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ES240 Project

Submitted by Kathleen W. DiSanto on

Maria and I are doing our project on the contact of a sphere under force on a rigid surface.  We will be studying the existing theoretical equations that model this effect, particularly the Hertz contact equations.  We will then model this system on abaqus and illustrate that the theoretical results match the analytical results.  The resulting deformation of the sphere when pressed onto the rigid surface will be the parameter of the most interest here.

Viscoelastic Standard Linear Solid in ABAQUS

Submitted by natoli on

I'm trying to implement the standard linear solid (Maxwell form) in ABAQUS. I can't find anything on how the 3 constants of the SLS model get input into ABAQUS in terms of the g_i's, k_i's, and tau_i's ABAQUS uses. For example, in a relaxation test, the modulus is given by Y(t) = C_1 + C_2*exp(-C_2*t/C_3), where the C_i's are the constants. I don't know if the standard linear solid makes any assumptions about deviatoric vs dilatational behavior. Does anyone know how to do this? -Thanks, Roman

Problem 29: Project: Elastic Sphere Contacting Ridgid Surface

Submitted by Maria Persson Gulda on

Kathleen DiSanto and I are interested in finding out what the displacemnet distribution is for an elastic sphere contacting a ridgid surface. This Problem has many applications in sports such as golf and baseball, where the golf club and the baseball bat can be seen as ridgid materials compared to the elastic golf ball or baseball.

Mimics 11.1 released!

Submitted by Mimics on

Leuven, November 19, 2007. Materialise
launches Mimics 11.1, the new release of the company’s medical imaging and
editing software. This new release builds on the last one, enhancing export to
FEA even more. Overall usability and performance were improved with some very
nice new features. Take a look at our website for more information.

 

ES 240 Project Proposal - Jane Yoon, Sun Min Jung

Submitted by Sun Min Jung on

Stress/Strain Analysis of Bullet-Holeson the Boeing 737 Fuselage Boeing 737 is the most popular aircraft in the sky today, with each one taking off or landing on average of every 6 seconds. One of the most important analyses conducted on these passenger aircrafts is determining the impact of any damage on the fuselage.

ES 240 Problem Set #8, Problem #20 - Green's function of biharmonic operator is not positive definite

Submitted by John Peter Whitney on

Professor Vlassak mentioned that last year every single person did a finite element project.  He said he wanted to see more theory projects, so I decided to take him up on that.

I was browsing around one day and happened upon an article that explained that while the Green's function of the laplacian was positive definite, the biharmonic operator's Green's function is not.  Physically, this has significance.