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can any one suggest me a tensile testing machine for small specimens/films witha temperature ramp facility

Submitted by Bhabani K. Satapathy on

I intend to do some tensile testing on some composite materials with very small thickness (about 0.5-1mm) and size 3 cm x 1 cm in a temperature ramp mode. I would like to know the name of such a testing machine or contact if any one has the same?

Post doctoral associate position to work on adhesion and contact of fibrillar interfaces

Submitted by Anand Jagota on

We have an opening for a post doctoral associate to work on biomimetic fibrillar interfaces.  We are seeking a person with skills and interests in mechanical testing and microfabrication, and background in contact and fracture mechanics.  The work will be in the group of Anand Jagota at Lehigh University in collaboration with the group of Herbert Hui at Cornell University.   Please contact either Anand Jagota (anj6 [at] lehigh.edu) or Herbert Hui (ch45

Information on cad/cam/pro - e courses

Submitted by Thomas Chen on

Dear Sir/ Mam,

I am a Diploma holder in Mech. Engg. with 10 years experience in QC and 4 years experience in drafting.

          I have already completed a course in AutoCad 2000 in 2D and 3D. I am interested in persuing course in CAD/ CAM/Pro - e. Please guide . Please give details of institutes in Kolkata offering the said courses. Thank you

Defining Tensile/Compression Strength for Plastics in ABAQUS

Submitted by braaains on
Hi.



This is a simple question about defining material properties of a plastic I guess.



I have a value for tensile & compression strength and have to include this in my model, alongside the modulus & poisson ratio. I use *Elastic for modulus & poisson, but I don't know which card to use for tensile & compression.



Have already checked the manual, but the search 'tensile compression strength' leads me to the Hashin criteria page, which is not suitable for my material.



Can anyone help?

DigiMAT: new software for composite material modeling

Submitted by Ali R. khalighi on

I'm working on modeling of mechanical properties of polymer based nanocomposites with clay.I have prepared a code for distributing plat like particles in polimar matrix (preparing RVE) with ABAQUS. I saw DIGIMAT software by www.e-xstream.com Company in internet some times ago. Now I want to test accuracy and application of this software one my project. I want to know if anyone in this club has had worked with this software and so if any one can provide me with a link of academic version of this software for a while.