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Can any one provide any apdl code to perform automatic fatigue crack growth ??

Submitted by saimohan35 on

Hi, I am using Ansys Apdl for 3d fatigue crack growth. I need any one code to understand how it can be automized (recreating crack with node shift and remeshing).

 

Thank you

Gravity induced crease-to-wrinkle transition in soft materials

Submitted by Xudong Liang on

Creasing and wrinkling instability are two distinct surface instability modes characterized by localized singular folds and continuous smooth undulations, respectively. In this article, we show that the surface of a soft elastomer may develop wrinkles or creases under compression and the action of gravitational force, depending on the magnitude of gravitational force.

Heat flux problem with HETVAL and DFLUX

Submitted by zengziw on

Hi,

I am using HETVAL in abaqus to generate the heat. I am testing my subroutine and I set the flux(1) to a constant, like 5000000, but the output 'HFL', which I think should equal to the flux(1), turns out to be a very small number, and also it is a linearly increasing curve w/ time. Thus, the temperature is nearly not increasing.

I am also using the same problem using DFLUX.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

PhD Candidate Structural Mechanics

Submitted by jansen on

The Institute of Structural Analysis at Leibniz Universität Hannover invites applications for a
Scientific coworker / PhD Candidate 
(Salary scale E13 TV-L) (reference number 62)

The position is available from now.  The appointment for this position is at first for a period of one year. An extension of the appointment period after the first year is planned. The work should lead to a PhD thesis.

Postdoc Researcher damage modeling of composite and layered structures

Submitted by jansen on

The Institute of Structural Analysis at Leibniz Universität Hannover invites applications for a
Scientific coworker / Postdoc Researcher 
(Salary scale E14 TV-L) (Reference number 65)

 

In the section “Composites” of the ISD, a postdoc position in the area of damage modeling of composite and layered structures is available from now.

Stochastic Review Paper in Movie Form!

Submitted by Lee Margetts on

A while ago, I shared news about the recent publication of our review paper titled: "Practical Application of the Stochastic Finite Element Method".  The first author David Arregui-Mena, a PhD student at the University of Manchester, created a YouTube movie which summarises the content of the paper.

For those interested, its worth a watch!

Link to movie

2nd Call for Abstracts: USNCCM13 Minisymposium 414 on Recent Advances in Mesh Adaptivity for Inelasticity, Damage, Crack Propagation and Failure.

Submitted by Alejandro Mota on

In this minisymposium we seek to highlight challenging problems in computational solid mechanics that require mesh adaptation methods for their solution. We focus on the finite element method and works that address large deformations and the accompanying inelasticity, damage, crack propagation and failure. Discussion will center on Lagrangian descriptions and determining the necessary computational components to resolve, preserve, and evolve the fields that govern these processes. Prototypical material systems may include, but are not limited to, ductile metals and biomaterials.