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Predicting the Young’s modulus of nanowires from first-principles calculations on their surface and bulk materials

Submitted by guofengwang on

Prof. Xiaodong Li and I are collaborating in identifying those physical mechanisms that govern the mechanical properties of nanomaterials. Recently, we have a manuscript accepted by the Journal of Applied Physics and would like to share it with you.

SEEKING SOME HELP WITH LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR POSTDOCS

Submitted by Ana on
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Hi guys,

Since I graduated in Germany and I'm looking for a
postdoc position in the States I come across these requested 'letters
of interest' and I really don't quite know how I'm supposed to be exactly composing those.

I'd really appreciate some help. Thanx a LOT!!!

 

PS I already tried google! ;)

the DEM's solutions for static mechanics seem strange

Submitted by xiashengxu on

My own DEM(Discrete Element Method) program's solution for static problem seems strange.

I use my program to calculate the displacement of a cantilever under static pressure:

1. it seems my program shows convergence for static problem as the mesh gets denser. As the mesh grows denser(that means the particle becomes smaller), the displacement(of y direction)  of the free tip becomes smaller.

Concrete UMAT

Submitted by gprinz on
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Has anyone created a UMAT user subroutine for concrete, capable of cyclic loading.  I am interested in modeling a composite steel frame with concrete slab, and the "Damaged Plasticity" model in ABAQUS has convergence issues with the cyclic analyses.  If it is possible to get a copy of your UMAT, I am very interested.

Thanks

GS Prinz

Seeking Summer Internship Opportunity

Submitted by J. K. Phadikar on

I am a third year undergraduate student of IIT Kharagpur (www.iitkgp.ernet.in). In the coming summer, we are supposed to do summer training in some industry in, or out of India, whereas if we want to do internship in a university it must be a foreign university (internship in Indian universities is not allowed).