extra shape function
i was using extra shape function for modelling 8 noded brick element. what is the extra shape function used in ansys for solid5 element modelling voltage degree of freedom?
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Viscosity of PMMA
I am looking for the value of Bulk viscosity and shear viscosity of PMMA at room temperature . If anybody has any idea i request for a help to supply the value to me
Thanking you
Best regards..
muna
Today is Pi day and Einstein's birthday, again!
Google's logo is very cute today !
Today is defined as Pi day, it is also Albert Einstein's birthday. Besides, today is Japaness lover's "white day".
According to Wiki, "In the 1980s the Japanese National Confectionery Industry Association launched a successful campaign to make March 14 a "reply day", where men are expected to return the favour to those who gave them chocolates on Valentine's Day, calling it White Day for the color of the chocolates being offered."
Lecturer positions at the Univ. of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. Joint Institute
The University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have established a Joint Institute in Shanghai committed to building a world-class academic institution with educational and research missions. The UM-SJTU Joint Institute invites applications for lecturers to support its mechanical and electrical/computer engineering programs. With its unique academic mission in China, the JI offers an extraordinary academic environment. The JI is modeled on world-class US universities. The students are among China’s best.
Faculty positions (Asst, Assoc, and Prof) at the Univ. of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. Joint Institute
The University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have established a Joint Institute in Shanghai with a commitment to build a world-class academic research and educational institution. The UM-SJTU Joint Institute invites applications for tenure-track (Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor) positions in all emerging fields of mechanical engineering and related disciplines. These positions are open to top caliber applicants from around the world.
Paper by Ellad Tadmor & Nikhil Admal---Atomistic Definition of Stress
For both mechanicians and physicists, linking continuum concepts to the underlying microscopic characteristics of materials has remained a major preoccupation. Certainly, with the recent advent of the so-called "multiscale" modeling approaches, this topic has been brought to a sharp focus. Cauchy stress is one such continuum concept that has courted a fair amount of controversy.
3D Auxetic model
An interesting animation by Adrian Rossiter of a 3D model showing 2D auxetic behaviour.
Maxwell stress of a dielectric elastomer subjected to electric field
Hello everyone,
As reported in some references, Maxwell stress of a dielectric elastomer subjected to electric field can be determined by the following formula
P=e*E^2 (1) -------e=e0*e1, e0 is the dielectric permittivity of vacuum, e1 is the relative dielectric permittivity of the elastomer, and E is the applied electric field.
