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   ICAME 2010: 2nd Call for Papers, due 15 Sept 2010 

         2 - 5 December 2010

         Shah Alam, MALAYSIA

         visit: www.icame2010.org

Hi everybody,

 have you ever tried to model the damage behaviour of a material using the theory of progressive damage and failure

for ductile metals implemeted in Abaqus for continuum elements?

If so, do you think it is possible to use the same theory to model the damage behaviour of an epoxy resin?

Are there any articles in which this has been done? Could you please suggest me some articles to read?

 Thank you very much.

Regards,

 Cecilia 

                                     

Joint Postdoctoral Fellow Position at KAUST and Georgia Institute of Technology — Accepting applications until the position is filled

We have one more opening and have no U.S. visa waiver requirement anymore.

how can i define frequency domain viscoelastic material & electrorheological in abaqus ?

Hii all,

How can we model a bi-material interface using abaqus. 

Hi everybody,

have you ever tried to implement in Abaqus periodic boundary conditions?

I am doing this. Particularly, I am applying PBC to unit cells constituted of a clay particle in an epoxy matrix.

When I apply PBC in case of transverse shear, I have convergence problems using Abaqus standard,

so I have to use an algorithm of stabilization but because of this one

I have to renounce to the stress continuity between opposite boundaries of the unit cell.

Do you think this is normal or I am doing some mistakes?

One PhD candidate position is available in the Department of Mechanical engineering at the University of Rhode Island. This fully supported position which is to be filled by January 2011, is for thesis research focusing on microstructure/damage interactions in advanced superalloys at elevated temperatures.