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Wondering about the Mechanics of Bacterial Death

Submitted by Ajit R. Jadhav on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 09:48

biomechanics

0. I was idly thinking about the current H1N1 flue pandemic, and the following things occurred to me. Please note, I know very little about this subject matter. So, please consider descriptions in the following as, at best, tentative.

1. There is a basic difference between how alcohol kills viruses and how salt-water kills bacteria. [Alcohol is used in the hand-cleaners they use in hospitals. Girgling with salt-water is the first line of defense (and an unexpectedly highly effective one) which is well known for millenia.]

Implementation of TRESCA yield certeria in ABAQUS plasticity material model using UMAT

Submitted by prashant sharma on Wed, 10/03/2007 - 18:56

hi everybody.

I am interested to implement tresca failure criteria in my plastic material model (ABAQUS/standard) using UMAT subrountine which is avaiable in ABAQUS code but it is primaryly made for Mises failure , so i made few attempt to modified it for tresca , but it did not work out, so if anyone have any idea , please guide me.

thanks

prashant sharma

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