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i need help - LS-DYNA Tutorial wants especially composite impact analysis

Submitted by karthirajme on
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i need help - LS-DYNA Tutorial  especially composite impact analysis. so pls send a tutorial PDf file to my mail ID. karthirajme [at] gamil.com (karthirajme[at]gamil[dot]com)

Opening for new Ph.D. students in the Computational Mechanics group, The University of Iowa

Submitted by Vaibhav Yadav on

The Computational Mechanics group at The University of Iowa, led by Professor S. Rahman,

is looking for new Ph.D. students, who are capable of and interested in performing

high-quality research on reliability-based design optimization.  The research, supported

by NSF and others, entails developing new theory and efficient algorithms for stochastic

computing and design optimization. A solid background in mechanics and elementary

numerical analysis is a must; some exposure to uncertainty and probabilistic methods is

desirable.

A funny error

Submitted by Arash Zamani on

Dear All,I have written a finite element code in C++. The results have generally high accuracy. But when I change the order of evaluating r and theta of the polar coordinates in terms of x and y in the sub-program of computing the shape functions, then the results are changed about 10^-9 of the initial results. The change is negligible but I wonder why this happens? I had initially supposed it may be related to some memory linkage in the program but since now I have not been successful to find any. Is there any one to have an idea about this funny error???

A funny error

Submitted by Arash Zamani on

Dear All,

I have written a finite element code in C++. The results have generally high accuracy. But when I change the order of evaluating r and theta of the polar coordinates in terms of x and y in the sub-program of computing the shape functions, then the results are changed about 10^-9 of the initial results. The change is negligible but I wonder why this happens? I had initially supposed it may be related to some memory linkage in the program but since now I have not been successful to find any. Is there any one to have an idea about this funny error???

How to mesh sandwich 3D structures

Submitted by mwasimak on

Hello All,

I have some difficulties to mesh the 3D sandwich composite. I want to mesh the outer volume with composite materials  with 15 plies and the inner with foam. I don't know how to do so. I've tried to do mesh the outer volume by SOLID46. But I didn't get good mesh due to element coordinate mismatch. Could anybody please suggest me in this regard? I really need your help.

Thank you very much.

 Wasim