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PhD Position

Submitted by tsarjun on

PhD positions are available starting Fall 2009.

Michigan State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

If you have strong interest in Solid Mechanics and Nature, write to me after applying to MSU Graduate School for admission.

Desirable qualities: Innovative, strongly motivated and interested in understanding how nature works and applying the same for mechanics based problems

The research will focus on biomimetic design of composite materials. 

Assistant professor in Solid Mechanics

Submitted by Marion Gross on

The Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in the field of Solid Mechanics to begin July 1, 2009 or thereafter.  Appointment would be at the assistant or untenured associate professor level. In special cases, a senior faculty appointment may be possible.  Candidates should have a strong foundation in Solid Mechanics,  and should hold an earned Ph.D.

Calling UMAT in abaqus

Submitted by bornvirgo85 on

 Hello,

 I am trying to figure out how to call UMAT through the abaqus command. I have a local abaqus licence. How do I get into the command window to type in the commands? I have installed fortran. I am trying to run one of the examples in the manual which gives me the .inp file and .f file. I went through a number of forums and the manual which tells me to use compile_fortran and abaqus make commands. Can someone guide me through the procedure? I am using version 6.7-5.

 

Thank you 

Ask for a constitutive model for soil with dilantancy and hardening

Submitted by old_one on

Dear researchers,

My name is Chi and I just started my PhD study two months ago. I am experimentally and numerically studying the pore pressure build-up in sands during the pile load test and hence, at the first stage, I need to have a constitutive model for soil with both dilatancy and hardening behaviors.

REG: ANALAYSIS OF COMPOSITE SHELL IN ANSYS

Submitted by sandip_remo on

 im doin my final yr proj on composite shell......actually my structure involve a single layerd and a bidirectional fiber orientation...

But i felt really tough in solving usin ANSYS..i started my proceedings with some approximations ie) i hav used modelling->layup option with an assumption of 0.5 mm thick layer of 0 deg orientation....nd remaining 0.5mm thick layer of 90 deg orientation...

but my stucture involves an interwoven fabric structure....so im not sure whether im moving rite.....so pls give me ur suggestions

thanks in advance

Look for a postdoc or research position in structural engineering

Submitted by shaochj on

My research interest focuses on concrete damage constutitive model and its numerical implementation, performance-based seismic design of bridge structures, variational integrand method and conservative propertied of irreversible process, methmatical base of damage theory .Now I work as a postdoctoral research till Sep. 2009 at Tongji University, P R China.  My current research are supported partly by China Postdoc Fund Committee and Shanghai Postdoc Fund Committee.