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PhD position in phase-field modeling at Iowa State University

Submitted by Valery Levitas on

PhD position is available at
Iowa State University to perform work on NSF-funded project on phase-field
modeling of stress-induced phase transformations using FEM. Position can be
either in Engineering Mechanics program in Aerospace Engineering Department (preferable)
or in Material Science and Engineering Department. Please send vita to Prof.
Valery Levitas (vlevitas [at] iastate.edu (vlevitas[at]iastate[dot]edu)).

Qian Weichang (钱伟长) passed away on 30 July 2010

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

Qian Weichang passed away on 30 July 2010. 

He was 98.

Qian, a pioneer in mechanics and applied mathematics in
modern China, was one of the three famous "Qians" in China's science and
technology field. He was well known alongside Qian Xuesen, the father
of China's space program, and Qian Sanqiang, a nuclear physicist who
oversaw the development of China's nuclear program.

Seeking POSTDOC fellowship on Composite Sc. & Tech., Functionally Gradient Composite, tribology (wear & Friction), natural fibre

Submitted by umesh dwivedi on

I am PhD of 2008 and looking for PDF in my working areas as mentioned above or other related areas. My email is umesh_rrl [at] rediffmail.com (umesh_rrl[at]rediffmail[dot]com)  

Journal Club August 2010: Deformation Mechanisms in Nanotwinned FCC Metals

Submitted by Yashashree on

Although the nineties witnessed an intensity of research on nanocrystalline metals owing to their ultra-high strength, the early enthusiasm was met with severe disappointment due to their brittle nature and loss of structural stability. In contrast, research over the past few years has provided compelling evidence that nanotwinned structures may be the optimal motifs for the design of both high-strength high-ductility materials.

Phd or Postdoc position on multiscale mechanics in Bochum/Germany

Submitted by Steffen Brinckmann on

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS) is a new research centre at the 
Ruhr­University Bochum, Germany. At ICAMS an interdisciplinary team of scientists from engineering, 
materials science, chemistry, physics and mathematics is working on the development and application 
of a new generation of simulation tools for multi­scale materials modelling. 

Modelling a Spring Shape Memory Alloy

Submitted by akinbala on

Hello,

I am a Masters student and I need to model a spring shape memory alloy in ABAQUS. I have found a UMAT file,however the file contains the geometry of a 1X1X1 cube. Does anyone have any idea of how I could copy the geometry of the spring(which i modeled in solidworks and imported to ABAQUS)into the input file of the cube,so that I could run the model in ABAQUS. I have tried this but ABAQUS is giving me errors

Or does anyone have any other idea of how I could model a Sping SMA in ABAQUS?

Thanks

Akin

 

ill-posed meshfree problem

Submitted by Olumide on

Hi,

I'm looking to solve a problem in which although the position of a boundary or force-generating constraint is not known, the distance between the constraint and one other (usually a "neighbouring" particle -- whatever neighbour means ;) ) is known.

After much thought, I've concluded that the problem is a constrained energy-minimization problem. In other words, I need to find the arrangment of the particles such that the strain energy of the system is minimized and while constraint between the nodes is satisfied.

Temperature dependence of the thermo-mechanical properties of aluminum

Submitted by omidomid on

I'm looking for the thermo-mechanical properties of aluminum, such as  Young modulus, thermal expansion coefficient, thermal conductivity coefficient and poisson ratio as a function of temperature :

E=E0(1+E1*T+E2*T^2+E3*T^3)  ;  T: temperature in K