Dear All,

Please explain me what is central differnce operator, what is the role of central differnce played in Abaqus/Explcit analysis

I am a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I am looking for a PhD student to work in the area of applied mathematics, specifically in solid mechanics (linear elasticity, complex variable methods, boundary integral equation methods) with a possible start date of Sept 2012 or jan 2013.

You can find out more details at:

www.mece.ualberta.ca/~schiavone/schiavon.htm

 or E-mail me at p.schiavone@ualberta.ca

One (1) to Two(2) years post-doctoral positions are open in Ecuador (South America). The following are areas of interest:

• Robotics,

• Energy,

• Fracture,

• CFD,

• Nano-technology,

• Bio-mechanics,

• Mathematics (PDE-FEM)

The candidate should hold a PhD degree related to the area of application, and should have the motivation to do research and open new research lines. Teaching is also an important component.

Dear All,

Can you please tell me the solution procedure that abaqus 6.11 to solve explicit dynamics

Dear all,

Can you please tell me the difference between the meshing techniques used in Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

We anticipate the opening of four postdoctoral positions in 2012 to work on statistical aspects of fracture and plasticity,  and in particular on size effects in the fracture of  disordered media and in microplasticity.  The positions will be funded by the ERC Advanced Grant 2011, SIZEFFECTS.

We look for candidates with a strong background in one or more of the following areas:
- statistical mechanics (scaling, critical phenomena, disordered systems)
- numerical modeling fracture
- dislocation dynamics simulations
- molecular dynamics simulations of mechanical properties of solids.

Post-doc at the University of Liège : Simulation of micro/nano-structured materials described by 3D tomography

The tasks involved in this position include geometrical analysis of the
3D images, generation of datasets which are suitable for the computations
(meshes, level-sets fields ...), computations using novel numerical techniques
(X-FEM and related)

More details & contact information at  http://www.cgeo.ulg.ac.be/post-doc.pdf

The University of Chile invites applications for three full time tenure-track faculty positions in Mechanical Engineering. Applicants must have deep interest in undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as the purpose to conduct long-term, externally funded research programs at international level. Candidates are also expected to maintain fruitful work relationships with industry in their respective areas. According to qualifications, they may be ranked at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.

Candidates are sought in three areas:

We seek for highly motivated
Ph.D. candidates in the field of 1) Acoustic metamaterials (e.g., phononic

A postdoctoral position with
primary focus on finite element simulations of active biopolymer
networks is available immediately at Shenoy Research Group @ Brown University . We are looking for a strongly
motivated candidate to work on the mechanics of active cytoskeletal
networks. The ideal candidate will have a background in solid
mechanics/computational physics with expertise in finite element simulations. Experience with Monte Carlo methods and stochastic simulations is desired but not essential.  This
individual will have the opportunity to be directly involved in