Hello I am an undergraduate researcher working with a Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar and I'm new to this site. We recently changed from a set of 3/4" aluminum bars to a set of 1/2" aluminum bars and an interesting result occured. Our data collection system consists of a pair of strain gages midway along each bar.
This work investigates the existing capabilities and limitations in numerical modeling of fracture problems in functionally graded materials (FGMs) by means of the well-known finite element code ABAQUS. Quasi-static crack initiation and growth in planar FGMs is evaluated. Computational results of fracture parameters are compared to experimental results and good agreement is obtained. The importance of the numerical fit of the elastic properties in the FE model is analyzed in depth by means of a sensitivity study and a novel method is presented.
By Ying Li, Martin Kröger, Wing Kam Liu
Modeling and simulation of manufacturing of advanced composite material is a must in today's industry as the use of advance composites is increasing dramatically. The aim is to reduce the number of trial and error by development of a simulation tool to model and predict the manufacturing fundamental phenomena happening simultaneously in different scales. Poromechanics is a multidisciplinary and multiphysics concept which can be used to achieve this goal.
A 3D constitutive model is proposed and verified with experimental data. Tension-torsion coupling effect and tension-compression asymmetry effect is investigate for tube shape memory alloy.
hi everyone,
i am doing my dissertation on buckling of channel section. so i have used abaqus software to do the analysis. i did the modelling and applided unit load n given pinned-pinned end condition. and i have used constraints to both ends such that the load applied on the edge is concentrated at a point .
but the results i.e mode shapes are not coming properly even the eigen values are very less compaired to calculated buckling load.
plz help me out.
dimensions of specimen channel section
width of web 100mm
width of flange 50mm
In this paper, a macroscopic model in a thermodynamically-consistent framework for shape memory alloys is proposed.
A soft ionic conductor can serve as an artificial nerve in an artificial muscle. A polyacrylamide hydrogel is synthesized containing a hygroscopic salt, lithium chloride. Two layers of the hydrogel are used as ionic conductors to sandwich a dielectric elastomer and fabricate a highly stretchable and transparent actuator. When the two layers of the hydrogels are subject to a voltage, the actuator reduces its thickness and expands. An areal strain of 134% is demonstrated.
Smart materials are designed to have a controlled response to external stimuli. Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are one of the most well known classes of mechanically active smart materials and have experienced an incredible amount of research attention over the last decade. They are able to recover programmed deformations when heated above a thermal transition; however, are generally considered a one-time event. Liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are another class of actively moving polymers; however, these materials can demonstrate reversible and repeatable shape memory without the need for “re-programming” after each actuation cycle.
