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ME/PhD Positions open: Fracture Simulation for Visual Effects

Submitted by Biswajit Banerjee on

ME/PhD Positions open:   Fracture Simulation for Visual Effects

High speed simulations of the fracture of wood, glass, concrete, brick walls, and many other materials are used every day in the visual
effects industry. The project team will develop the next generation of fracture effects technology, bringing visual effects fracturing to the next level through novel computational methods in conjunction with realistic material models for deformation and fracture.


Sixth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics

Submitted by mxio on

We would like to invite you to attend the
Sixth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics, which will be held from
12th to 15th August, 2013 in Shanghai.

The Sixth International Conference on
Nonlinear Mechanics is dedicated to the latest advancements in the science,
technology and applications of nonlinear mechanics
.

The conference will provide
a forum for academic researchers, engineers, and students to summarize the
recent achievements and research activities made in this area.

Managing Risk

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Managing risk can be effectively done with the right software tools. Specifically with enterprise risk management software tools. In mechanical engineering projects, managing such risk is paramount to success and meeting deadlines. Most mechanical engineering students will not study such processes, but in having knowledge of managing risk, you will put yourself on a higher pedestal.

12-year-old Devises New Model for Earthquake Prediction

Submitted by Laure Ballu on

Young scientist Suganth Kannan presents his mathematical model at the International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis in The Hague, July 2012.

To read more, go to http://elsevierconnect.com/12035/

Multiscale modeling of fracture processes in cementitious materials

Submitted by shavijabranko on

Dear all,

 Today our colleague Zhiwei Qian defended his PhD thesis titled: Multiscale modeling of fracture processes in cementitious material. We would like to congratulate Dr Qian on achieving this. The full thesis is available for download at: http://repository.tudelft.nl/view/ir/uuid:734b276c-283a-4f7a-8db2-a1844…

For furher news on our project, follow our blog at: http://microlab-m3c4.blogspot.nl

Regards,

FGM modeling

Submitted by Bensalah cherif on

Hellow

 I am a graduate student on mechanic and I am working on the vibration
of FGM plate.

I try to model the FGM plate with Abaqus, so I need to use the UMAT
Subroutine 

I don’t have big knowledge about Subroutine under Abaqus 

Especially FGM materials

I’ll be thankful if some people give some guide lines about this problem.

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Nanofracture in graphene under complex mechanical stresses

Submitted by beenchang on

Nanoscale fracture of graphene under coupled in-plane opening and shear
mechanical loading is investigated by extensive molecular dynamics
simulations. Under opening-dominant loading, zigzag edge cracks grow
self-similarly. Otherwise, complex stresses concentrated around
crack-tip can manipulate the direction of crack initiation changing by
30° (or multiples of 30°). Toughness determined by obtained critical
stress intensity factors 2.63–3.38 nN Å−3/2
demonstrates that graphene is intrinsically brittle opposite to its
exceptional high strength at room temperature. Torn zigzag edges are
more energetically and kinetically favorable. Cracking of graphene has