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The Rodney Hill Prize In Solid Mechanics: call for nominations

Submitted by Dan Lovegrove on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 15:49

Elsevier Limited has established a prize named The Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics. This prize, which consists of a plaque and a check for $25,000, is to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research in the field of solid mechanics. The prize is to be awarded every 4 years, to coincide with the quadrennial International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM). The first prize was awarded at ICTAM 2008 in Adelaide and the second will be awarded at the ICTAM 2012 in Beijing.

Postprocessing of user elements and user element output in abaqus 6.10

Submitted by BrianBak on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 14:07

I have made a user element, UEL of a cohesive zone element. which is a 8 noded brick element with zero thickness. After solving models using this element I would like postprocess the model in abaqus CAE 6.10 in the way that I am able to:

Who can provide a failure model and constants for Aluminium 6061-T6?

Submitted by RunQiang Chi on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:47

Hi.

I am working on the simulations of impact. I have only found a set of constants for AL 6061-T6's JC failure model in the literatures. (D1=-0.77; D2=1.45; D3=-0.47; D4=0; D5=1.6)

However, the simulation results using these constants were not good.

Who can do me a favour and kindly provide another set of constants (D1~D5)? Or, may you recommend another failure model and constants for AL 6061-T6?

Thank you very much.

Mechaniker in Berlin

Submitted by schnellerforsch on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 01:55

Die Einteilung der Technischen Mechanik ist nicht überall
einheitlich. Im Allgemeinen können als Teilgebiete der Technischen
Mechanik gelten:

Future Directions in Mechanics Research @ Brown University

Submitted by Dibakar Datta on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 01:47

Dear All,

Welcome to the NSF workshop and Freund symposium at Brown University to celebrate pioneering contributions of Professor L.B.Freund on mechanics research.

Date : June 1-3 , 2011

Website (Under Construction) : http://www.engin.brown.edu/facilities/nanomicro/index_files/FreundSympo…

Camera For DIC(Digital Image Correlation)

Submitted by ali_mechanic_64 on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 20:32

Hello everybody

I am trying to prepare DIC setup for my project. I was wondering if anybody knows about the minimum requirements for the camera in a static and also in a dynamic test(charectrictics such as resolution,shutter speed and anything else that might be important).I found a sony camera with 1 Mpixel resolution and 7.5 fps shutter speed (that is valued at 1000$) that somebody told me this is suitable for a static test.

thanks in advance

4th International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues - Register now

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 16:00

conference

biomedical engineering

biomaterials

bioengineering

Mechanics of biomaterials

Medical Engineering

Markus J. Buehler

To register for the 4th International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues, or to view the program, go to the website http://www.mechanicsofbiomaterials.com/

Speakers include:

6th International Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives - Programme available

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 15:49

application on fracture mechanics

polymeris

Bamber Blackman

The programme for the 6th International Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives is now available on the website.

To view the programme or to register, please go to www.tc4pca.elsevier.com

buckling of CFRP under combine axial compression and torsion loading.

Submitted by firozahmed49 on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 14:39

research

hi,

I have to perform an non-linear buckling analysis over CFRP cylindrical shell in ansys. now i am little bit confuse how to perform this combined loading in ansys.in order to buckle some impurities (pertubation/imperfection ) must be included into the shell as this combine loading is purely in-plane loading case. this impurities i was including by performing a eigen value buckling during pure torsional loading and pure axial compression individually. but this is not much convinient during combine loading.

So my quries are