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Contact analysis in Abaqus

Submitted by cgouder on

Dear Friends. 

                   I am trying to model a moving truck on a bridge . Initially I want to try doing a static analysis. For this , I have modeled tyres as analytically rigid cylinders and, placing them on the solid slab element . After this i have applied a velocity boundary condition to the rigid cylinder , and also a load ( Pointing in the direction of gravity) to the reference point . 

XFEM

Submitted by miad on

The new feature of XFEM was added to the ABAQUS6.9-2. Does anybody
know how can I extract the current configuration of crack in terms of distance
values from nodes? I know that PHILSM provides information on this issue, but
it is only about crack plane. I want nodal distance from crack front

 

Career after the Ph.D.

Submitted by Alessio on
education
jobs
ph.d.
industry
FEA
mathematics
career

Hi,



I'm an Engineer and a Ph.D. student in Applied Maths, working in the field of Nonlinear Finite Elements for Elasticity. I often think about my future career since, by now, I have a strong experience with coding FE in C++/Matlab/Mathematica, but no clue whatsoever about commercial black-box softwares for FEA. I'm worried about this, since most of the job vacancies from the industry (I'm not interested in pursuing the Academic career) seem to require only experience with a specific software and application, and not to directly code FE.

Generalised Displacement control (can track both snap through and snap back)

Submitted by bruno-page on
Forums
Computational Mechanics Forum

I've been programming geometric non-linear analysis of beams.I'm done with load control approch,displacement control approach (whih can track snap through NOT snap back)and generalised displacement control (which can track both snapm through and snap back).

Journal Club February 2010: Mechanics of Patterned and Structured Interfaces

Submitted by Kevin T Turner on
research
adhesion
JKR
patterned interface

Welcome to February 2010 Journal Club!  This month, I look forward to a lively discussion on the mechanics of structured and patterned interfaces in which geometry is used to tailor adhesion.  Much of the work in this area has been inspired by a variety of animals and insects that have feet covered with small structures (often hierarchical and sub-micrometer in size at the end) that allow them to strongly adhere to a broad range of surfaces.  The best known example is the Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko), which can achieve an adhesion force much greater than its body weight

IGF SUMMER SCHOOL and 9th YSESM, July 5—10 2010, Trieste – Italy

Submitted by marco.paggi on
conference
Conference; Summer school; Fracture mechanics; Experimental solid mechanics
Dear Colleague,



on behalf of the Scientific and Organizing Committee it is my great pleasure to invite you to participate in the



IGF SUMMER SCHOOL and 9th YSESM, July 5—10 2010, Trieste – Italy.

 

The event  is articulated in two parts:

 

-Summer course on light weight structures -Prof. Karl - Heinz SCHWALBE, July 5—7



-9th Youth Symposium on Experimental Solid Mechanics, July 7—10



 

Call for papers: Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Materials in ASME IMECE 2010

Submitted by H Jerry Qi on
conference

Dear friends and colleagues,



We invite you to submit an abstract to Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Materials. This symposium is part of 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 12-18, 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This symposium is sponsored by the newly formed Mechanics of Soft Materials technical committee in Applied Mechanics Division of ASME.



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