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Symposium: "Validated Materials Modeling with Quantified Uncertainties Across Scales and Physics" at WCCM-14 in Barcelona, Spain

Submitted by Jaime on

Dear Colleagues,

 

The 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics will be held 20-25 July 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.

 

We cordially invite you to submit an abstract to present your work in the minisymposium “Validated Materials Modeling with Quantified Uncertainties Across Scales and Physics” at  http://www.wccm-eccm-ecfd2014.org.  A detailed description of the minisymposium is attached below.  The deadline for the abstract submission is December 15, 2013.

Postdoctoral research position at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Submitted by Kun Zhou on

A postdoctoral research positions is open for application

An enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral scientist is sought to work on water desalination using nanostructured membranes at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.  

The candidates should have rich experiences in relevant research areas, good publication records, and excellent writing skills. Preference will be given to those with experience in molecular dynamics simulation. The contract will be one year and renewable subject to performance. 

PhD position at Monash University Malaysia

Submitted by pooria pasbakhsh on

One PhD student position is available at Monash University Malaysia on mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites. 

 

 We expect students with the knowledge and experience in at least two of the following skills:

1- Polymer composites:Processing and characterization

2- Fracture mechanics of nanocomposites

3- Self-healing 

 

pooria.pasbakhsh [at] monash.edu

The Uniaxial Tensile Response of Porous and Microcracked Ceramic Materials

Submitted by Amit Pandey on

The Uniaxial Tensile Response of Porous and Microcracked Ceramic Materials

Amit Pandey,§,*,†,‡ Amit Shyam,§,* Thomas R. Watkins,§,* Edgar Lara-Curzio,§,** Randy J. Stafford,¶,* and Kevin J. Hemker||

§Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831 Tennessee

Compatibility: Surface-Based Cohesive Behavior in UEL

Submitted by Lucy_E on

Hi all,

 

I have been trying to model the surface interaction between two blocks of material using surface-based cohesive elements (*cohesive behavior). This works well in ABAQUS CAE (standard) when I set the material properties as "Mechanical, Elastic" so no problem with that.

However, I would now like to use the material properties from a fortran code. To do this, I was planning on defining the elements using *UEL with an overlay to record all the values. Is this compatible with cohesive zone elements?