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Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems - a new journal

Submitted by Ostoja-Starzewski on

A new scientific journal, Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (MEMOCS) [http://msp.org/memocs/], has been launched this winter. You may view the first edition at http://msp.org/memocs/2013/1-1/index.xhtml. MEMOCS is a very unique publication in several ways: a
nonprofit publication owned, managed, and supported by academic
institutions from countries all over the world. Because it is supported
by these sponsoring institutions, subscription fees and page charges are
not necessary, and electronic access to the publication is open
and free to all. Accepted manuscripts are published free of charge

Questions about RPIM shapefunction

Submitted by 11hours on

I am solving a simple solid mechanics problem by meshless method.  use RPIM to  calculate shape function.

when i calculate the derivatives of shape function, i found the derivative is not close to zero at the compute point, when the point is on the boundry of problem domain. and good derivative result can be got if the compute point is in problem domain. 

is there anybody has experience in working with RPIM shape function help me to fix the problem? 

 

Geometry question

Submitted by Sadeqkeewan on
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Hi guys,

This is my first post in this forum; hope you can guide me through
two issues

My first question is all about geometry of blind bolt, especially
the sleeve; I already try two ways to simulate the sleeve

First I try to create upper cylinder and the lower part and
rotate the lower parts and merge them, but this create problems in meshing  and create gaps between the two parts as illustrated
in the following picture

Load-displacement curve in static step using Abaqus.

Submitted by digvijay.kumar.singh on

Hi all,

I am working on Abaqus 6.8. I am doing a pile loading
analysis in dense sand. I am not understanding how to plot
load-displacement plot by using static general step. I mean where i
should assign reaction forces and displacement in output request. i have
assigned a set at middle of pile and requested for disp. in output
request also i have made a set of bottom which is fixed and ask for
reation force in output request. i summed up all reaction forces and
combine with displacement. but i am getting zero force and graph becomes

Need help for running UMAT of Dr. Huang's single crystal

Submitted by Soud Choudhury on

Hello Everyone,

I am a new member of imechanica. I have started to learn UMAT of Abaqus to model my material behavior ( Cu6Sn5, HCP) using crystal plasticity finite element model. I found Dr. Huang's single crystal UMAT to start learning UMAT and I thought that it would be a great guide to start though it is written for FCC mat. But unfortunately I was not able to run the UMAT with it's input file.

Is it possible to model nonlinear elasticity in ANSYS with SOLID 18x elements?

Submitted by Freeman on
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Dear all iMechanicians ,

Since several days I am trying to simulate a granular material very similar to sand. The uniaxial compression test performed to the material shows a nonlinear elasticity behavior during the unloading curve.

The goal is to fully reproduce the behavior of the material with a nonlinear elastic model when the material stress-state is inside the yield surface and the plastic behavior with a multilinear isotropic hardening law. The yield surface would be given by the Drucker-Prager-Cap criterion.