Complex variable method
I am working on an analytical solution for a crack propagation problem in a porous media using complex variable methods. Does anybody know some good references?
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Free Folding of Suspended Graphene Sheets by Random Mechanical Stimulation
Graphene edges, analogous to the structure of nanotubes, can significantly influence the overall electronic and magnetic properties of graphene nanostructures, and thus have become important issues in graphene research, especially for electronic applications. In this recent paper published on PRL, we reported that the free folding of suspended graphene sheets by random mechanical stimulation has preferred folding directions.
2D Finite Element Mesh : Plate with a Hole/ Flow over cylinder for higher p order ( p- refinement )
Hi,
I am looking for a code that generates a 2D mesh with higher order p (say p= 5, 6, ..) for plate with a hole problem (or) flow over cylinder.
If any one has any info that would be great !!
Regards,
Venkat
Wolfgang Knauss will receive the 2010 Timoshenko Medal
Professor Wolfgang Knauss, of the California Institute of Technology, is selected to receive the 2010 Timoshenko Medal.
The Micromechanics of Interfaces A Symposium in Honor of Professor Leon Keer
The Micromechanics of Interfaces
A Symposium in Honor of Professor Leon Keer
Symi, Greece
July 18-23, 2010
Chair:
Xanthippi Markenscoff
University of California
San Diego
2010 Melosh Medalist
Phanish Suryanarayana, from the California Institute of Technology, is the 2010 Melosh Medalist for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis. Phanish won for his paper titled "Non-periodic Finite-Element and Mesh-Free Formulation of Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory". He presented the paper on Friday, April 30, 2010, on the campus of Duke University.
Please join me in congratulating Phanish!
generalized plane strain, ansys
Hi
I am doing a simulation using Ansys . I use finite element plane 183 with the generalized plane strain option. The problem is that i am doing something wrong and this option dosn't work .Does anybody knows where i can find an example using generalized plane strain option .I have read the mannual and the example 38 in verification mannual but it did not helped
Nicolas Triantafyllidis will receive the 2010 Warner T. Koiter Medal
Professor Nicolas Triantafyllidis, of Ecole Polytechnique and the University of Michigan, is selected to receive the 2010 Warner T. Koiter Medal.
Rohan Abeyaratne will receive the 2010 Daniel C Drucker Medal
Professor Rohan Abeyaratne, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is selected to receive the 2010 Daniel C. Drucker Medal.
The shape of the Eiffel Tower
I've got interested, since I am going with about 10 of my students to Paris for the Euromech conference I am coorganizing in July, by the design of the Eiffel Tower. Eiffel was a great engineer, and indeed his shape of the tower apparently comes from his ingenious idea of balancing weigth and wind pressure so that there is little need of foundations. WIKIPEDIA has an account of this design idea, and the resulting integro-differential equation.