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Under tension, confined elastic layers can exhibit various modes of mechanical instabilities, including cavitation, fingering and fringe instabilities. While the cavitation has been extensively studied, the fingering and fringe instabilities have not been well understood, and the relations and interactions of these instabilities have not been explored yet. In this paper, we systematically study the formation, transition, interaction and co-existence of mechanical instabilities in confined elastic layers under tension.
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Hi all,
Apologize if a similar thread was discussed elsewhere. I wanted to know as to currently, what is the
best method to simulate large geometries with cracks as in 3 or 4 point bending test and get factors like CTOD
etc. from such simulation in a physical manner.
I am also interested in crack propagation. As I understand FE requires a prior knowledge of the crack propagation.
What are the disadvantages of XFEM in terms of accuracy? Is there any review on discussing various methods including
Dear colleagues,
on behalf of the course organizer, I would like to bring to your attention to the advanced course on Modeling of localized inelastic deformation that will be taught by Milan Jirásek in Prague, Czech Republic on 18-22 September 2017.
I tried to explain the concept of state of stress in a simple way, here is the link to the video - state of stress
Hi,I have started working with abaqus,
I would like to know if fortran is to be intalled to executr DLOAD Command ,
i need to apply a sinusodial load..
Any one aware may pls reply,
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