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Moisture absorption in adhesive

Submitted by mahzanjohar on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 05:47

Dear all,

Need Help..

I'm doing research in moisture absorption in adhesive bonding. I'm wondering how to differentiate and characterize the Fickian Diffusion and Non-Fickian Diffusion during absorption and desorption moisture.

Thank You

ICOME 2013 in Lombok, Indonesia

Submitted by wikarta on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 05:11

conference

Dear all,

The Significance of Alternative Energy towards Eco-Mobility Era

1st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2013 (ICOME 2013)

It is a pleasure to announce that the Department of Mechanical Engineering, FTI, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia is going to organize an "International Conference on Mechanical Engineering - ICOME 2013". The conference will be held on September 12-14, 2013, in Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia with its theme "The Significance of Alternative Energy Towards Eco-Mobility Era".

Exponential model W (strain energy density function)- Zero stress zero strain condition

Submitted by maverick_269 on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 21:17

education

SED

Exponential

Hi,

I am new here and have a very basic question on the Strain Energy Density (SED) function of exponential model.

This is the exponential model SED form : W=a(e^(b(I₁-3))-1)

Now we have certain postulates such as that

1.W=0 when there is no deformation and

2. stress=0 when strain =0.

When there is no deformation I1=3 and hence W=0, which is correct.

Stresses interpretation ABAQUS

Submitted by maverick_269 on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 20:55

Mooney-Rivlin Model

Why do some strain energy density (SED) function have 1 invariant (like neo-Hookean) while some others have both 1st and 2nd invariant like mooney-rivlin? is there a specific reason behind using 1st invariant in SED vs all invariants in the SED?

Overhead Electrical Conductors

Submitted by Alain Cardou on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 17:52

industry

As a follow-up, here is a photograph of a (rather extreme) case of conductor fatigue.

B.C for 3D simply supported beam in ansys with SOLID95 element

Submitted by vn.nguyen on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 15:58

software

Hi,

I am modeling a 3D simply supported beam in ansys using a SOLID95
element. In this case, how should I give
the B.C.s? Should I apply B.C.s to

1) the mid nodes on the edge of beam? or

2) to the entire edge? or

3) just to the bottom nodes?

according to me, I have tried to use the various B.C case, but the
results are very different even though the nodes number taken in account
change slightly, and for all case, the result is not satisfactory with
my analytical solution. plz help.

Thanks in avance!