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Online finite element analysis of nanoindentation (indentation)

Submitted by sobh on

Dear All, 

 

We (the NanoBIO Node at Illinois ) have a preliminary release of an online finite element analysis of nanoindentation (indentation) tool using FEAP

This preliminary release is limited to linear elastic material, axisymmetric geometry, spherical rigid indenter, and various boundary conditions. 

Computational Mechanics Engineer

Submitted by Troy Marusich on

Computational Mechanics Engineer

Third Wave Systems, a leading
provider of CAE analysis software and services for machining manufacturing, is
seeking enthusiastic additions to our computational mechanics software
development team.  This position holds
the primary responsibility of developing and implementing numerical methods,
finite element formulations, smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH), meshless
methods, adaptive and initial mesh generation, three-dimensional geometry
engines, mechanistic machining models, constitutive models for the simulation
and optimization of metal, composite, and ceramic cutting processes.  The Computational Mechanics Engineer (CME) will

Convergence problem of cohesive element in abaqus

Submitted by Guodong Guo on

Hello, 

Would there will be anyone like to share the experiences of using cohesive element in Abaqus. Recently I come across some trick proplems while using the cohesive element with bilinear cohesive law to model the slide of interface.

First,I don't know if there is a exact meaning of the stiffness, but it seems that it is related to the convergence. After many times of trial, I find I can only get a convergent result by using a couple of values. Nevertheless, I don't know the meaning of the stiffness.

quasi-static indenation test simulation in ansys Question ?

Submitted by Ahmed wagih on

Dear all,
 
I have aproblem with contact peoblem.
I am working in indentation in composite laminate plate the simulation was done using ANSYS. i define surface to surface contact between the rigid indneter and the laminate plate. then, a small displacemnt is applied to the indenter (.005mm) to check the conatct condition.
THE problem?
 
when applying this small displacemnt i get very large penetration of indneter in the specimen. and i don't know why?
 

Postdoc position in Solid Mechanics at Lund University, Sweden

Submitted by HHallberg on

The postdoc position is mainly focused on
development of advanced computational models of microstructure evolution
in metallic materials, with particular focus on recrystallization and
related phenomena. Some experimental activities may also be part of the
work.



The employment is for one year with a possible extension to two years.

A more detailed job description and procedures for
application can be found here .

Adding static/dynamic library to an Abaqus user subroutine

Submitted by salingerv on



I want to use an external subroutine in my umat but I have not been able to do that so far. Having created a dynamic library project in Visual Studio 2008, I have created a .dll and .lib files and copied the .lib file into the working directory of my abaqus job and the .dll file to exec folder. I have also added the directory of the .lib file in the LIB environmental variable. But I get these errors from ABAQUS: 



[quote]LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'Dll2.lib'