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How to attach a file to a comment?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

Drupal, the software that powers iMechanica, treats comments very differently from a blog entry.  You cannot attach a file to a comment directly. 

One way to link to a file in the comment is to first write a new blog entry, where you can upload the file. The blog entry and the uploaded file have distinct URLs. In your comment, you can choose to hyperlink to your blog entry, or to the uploaded file.

Abaqus error help for radiation

Submitted by emrecan88 on

I am runnin simulations for heat transfer analysis counting conduction, when I add the effect of surface radiation to environment with *radiate or *sradiate , I am getting the error message:

***WARNING: Temperature at 1 nodes has fallen below absolute zero. Increment

             will be attempted again with a new time increment. The nodes have

             been identified in node set WarnNodeTempBelowZeroStep2Inc45.

Comparison of intrapore velocities measured and simulated in the highly macro-porous biscayne aquifer

Submitted by BoJing Zhu on

Using the data from 3D hybrid lattice boltzmann code under parallel environments, some interesting simulated results are obtained by using Tecplot.

Tips:

After download the attached files, please change files name from *.ppt to *.wmv, then they  can be display normally by media player  

Water diffusion and fracture behavior in nano-porous low-k dielectric film stacks

Submitted by Li Han on
Among various low-dielectric constant low-k materials under development, organosilicate glasses
OSGs containing nanometer-size pores are leading candidates for use as intrametal dielectrics in
future microelectronics technologies. In this paper, we investigate the direct impact of water
diffusion on the fracture behavior of film stacks that contain porous OSG coatings. We demonstrate
that exposure of the film stacks to water causes significant degradation of the interfacial adhesion

Symmetry breaking, snap-through, and pull-in instabilities under dynamic loading of microelectromechanical shallow arches

Submitted by kaushik das on

Arch-shaped microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have been used as mechanical memories, micro-relays, micro-valves, optical switches, and digital micro-mirrors. A bi-stable structure, such as an arch, is characterized by a multivalued load deflection curve. Here we study the symmetry breaking, the snap-through instability, and the pull-in instability of a bi-stable arch shaped MEMS under static and dynamic electric loads.<!--break-->   Unlike a mechanical load, the electric load is a nonlinear function of the a priori unknown deformed shape of the arch.

Free Size-limited Version of ADINA!

Submitted by ADINA Support on

We are offering a free size-limited version of the ADINA finite element analysis software widely used for solving linear and nonlinear structural, heat transfer, CFD and multiphysics problems.

To request your free copy please visit:

http://www.adina.com/n900.shtml

Light Activated Polymers

Submitted by H Jerry Qi on

Soft active materials have received increasing interests recently. Here, soft materials can broadly refer to polymers, elastomers, hydrogel gels. Active materials mean that these materials can respond to external stimuli. Examples of soft active materials include shape memory polymers, environmentally responsive hydrogels, liquid crystal elastomers, etc.

Effect of constraint on swelling of hydrogels and formation of surface creases

Submitted by Rui Huang on

Inspired by recent works by Wei Hong , Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, and their coworkers, we started a project on hydrogels, with particular interest in various instability patterns observed in experiments. The attachment is our first manuscript on this subject. Through this work we hope to achieve the following:

Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Computational Material Science

Submitted by guofengwang on

A postdoctoral research position in developing first-principles based multiscale modeling of Li ion batteries is available immediately at the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy in Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The candidate will work on a project on developing and applying multiscale simulation approach to modeling the material processes occurring in Li-ion rechargeable batteries. This project involves close collaborations with the experimentalist scientists.