my TEMP folder via DOS Command Line?

Thank you very much for your time and for your advise.

Crack Modelling in ABAQUS and ELEMENT DELETION in Explicit Analysis

Submitted by hossein_ataei on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 04:03

Hello ABAQUS Experts,

I had a quick question for which I needed your experience and advise please:

I need to know "How we do Element Deletion / Remeshing for the Explicit
Loading?" I mean how I can remove elements in each time-step to model my
progressive failure and at the same time maintain the continuity of my
explicit dynamic analysis.

I am applying extreme shock loading (Explicit Analysis) on a glass plate
and I am about to remove the elements that reach their max stress, then

Temperature–pressure-induced solid–solid 〈100〉 to 〈110〉 reorientation in FCC metallic nanowire

Submitted by Vijay Kumar Sutrakar on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 04:00

research

shape memory

atomistic simulations

I would like to share our recent research work on FCC metallic nanowires, which is published in Journal of Physics : Condensed Matters (IOP) . The abstract of the paper is given below. Further details can be found at

Vijay Kumar Sutrakar et al 2012 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 015401

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/24/1/015401

Abstract:

Postdoctoral Fellow in Orthopaedics Surgical Simulations and Applied Computational Mechanics, Northwestern University

Submitted by Yasin Y. Dhaher on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 20:52

job

finite element analysis

nonlinear

Postdoctoral
Fellow in Orthopaedics Surgical Simulations and Applied Computational
Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University, Chicago,
Illinois

Faculty position in mechanical engineering at the University of Washington

Submitted by jiangyuli on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 17:48

job

Formal announcement is pasted below.

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position, which will be available at the start of the 2012-2013 academic year. The position will be at the rank of assistant professor or associate professor.

Marie Curie Fellows (Early Stage and Experienced Researchers) in Computational Mechanics

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 14:07

job

Ph.D. position; computational mechanics; FEA development

13 PhD positions and 2 post-doctoral positions are available through a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (INSIST).

Please send CV to stephane dot bordas at gmail dot com

bordasS at cardiff dot ac dot uk

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33751168

PhD position at Mines ParisTech (Centre des matériaux)

Submitted by maziere on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 10:38

job

computational mechanics

PHD position

material science

Titanium

A PhD position is avalaible at the Centre des Matériaux of Mines ParisTech (Paris, France). The research will focus on "Experimental and numerical analysis of sustained load cracking in Titanium". The candidates should have a master degree in mechanics, materials sciences and engineering, or computational mechanics. A full decription of the subject is attached. Interested applicants please send a resume to Dr. Matthieu Maziere (maziere [at] mat.ensmp.fr).