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cantilever beam with piezoelectric

Submitted by kuskus on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 12:40

piezoelectric beam in Ansys

I am looking for models or tutorials for cantilever beam with piezoelektric. Modeling in Ansys.

Call for Papers: Symposium on Flexible Multi Body Systems

Submitted by Carsten Proppe on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 08:03

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multi-body dynamics

You are cordially invited to participate in the

Symposium on Flexible Multi Body Systems

at ICNAAM 2010 - 8th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics.

The conference will take place on September 19-25, 2010 at Rhodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece. Please visit the conference website for further information.

POSTGRADUATE & POSTDOCTORAL VACANCIES EXIST IN UofT CANADA

Submitted by meguid on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 04:14

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nanomechanics; nanotubes; van der Waal interactions; continuum model

POSTGRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES EXIST

IN MECHANICS AND AEROSPACE DESIGN LAB IN UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

We are seeking high calibre Masters and Doctoral students as well as Post Doctoral Fellows to join a very active and dynamic group at the University of Toronto. We are dealing with very exciting projects, including: Nanoengineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Design of Fast UAV (M=0.85), Structural Integrity of Aeroengine Compressor and Turbine Disc Assemblies, Morphing Wing Design, among many others.

Postdoctoral position at Brown University

Submitted by pguduru on Sun, 03/28/2010 - 15:37

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Applications are sought for a postdoctoral position in Solid Mechanics at Brown University, with focus on the mechanics of energy storage materials. Interested candidates can contact Prof. Pradeep Guduru at Pradeep_Guduru [at] Brown.edu, with CV and a statement of research interests.

Flow Stress Curves for 51CrMoV4 material at varying temperature and strain rates

Submitted by kruzster on Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:09

Hie,

1] I am Krunal, currently pursuing my masters for University of Sheffield, wherein for my thesis I require to simulate the forging process for commercial vehicle Anti-roll bars using MSC MARC software.

2] I require the flow stress curves for the material 51CrMoV4 at varying temperatures ( approx 850 - 1400 deg celcius ) and varying strain rates ( approx 0.01 to 50 per second). However I am unable to find it....!!

How to apply moment for solid 185 element in ANSYS

Submitted by mannemanoj on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 18:47

solid 185 element

hello friends i am beginner in ANSYS., i am designing a base plate in ansys where my element type is solid 185 now my problem is, i need to apply moment to it

so now i need hlp plz hlp guys

if u can plz mail ur ideas to this id " friendz_manoj [at] yahoo.com"

Summer Position in Washington DC - Conversion of Database Assisted Design (DAD) Code to C++

Submitted by rdgabbai on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:30

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All,

I am seeking a student for the summer (May-August) to begin working on the conversion of an existing MATLAB-based code for the Database Assisted Design (DAD) of tall steel buildings under wind loads to C++. Obviously, the only prerequisite is proficiency in both C++ and MATLAB. A background in wind engineering is not needed as you will learn along the way.

Stress contours

Submitted by vinay kumar B A on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 04:35

Hi..

i want to know, how to obtain the stress contours of users choice in ansys.

i want to find stress contours rangeing from 0.2 to 2 in the interval of 0.2 in a problem of plate drilled with a circular hole.

please help me to find the solution.

thanking you

vinay

MRC Elsevier Distinguished Lecture, NJIT, Monday 19 April 2010

Submitted by Dan Lovegrove on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 17:48

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Elsevier is pleased to announce that Professor Howard Baum will be presenting the Mechanics Research Communications Elsevier Distinguished Lecture (sponsored by Elsevier and the New Jersey Institute of Technology Granular Science Laboratory). The lecture will take place in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, NJIT, on Monday April 19, 2010, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Full details are available at

http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/mrclecture.pdf