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PhD position FEM simulation of machining in Braunschweig, Germany

Submitted by martinbaeker on

Within the



7th Research Framework Programme of the EU (FP7),

The project "Macro, Micro and Nano Aspects of Machining - MAMINA"

offers a three-year PhD project

named

"Finite Element Simulation of the Cutting Process"

at the Institut für Werkstoffe, Technische Universität Braunschweig.





Within the PhD-project Finite Element Simulation of the Cutting

Process (ESR 2) the cutting process will be simulated using finite

elements. Different models will be developed and the material

Need help/advise constructing positive-definite Wendland Compact-Support RBF Matrix

Submitted by Olumide on

Hello,



I am trying to construct a matrix using Wendland's Compact-Support RBF as described in the following the paper, http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~rheingan/pubs/smi2001.pdf . In particular, I'm using the C2, d = 3 RBF: (1 - r)^4*(4r + 1). It seems quite simple enough, but none of the matrices I've constructed are positive definite, although Wendland's RBFs guarantee positive definite matrices -- the sparse solver I intend to use requires positive definite matrices.



Help regarding 2D co-rotational beam formulation

Submitted by yawlou on

I have implemented a 2D co-rotational truss formulation in matlab.  I get identical results to OpenSEES.

Now I'm trying to implement a 2D co-rotational beam formulation.  I have followed the simple formulation in Crisfield's book volume 1.  It seems like this should be a fairly straight forward extension of the truss formulation.  I have rederived everything Crisfield has done and obtained the same results, yet something is still incorrect.

Free Energy

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

For a system in thermal contact with the rest of the world, we have described three quantities: entropy, energy, and temperature. We have also described the idea of a constraint internal to the system, and associated this constraint to an internal variable.

Strain gradient plasticity: the flow rule of Fleck and Hutchinson violates thermodynamics ?

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on

A recent paper on JMPS has seriously questioned the foundation of the SGP theory of Fleck and Hutchinson.  The matter is not simple, but is it a good bench test for imechanica to discuss?

doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2008.12.002