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VUMAT viscoelasticity (Maxwell model)

Submitted by surot on

Dear all,

I would like to ask you for advice. I am about to simulate a pull-through test (see attached picture) of a cladding panel made of a material with highly viscoelastic behaviour. I have parameters for Maxwell model (Prony series) obtained from test. I expect large deformation and probably cone failure (or tearing of the cladding panel). Therefore I would like to use Abaqus/Explicit. The problem is that I cannot use *visco step together with Explicit. Is there any way to solve it?

Postdoc in Mechanics/Tribology and/or Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Submitted by Daniel Mulvihill on

Postdoc position available on Mechanics/Tribology and/or Triboelectric Nanogenerators at the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering. Applicants with background in mechanics, tribology or triboelectric nanogenerators (including device fabrication and testing) are welcome. Closing date: 08-Dec-2020

Residual stresses reduce pulse wave velocity in arteries

Submitted by Konstantin Volokh on

In this note, we develop simple analytical formulas to estimate the effect of residual stresses on the pulse wave velocity in blood vessels. We combine these formulas with three constitutive models of the arterial wall: the Fung model and two models accounting for the dispersion of collagen fibers via 8 and 16 structure tensors accordingly. The residual stresses come into play with a description of the initial kinematics - the opening angle.

EML Webinar on 11 November 2020 on Mechanobiology: A Tale of Stressed Life by Sulin Zhang

Submitted by Teng Li on

EML Webinar on 11 November 2020 will be given by Sulin Zhang, Penn State University. Discussion leader: Teng Li, University of Maryland

Title: Mechanobiology: A Tale of Stressed Life

Time: 9:30 am Boston, 2:30 pm London, 3:30 pm Paris, 10:30 pm Beijing on 11 November 2020

Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684