I am writing to let you know the release of VAMUCH 3.0,  the 3rd version of our general-purpose micromechanics code. The main new features are:

1. Multiphysics capability: VAMUCH can be used to homogenize heterogeneous materials which have coupled or uncoupled responses to mechanical field, electric field, magnetic field, and thermal field.  It not only predicts elastic, conductive, dielectric, magnetic, and diffusive properties of heterogeneous materials but also coupled properties such as coefficients of thermal expansion, pyroelectric, pyromagnetic, piezoeletric, piezomagnetic, and/or eletromagnetic properties, as well as the local fields corresponding to these multiphysical responses.

AnalySwift, LLC, a leading provider of efficient high-fidelity modeling software for aerospace and energy composites and other advanced materials, announced today the release of VABS 3.6. This is the latest version of VABS, which is the tool of choice for efficient and accurate modeling of composite slender structures such as wind turbine blades, helicopter rotor blades, high aspect ratio wings, composite bridges, and other slender structural components.

I am co-organizing a mini-symposium on « Computational damage mechanics of composite materials »  in the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012) with Dr. Gilles Lubineau at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Dr. Glaucio H. Paulino at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The mini-symposium welcomes contributions highlighting the critical role of virtual design and simulation in the development of advanced composite structures. Discussions held will cover a variety of topics, however the focus will be upon application-oriented problems through which simulation and modeling can provide real added-value with respect to pure experimental design approaches.

WORKSHOP: Image-based Simulation for Biomechanics, Materials Applications, and Reverse Engineering

This workshop is aimed at those interested in 3D reconstruction from radiology images, and in using 3D image data (as obtained from CT, Micro-CT, MRI and Ultrasound) to generate Rapid Prototyping, CAD, and Finite Element models.

Participants will learn:
•    how to generate computer models from your 3D image data
•    how to import and position CAD files in the image data
•    how to integrate with CAD Software as well as FE solvers such as Ansys, Abaqus, Comsol, LS-Dyna, etc.

A postdoctoral position is available at the Clément Ader Institute (ICA, University Toulouse III,
France). The recruited person will join AMRIA project which propose to couple model reduction
techniques within an isogeometrical framework for simulating and optimize large composite
structures. This kind of structures are nowadays intensively used in airplanes.

Dear all,

Iam working in composite orthotropic laminates consists of many plies having different material properties in each ply. How to determine or calculate the flexural rigidity (D) of this laminate by transforming these composite into an isotropic model. The idea is that flexural rigidity of the orthotropic laminate is being smeared into a single isotropic formulation.

For instance: if I have three plies:

Ply1 : D1x and D1y

Ply2: D2x and D2y

Ply3: D3x and D3y

I am looking a formulation to simplify the above D1x, D1y, D2x, D2y, D3x and D3y into a single D that behaves as an isotropic model.

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Hi there! I am really new to Abaqus and I need to model a composite
laminated crash cone under impact to a flat solid wall (analytical
surface is used). I modelled a cone with a layers of conventional shell
elements with hashin failure criteria and surface-based cohesive
behaviour as interaction between layers representing the interface of
composite laminates. The model runs successfully but once I checked the
energy balance, the damage dissipation energy from the cohesive, it
turned out to be NEGATIVE (I think this is wrong).
I tried to model a simple geometry model with cohesive elements and the
damage energy from cohesive element is POSITIVE (which seems to be
correct).

Hi everyone,

 does anyone know publications dealing with the coupled thermo-structural analysis (direct method) of CFRP using ANSYS?

Please find enclosed a PhD position at Ecole des Mines de Douai (France)

Regards

Stephane PANIER

Even Jay Leno tried to understand fatigue cracks at his Yesterday’s Tonight Show, our research on fracture and failure mechanics is received great attention from the general public. Read more after this photo--

hi  this murugesan.....i am doing project on composite materials......i have one big doubt in composite analysis...i am using 0+90 net like fiber composites.....i want to analysis laminates of 0+90 orientation of 5mm thicknes and 8 plies.....these orientation are bi-directional.......i found in ansys, we can apply the orientation of uni-directional ply only.........my question is, if anyss can analyss the bi-directional laminates?....how can we give bi-directional orientation.....if ansys did nt perform means, suggest any useful software for performing bi-directional laminates analysis..........kindly inform me through mail also....    murugesan_kpm@yahoo.com

thanking you,

Murugesan.J

The Dynamical Systems Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University is seeking to recruit multiple Post-Doctoral fellows and Ph.D. students in fluid-structure interactions, mechanics of composite materials, and vibrations.

For the most up to date corrections to the book, go to http://www.mae.wvu.edu/barbero/icmd/errata_icmd.htm

For the most up to date ERRATA, go to http://www.mae.wvu.edu/barbero/feacm/errata_feacm.htm 

The Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory is currently seeking outstanding candidates to fill a post-doctoral research position in computational solid/structural mechanics.

The prospective candidate is expected to take part in the development of non-classical, global-local plate/shell finite elements for applications involving the response and/or failure of composite structures under severe dynamic loading conditions.

The Institute of Polymer Engineering has 3 open positions as research assistants in three different fields of polymer research:

- nano polymer technology

- polymer injection technology

- polymer composite technology

Please find more details in attachements.

Regards,

Nicolas

Postdoc and Junior research scientist positions in composite materials (design, synthesis, and/or mechanical analysis) and computational solid mechanics at the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Candidates for the research scientist position should have hand on experience on synthsis of composite materials. Interested ones please send your resume to Dr. Yujie Wei via email: yujie_wei@lnm.imech.ac.cn

SEE THE ATTACHED FILE FOR DETAILS

                                            UPDATED May, 2010

hi all,

i am working in composite analysis, can anybody tell me how to perform post buckling analysis using 3d layered solid element in ANSYS or ABAQUS

thanks & regards

I am going to Modena on Monday to talk to my collegues in the Millechili lab (MilleChili means 1000Kg in italian)

A postdoctoral position is avilable in the Composite and Heterogeneous Materials Modeling and Simulation (COHMAS) Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The successful candidate will be engaged in modeling and simulation of degradation in composite materials.

Hi Friends,

Iam looking for PhD positions in Composites Mechanics and Manufacturing area.

If you happen to know any information, kindly convey it to me.

Please find my Resume attached for your information.

Thanks and Regards,

Thiyagarajan Dev,

India

The National Committee on Applied Mechanics of Engineers Australia is hosting the 6th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 6) in Perth, Australia on December 12th-15th 2010.

ACAM 6 (http://www.acam6.org/) aims to provide an international forum for researchers, industry practitioners, engineers and postgraduate scholars to promote, exchange and disseminate knowledge and experiences of the most recent results and advances in a wide range of topics in Applied Mechanics.

The Hanyang Structures and Composites Laboratory in Hanyang University, Korea seeks a post-doctoral fellow in the broad area of composite materials. The scholar will perform Finite Element Analysis and experimental measurements of short and long term behavior of composite materials. The scholar is supervised by Prof. Sung Ha, and also expected to guide graduate students. Candidates with experiences in manufacturing of composite materials are also encouraged to apply. The nominal starting date is Sept. 1, 2009. Please apply with a CV, recent publication and a list of references to Prof. Sung Ha, sungkha@gmail.com