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New Text on Engineering Mechanics (Strength of Materials)

Submitted by Sanjay Govindjee on

 

After many years of teaching elementary mechanics and being unhappy with the high price of existing texts and their tendency to lead students into a game of pattern matching as opposed to thinking about fundamentals, I decided to assemble my lectures into a book.  So if you are looking for something different and concise on this topic you may wish to have a look at this book.  The book is also well suited for use as a refresher due to its brevity.

Non-linear analysis of Flat rectangular laminated plates

Submitted by tej kiran.m on

Hi,

I am working on my post grads project, i would be very thankful if anyone does needful in this regard.

I need some suggestions in deriving out the non-linear governing  equation for a simply supported flat rectangular laminated plate , here i considered a uniformly distributed load. 

I have taken Von-Karman strains e(xx), e(yy), e(xy) with non-linear terms for a single term,

to derive the equilibrium equations of motion, is virtual principles of work or displacement necessary? 

composite with taper plies

Submitted by sriharsha85 on

Hi,



I am Sri Harsha from IITMadras.



I have been trying to do composite with 40 plies out of which 20 taper plies in 1 in 20 ramp.



It is giving error which I am sending in the attachment..



If
I am trying to work with 20 normal plies with no taper plies in it and only 20 taper plies separately
it is working but when I do combine these two it is giving error. I do not
know what was wrong in it. Can anyone please help me out in this. I have
to do this as soon as possible.



Meaning of Weak form use in Finite element Method

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Hallo,

 

 I am a Computational Mechanics Student. I always come across during class of Finite Element Methods. I want to know what does actual mean by "Weak Form"? IAnd What are we take Test Function while using in Galerkin Method?

 

 

Finite Element Analysis

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Hello....



I have one Finite Element Analysis Question.



For static analysis inertia and damping forces are negligible. To what extent must the load vary with respect to time, so as to consider Dynamic analysis instead of static analysis for a given FEA problem.

First article of new Open Access Journal Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis available on ScienceDirect

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Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis is now officially launched with its first papers now awailable  on Science Direct: Cracking of underground welded steel pipes caused by HAZ sensitization

An opportunity for postdoctoral scholars

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Postdoc Free Access Program

For scholars who recently received their PhD’s and currently do not have a research position, we are pleased to offer unlimited complimentary access to all our journals and books on ScienceDirect, for up to 6 months. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/postdocfreeaccess

Mechanical behavior of materials

Submitted by Abubakar Gambo on
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Hello, pls i need ur assistance on how to solve these problems

1) calculate young's modulus for an iron crystal when tension is applied along a <122> direction. 

2) consider a thin-wall tube that is 1 inch in diameter and has a 0.010-inch wall thickness. let x, y and z be the axial, tangential(hoop), and radial directions, respectively.

(a) the tube is subjected to an axial tensile force of 80 lbs. and turque of 100in-lbs what is the magnitude of the largest principal stress?