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Frictional energy dissipation in contact of nominally flat rough surfaces under harmonically varying loads

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on
Frictional energy dissipation in contact of nominally flat rough surfaces under harmonically varying loads  Original Research Article



Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, , Available online 1 October 2011,

C. Putignano, M. Ciavarella, J.R. Barber   View Abstract  

Viscoelastic Analysis With Nanoindentation DMA

Submitted by NANOVEA on

Viscoelasticity can be studied using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) during Nanoindentation. By applying controlled oscillatory stress the resulting strain can easily be measured. An elastic material will have stress and strain in phase while a viscous-elastic material will have strain lagging stress. In many applications during quality control and R&D, it is important to reliably test this behavior.

Optimisation of influence of rolling paramters in cold rolling process

Submitted by kdevarajanmts on

Respected sir/Madam,

I am Devarajan.K Doing M.Tech Engineering design . I am currently doing projects in  Optimisation of influence of rolling paramters in cold rolling process . For this i choosed the following input parameters of rolling process

1. Roller Diameter

2.Roller Speed

3. Friction Coefficient

4.Inlet material thickness

5.% of reductions

Apply toward PhD position

Submitted by iman.dayyani on

Dear viewer, I was wondering if you can help me by introducing me toward a PhD position in a good university. 

If you are interested please let me know to send you my resume. 

I am a Master of Science
student in Mechanical Engineering in Isfahan University of Technology, Iran and
I'm expected to graduate on September 2011. 

*Nodefile in ABAQUS 6.9-3

Submitted by sshradhe on

hey friends,

i am using abaqus 6.9-3 on win7. i need to use *nodefile command in the input file. But when i run the file through GUI it says:

WARNING: The following keywords/parameters are not yet supported by the input file reader:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*BOUNDARY, LOADCASE

*NODEFILE

Please help me.....

also i wud like info on running jobs through command prompt. I have no idea about this.

I have added commands directory to system variables......

Prediction of CTEs of orthotropic composites

Submitted by Gao Yunxin on

Hello

Are any analytical solutions for the effective CTEs (coefficent of thermal expansion) of orthotropic composites available?

I am trying to predict the CTEs of a resin matrix with Al reinforced fibers which have a rectangular cross-section (not a square). All the fiber in 90 degree direction. I know the volume fractions and the details of the rectangular cross section as well as the properties of the resin and Al. The CTEs in the two transverse directions are different.

 Thanks and regards

 Yunxin