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Electromechanical instabilities of thermoplastics: Theory and in situ observation

Submitted by Qiming Wang on

Electromechanical instabilities of thermoplastics: Theory and in situ observation

Qiming Wang, Xiaofan Niu, Qibing Pei, Michael Dickey, Xuanhe Zhao*

Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 141911 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4757867

Electric analysis in abaqus

Submitted by anilshirahatti on

Hi,

I want to do an electro-mechanical analysis in abaqus. The specimen is a steel block of 50 x 50 x 20 mm with a groove/slot of 4 x 25 x 20 mm as shown in attached image.

I want to pass 20 amps current at location shown in red and then check the voltage drop at location shown in blue colour. Please can guide me the how to do this analysis in abaqus.

Thanks

Anil Shirahatti

COMSOL with stiffness or constitutive matrix extraction

Submitted by gx1492 on

Hello, all:

    Can anyone please help me how to deal with the following problem in COMSOL? Thanks a lot.

    How to extract the global stiffness matrix [K] or material constitutive matrix [D_ep] for each load increment after convergence using MATLAB?

   Thanks again.

 

Regards,

Xu

ABAQUS + gfortran (abaqus_v6.env)

Submitted by Timothy E. Kendon on
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has anyone succeeded in compiling and linking a user define subroutine (e.g. DISP) with gfortran in ABAQUS? I appreciate the issues of linking e.g DISP.obj (compiled with gfortran) with object files precompiled with ABAQUS, however, as long as all compilers  are set to target the same platform and architecture, for example i386 instruction set on Linux, then you should be able to link the files. So I feel it is not necessarily a lost cause.

Continuum Modeling of Nonlinear Vibration of Graphene Resonators and Graphene-Based Mass Detection

Submitted by Kilho Eom on

We have employed continuum elastic model such as plate model for understanding the nonlinear vibration behavior of monolayer graphene and graphene resonator-based mass sensing. This work was published in Nanoscale Research Letters (Vol. 7, Art No. 499, 2012).

 

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Anomalous phonon behavior of carbon nanotubes: First-order influence of external load

Submitted by Amin Aghaei on

Here is our recent paper published in Journal of Applied Physics

Title: "Anomalous phonon behavior of carbon nanotubes: First-order influence of external load"

Authors: Amin Aghaei, Kaushik Dayal, Ryan S Elliott

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Postdoc opportunity at Harvard in mechanics of soft materials for wearable devices

Submitted by walsh on

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the School
of Engineering and Applied Science at Harvard University invites
applications for immediate openings for a joint postdoctoral fellow
position between the Whitesides Group (Prof. George Whitesides) and the
Harvard Biodesign Lab (Prof. Conor Walsh). The research is expected to
involve material science and mechanics of soft materials with a focus on
developing novel materials (e.g. actively variable stiffness, flexible
composites, etc) and fabrication approaches for the next generation of

National High Magnetic Field Lab for postdoctoral fellowship

Submitted by Rongmei niu on

Postdoctoral
Research Associate Position

The
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) in Tallahassee, FL is seeking a
Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on nanostructured permanent magnets.  Preference will be given to candidates who
have a strong commitment to research and development, and can actively contribute
to the programs within the NHMFL.