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Postdoctoral position in the theory of materials

Submitted by tongqing.lu on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 20:07

Postdoctoral position in the theory of materials

Materials Department

University of California, Santa Barbara

A new post-doctoral position is open for conducting cross-disciplinary basic research in the theory of heterogeneous structural materials. Candidates are sought with strong background in statistics or statistical mechanics, probability theory, and mechanics. A Ph.D. in Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering might be appropriate.

Applying load on a Compact Tension specimen in Abaqus

Submitted by Chizyuka on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 09:41

education

Hi there,

I have been trying to model fracture toughness test in abaqus but unfortunately I am faced with difficulties of how to apply the tensile loading on the compact tension model's pin holes. Most papers I have come across show only pressure being applied on the flat upper most edge of the test specimen instead of the pin holes. Please could there be someone out there who could show me how to apply this tensile loading right on the holes?

Thanks in advance.

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Submitted by arash_yavari on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:21

research

Dear Friends:

I would like to encourage you to consider submitting papers to Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. The focus of this journal is on applications of mathematical techniques to solid mechanics problems. You can find more information in the following link: http://mms.sagepub.com/

Please feel free to contact me (arash.yavari [at] ce.gatech.edu) if you have any questions regarding this journal.

Regards,

WCCM 2012: Minisymposium on Fracture and Contact Mechanics for Interface Problems

Submitted by marco.paggi on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:20

World Conference on Computational Mechanics

Interquadrennial ICF Conference

Minisymposium on Fracture and Contact Mechanics for Interface Problems

Organizers: Marco Paggi, Alberto Carpinteri, Peter Wriggers

Contact person: Marco Paggi (marco.paggi [at] polito.it)

Postdoctoral Position on composites

Submitted by xinran xiao on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 17:18

job

Michigan State University

Postdoctoral position at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Submitted by ntrayanova on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 15:20

job

Cardiac Mechanics

postdoctoral position

soft tissue mechanics

A postdoctoral position is available immediately at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University for work on a project simulating cardiac mechanics in normal and failing hearts. A PhD in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering or related field is required. The candidate is required to have strong expertise in modeling soft tissue mechanics. The successful candidate is expected to be able to develop code to simulate the contraction of the heart as well as to conduct simulation research on abnormalities in cardiac contraction. Send inquiries to Dr. N.

Running the *.psf file in ABAQUS/CAE

Submitted by imangolzad on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 11:27

Hi all,

I want to use abaqus for parametric study. I have the input file (*.inp) and the python scripting file (*.psf). The problem is that I do not know how to run the *.psf file. I tried the command abaqus script=myfile (the myfile is the file with psf extension) but the error massage (Invalid Syntax) appears.

I would appreciate it if anyone help me to run the *.psf file. Is there any other way rather command line to execute the python scripting file such as *.psf files?

Thanks.

ductile fracture in abaqus

Submitted by raminramin on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 09:04

software

ductile fracture in abaqus

Hello

I need to simulate a simple bar under uniaxial stress, spliting it into 2 pieces , in fact i need a tutorial or a sample test to see the whole process.

i know a little about ductile damage and related issues but it doesnt work for me , so i need a simple tutorial

Thanks

Nonlocal Instability Analysis of FCC Bulk and (100) Surfaces Under Uniaxial Stretching

Submitted by Harold S. Park on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 01:36

research

nonlocal

defect nucleation

The objective of this paper is to examine the instability characteristics of both a bulk FCC crystal and a (100) surface of an FCC crystal under uniaxial stretching along a <100> direction using an atomistic-based nonlocal instability criterion. By comparison to benchmark atomistic simulations, we demonstrate that for both the FCC bulk and (100) surface, about 5000-10000 atoms are required in order to obtain an accurate converged value for the instability strain and a converged instability mode. The instability modes are fundamentally different at the surface as comp