Electro-creasing instability in deformed polymers: experiment and theory
Electro-creasing instability in deformed polymers: experiment and theory
Qiming Wang, Mukarram Tahir, Lin Zhang, and Xuanhe Zhao*
Soft Matter, In Press
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Some references on dynamic testing
First of all, I would like to thank you all for the response. I apologize for the much delayed reply.
In what follows, I will list a few references about
dynamic behaviors of materials at large and the testing techniques. Of
course I will definitely omit some important books or papers since after
all I am more a materials scientist. Therefore, if you know of know of
any good references, please let us know.
The Results of The 1st Y.C. Fung Student Paper Competition on Biomechanics, Biophysics, and Biomatreriomics
The final phase of The 1st Y.C. Fung Student Paper Competition on Biomechanics, Biophysics, and Biomatreriomics was held at Northeastern University, Boston, on June 3rd, 2011.
Seven finalists have participated the oral presentation, and they are:
Egor Dontsov from the University of Minnesota,
New Editor-in-Chief for Acta Astronautica, the journal of the International Academy of Astronautics
During the Acta Astronautica Editorial Board held at the 61st IAC, Prague September 2010, Editor-in-Chief Rupert Gerzer announced that due to his steadily and steeply increasing work load at the DLR, he felt it best to turn the reins of Editor-in-Chief over to the very qualified and able (Rock) Jeng-Shing Chern who has served as Comission IV Editor since 2008. You can read Rock's editorial on ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576511001020
Plain concrete failure
Hello all,
I am trying to model concrete as an elastic material in ABAQUS. The model can be any simple structure (cube, beam or column) but the main feature is that concrete behaviour is elastic up to a limiting strain (St. Venant's theory). Which of the Failure criteria in ABAQUS i should be using (Elasticity or brittle cracking)? if neither would you mind explaining other options?
Thanks
Hussam
Combining UMAT with XFEM
Hi all,
I 'd like to ask whether anyone has applied XFEM for a user-material (UMAT). What is the process to do that? Could anyone provide some advice, documentation or guidelines?
All the best,
Panos
p.s. I 've heard that a UEL code is needed to couple XFEM with UMAT.
New release now available for the Mimics Innovation Suite
Leuven,Belgium, May 31, 2011. Materialise is proud to announce the newest release of the Mimics Innovation Suite. The software solution, already renowned for being the fastest and easiest method for getting accurate 3D surface models from imaging data, is now faster and more user-friendly than ever. An example of the improved features is that several
PhD Studentship in Biomechanics - Development of a constitutive model for the abdominal aorta tissue
Applications are invited for a PhD Student Position to be held at the University of Limerick, Ireland (www.ul.ie) within the framework of a structured four-year PhD programme in Biomedical Engineering. The scholarship is at the rate of ~1300 EUR/month in addition to students fees. Closing date for applications is June 17th 2011 at 5 PM.
For more information please see the enclosed document.