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Frictional rolling contact model CONTACT version 13.1 released

Submitted by Edwin Vollebregt on

Dear all,

Herewith I want to announce the release of the frictional rolling contact model CONTACT version 13.1.

The main changes with respect to earlier versions of the program are as follows:

Frictional rolling contact model CONTACT version 12.1 released

Submitted by Edwin Vollebregt on

Dear all,

Herewith I want to announce the release of the frictional rolling contact model CONTACT version 12.1.

The main changes with respect to earlier versions of the program are as follows:

List of conferences in contact mechanics and related fields

Submitted by Edwin Vollebregt on

Dear all,

 At our website we maintain a list of upcoming conferences on contact mechanics and related fields, e.g. solid mechanics, tribology, railway vehicle dynamics, etc.

Which conferences and other events do you attend? Send me a note and I'll add them to the list.

Best wishes,

Edwin Vollebregt

Programme of the CONTACT course now available

Submitted by Edwin Vollebregt on

Dear all,

 The programme for the course on "Contact mechanics with the CONTACT software", to be held October 28th-29th 2010 in Delft, the Netherlands, is now available via the registration form on our website www.kalkersoftware.org.

Best regards,

Edwin Vollebregt

 

Announcing free version of Kalker's rolling contact model

Submitted by Edwin Vollebregt on

Dear all,

Herewith I would like to announce that we have decided to make our CONTACT software publicly available. You can obtain a free copy at the web-site www.kalkersoftware.org. We hope that the software is beneficial to you. We further hope that you give us helpful feedback in return.

Call for Papers - The Tire Society

Submitted by wvmars on

Final Call for Papers - 28th Annual Conference & Meeting on Tire Science & Technology

September 15 & 16, 2009, Akron City Centre Hotel, Akron, Ohio, USA

 Full details can be found here.

www.tiresociety.org

Note that there is a $500 award for the best student-authored paper.  Details can be found here.