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Combining UMAT with XFEM

Submitted by Panos Efthymiadis on

Hi all,

I 'd like to ask whether anyone has applied XFEM for a user-material (UMAT). What is the process to do that? Could anyone provide some advice, documentation or guidelines?



All the best,

            
Panos



p.s. I 've heard that a UEL code is needed to couple XFEM with UMAT.

New release now available for the Mimics Innovation Suite

Submitted by Mimics on

Leuven,Belgium, May 31, 2011. Materialise is proud to announce the newest release of the Mimics Innovation Suite. The software solution, already renowned for being the fastest  and easiest method for getting accurate 3D surface models from imaging data, is now faster and more user-friendly than ever. An example of the improved features is that several

PhD Studentship in Biomechanics - Development of a constitutive model for the abdominal aorta tissue

Submitted by Lukasz Figiel on

Applications are invited for a PhD Student Position to be held at the University of Limerick, Ireland (www.ul.ie) within the framework of a structured four-year PhD programme in Biomedical Engineering. The scholarship is at the rate of ~1300 EUR/month in addition to students fees. Closing date for applications is June 17th 2011 at 5 PM. 

For more information please see the enclosed document.

Axial surface crack modeling in pipes using ABAQUS

Submitted by sivakumar.mvn on

Dear friends,
I want to model axial surface crack in pipes using ABAQUS. I had knowledge in modeling through wall cracks. I need some  modeling instructions  related to axial crack modeling in pipes. I appreciate your effort and thankful to you.
Regards,

Sivakumar

Call for Abstracts: Symposium 3.2/5.6 - “Molecular to Macroscale Mechanics in Biology and Engineering” at SES

Submitted by keten on

Call for Abstracts: Symposium 3.2/5.6

"Molecular to Macroscale Mechanics in Biology and Engineering"

48th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences (SES) October 12-14, 2011 at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

 


Universal Stability and Temperature Dependent Phase Transformation in Group VIIIB–IB Transition Metal FCC Nanowires.

Submitted by Vijay Kumar Sutrakar on

I want to share our recent research work on FCC metallic nanowires, which is published in Journal of Physical Chemistry - C (ACS Publications). The abstract of the paper is given below. Further details can be found at " Sutrakar et al  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115 (21), pp 10394–10398

DOI: 10.1021/jp2006815

 

Post-­‐doctoral research fellowship: Molecular mechanics of bone

Submitted by Markus J. Buehler on

Top candidates are sought for a collaborative research project between Dr. Sandra Shefelbine (Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London) and Dr. Markus Buehler (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).  This project will use molecular modelling techniques and associated experimental methods to explore the collagen-apatite interface in bone. 



Intel Visual Fortran and Abaqus

Submitted by NazBaba on

Hi, I have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit. Iinstalled Abaqus 6.10.1 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition.

 

When I write abaqus info=system in Abaqus Command. There isa message ;

 

Requirement: Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 9.0 (2008), or10.0(2010)

Products: Abaqus make utility with C++

Status: Fail- Unable to locate or determine the version of aC++ compiler on this system.......

 

Requirement: Intel Fortran Compiler 10.1, or 11.1