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4th International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues - Not too late to submit your abstract

Submitted by Laure Ballu on

There are only a few days left to submit your paper, if you would like your research to feature at the 4th International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues. Please go to the Abstract Submission page and register first, then upload your abstract. You will need the following information:

ICoBT 2011 - Dr Pat Campbell announced as speaker and deadline extended until 29 April

Submitted by Laure Ballu on

Dr Pat Campbell, Director of the Implant Retrieval Laboratory Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, will be giving a Keynote Lecture at the ICoBT Imperial College London 18-21 September.  

The topic of her keynote will be implant retrieval analysis as a tool to investigate and solve clinical problems.  Metal-on-metal hip premature failure and revision is the focus of intense interest and controversy at present. 

Plotting stress-strain graph from simulation

Submitted by gnoij on
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Hi everyone, I am studying an example in Abaqus example problems manual (version 6.10) called "uniaxial rachetting under tension and compression". In the example there is a graph plotting axial stress-strain relationship for experiment data and simulation data. By studying the inp file I knows that the writer has ask for some outputs like RF1, RF2, RF3, S, ALPHA, ALPHAN, LE and so on in certain node and element set. However, I still can't figure out how writer use the output data from simulation to plot the axial stress-strain graph.

Professorship in Mechatronics Instrumentation

Submitted by Tauno Otto on

Tallinn University of Technology
announces the competition for the following professorial position within
Activity 2 of the Doctoral Studies and Internationalisation Programme DoRa:

Professor of Mechatronics Instrumentation at the Department of Mechatronics, TUT

Scope of activities in the Department of Mechatronics is: mechatronics, machine science, metrology and quality engineering.

Professorship in Robot Welding

Submitted by Tauno Otto on

Tallinn University of Technology
(TUT) announces the competition for the following professorial position supported by EU within
Activity 2 of the Doctoral Studies and Internationalisation Programme DoRa:

Professor of Robot Welding at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUT

Period: 01/09/2011-31/08/2014

Deadline for applications:  May
31th, 2011

how is the stress-strain field near the crack tip under cyclic loading?

Submitted by Chen Long on

hi!

i am interested in the fatigue crack growth of a cracked body.Recently,i am stucked by a problem of how is the stree-strain relationship near the crack tip  under cyclic loading.As we know,the HRR field near a crack tip under monotanic loading is well solved.So,i doublt that if the type of the HRR formulation can still be used under cyclic loading.If not,why?And how to solve this problem?if there is any suggestions or references ,i would be appreciated!

Temperature vs. chemical potential

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

For the third time I am teaching the graduate course on soft active materials.  This course is called Advanced Elasticity in the Catalog of Courses.  In the last several years, I have dropped several traditional topics, and focused on thermodynamics and finite deformation.  I have added several topics where both thermodynamics and finite deformation play significant roles, such as elastomeric gels and dielectric elastomers.