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A PhD position is available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The research project is on the multiscale modeling of the stress corrosion cracking. Candidates should have a strong background in continuum mechanics, finite elements and constitutive modeling. Programming experience in Fortran or C++ is required for this position. The starting date for this position is January 2017.

crack propagation in Abaqus (VCCT) with remeshing

Submitted by havelmay on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 08:06

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I started using VCCT with quarter tip elements in Abaqus (not XFEM). I can solve the problem and get the SIFs.
How can I let the crack grow? Has someone a script for crack growth and remeshing that I can implement?

PhD position in computational modeling of fracture in thin-walled structures available at NTNU Trondheim

Submitted by josef.kiendl@u… on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 13:40

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Please check the official announcement at:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/124853/phd-position-in-c…

[Call for Abstracts] SES minisymposium on Friction, Fracture, and Damage

Submitted by Ahmed Elbanna on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 15:20

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to consider submitting abstracts to the following minisymposium taking place as part of the Soceity of Engineering Sciences meeting to be hosted by the University of Maryland (October 4-7, 2016)

D-9 :Friction, Fracture and damage (http://ses2016.org/symposium-d-9-friction-fracture-and-damage/)

Ahmed Elbanna (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) and K. Ravi-Chandar (University of Texas at Austin)

Structural simulation position @ Bosch

Submitted by Kadung on Thu, 04/07/2016 - 12:42

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions is a branch of Robert Bosch (Fortune 500) is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Simulation team in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Only applicable for Vietnamese candidate or candidate can work in Vietnam

Senior structural simulation engineer

Requirements:

· BSc, MSc or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, Maths or related fields

Isogeometric boundary element methods for linear elastic fracture mechanics

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 11:35

http://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/25835 Link to PDF: http://orbilu.uni.lu/bitstream/10993/25835/1/report.pdf

Isogeometric boundary element methods for linear elastic fracture mechanics

http://smai.emath.fr/canum2016/

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SIF for an edge crack in mode III

Submitted by zaim khelifi on Fri, 02/26/2016 - 16:57

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Hi everyone,

I am working on the propagation of an edge crack in semi-infinite plate under antiplane loading.

I need to estimate the stress intensity factor KIII at the front of the crack but I can't find a theoretical formula for this purpose. For an embedded crack of length l in an infinite plate under shear stress sigma_23 I can use KIII = sigma23*sqrt(pi*l). But I don't know what I must use in the case of an edge crack.