Blog posts

Topic 18: THE PERCEIVED CONFLICT BETWEEN SAFETY AND PRODUCTION

Submitted by ASOKHIA BENJAM… on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 19:41

industry

Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012

Discussions are welcome on: "THE PERCEIVED CONFLICT BETWEEN SAFETY AND PRODUCTION"

History of Bueckner’s principle?

Submitted by Mike Prime on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 17:44

I am hoping someone has some historical knowledge of some
interesting mechanics, or just an interest to discuss it. A superposition principle is widely used to solve crack problems, with illustrations like these:

http://ars.sciencedirect.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0142112308002211-gr1.jpg

http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0142112399000778-gr2.gif

Topic 17: Should Arctic drilling activities be halted until the Safety and Technology are improved?

Submitted by Lee Soo Chyi on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 16:59

industry

Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012

Arctic drilling has
been happening since the 1920s, but it become much more contentious as BP’s
Deepwater Horizon spill in the GOM dominates the headlines while firms were
scrambling to expand production in the far North.

Topic 16: Global dimming and Global warming, hazardous effect of green house gases on our planet earth

Submitted by ADEDEJI KUYE on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 08:44

industry

Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012

Global dimming and Global warming, hazardous effect of green house
gases on our planet earth

PhD Positions(In-situ TEM and Multi-physics of nanoscale thin films) in Mechanical Engineering at UC, Riverside

Submitted by sandeepkumar on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 22:32

At least 2 PhD positions are available at Nanomechanics and Multi-physics Lab at UC, Riverside. Selected students will develop an in-situ TEM experimental setup using nanofabrication techniques and carry out experiments to understand the material behavior of nanoscale thin films. Students with background in material science are highly encouraged to apply.

http://www.me.ucr.edu/skumar/

or contact me - skumar [at] engr.ucr.edu

Closed Postdoc Opportunity at Nortwestern University

Submitted by bazant on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 20:03

computational simulations

Prof. Zdenek P. Bazant seeks a postdoctoral
associate to conduct research on some of his sponsored projects. They
deal with the mechanics and nano-mechanics of quasibrittle failure of
fiber composites, concrete
and geomaterials, including probabilistic strength and lifetime. Others
deal with creep and chemo-mechanical effects in concrete structures and
their nano-mechanical origin. To apply, send a CV to Robert Lenon

Is Nuclear energy safe for humans and the environment?

Submitted by Monday Michael on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 16:01

Electromechanical instabilities of thermoplastics: Theory and in situ observation

Submitted by Qiming Wang on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 15:13

research

pull-in instability

SAMs Lab research

creasing-cratering instability

dielectric polymers

Electromechanical instabilities of thermoplastics: Theory and in situ observation

Qiming Wang, Xiaofan Niu, Qibing Pei, Michael Dickey, Xuanhe Zhao*

Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 141911 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4757867

Regarding generation of .FIL files for Fe-safe

Submitted by dipakjha on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 13:31

Sir/Madam,

I am using Abaqus6.11 version .After modelling and visualization, I want to upload files in Fesafe.Bur fesafe does not accept.Fesafe asks for .fil files onwards 6.10 version.PLease tell me how to generate the .fil files.Because Abaqus show INP,and .odb files only.PLz help me.

Thank you.

WithRegards,

Dipak Kumar