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2011 APS Shock Conference Call for Abstracts

Submitted by tjvogler on

Abstracts for the 2011 APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter are now being accepted.  This biennial meeting is the premier conference for shock compression, behavior of materials at high pressures and high strain rates, and related areas.  We hope you will be able to join us for an outstanding Conference in Chicago, Illinois, June 26 - July 1, 2011.

Ph.D. candidate position at Florida Institute of Technology

Submitted by Bo Yang on

A Ph.D. candidate position is available in Computational Solid Mechanics and Materials at Florida Institute of Technology. Ideally the applicant holds a M.S. degree. Those outstanding graduates with B.S. degree would also be considered. It is expected that the candidate has a background in computational stress and fracture mechanics analyses and/or computational materials science. The project will be on Materials and Mechanics Issues in Energy Storage, specifically, in lithium ion batteries and solid state hydrogen storage. The position starts in Spring, 2011.

Evoution of Yield surfaces: Past and Future Trend - Part 3

Submitted by Amit Pandey on

 My last two posts on this series

Part- 1 (node/9016) and

Part- 2 (node/9073)

were mainly focussed on the tension–torsion (σ11–√3σ12) stress space. This paper will be the final post on this series and will focus mainly on the behavior of  both of these alloys under tension–tension (σ11σ22)space and conclude this ongoing research.

Abstract.

Two PhD positions in Computational Mechanics and Materials Science

Submitted by nikhil.medhekar on

At the Laboratory for Computational Mechanics and Materials Science at Monash University, we have two openings for Ph.D candidate positions in the general area of computational mechanics and materials physics.

The material systems that we are interested in—for example, graphene, semiconductor nanowires and quantum dots—are relevant for nanotechnology and energy applications. The current research topics are multidisciplinary in nature, and offer an excellent opportunity for close interactions with experimentalists and with international collaborators.

Problems with gravity loads

Submitted by zeke2282 on

Hello to all,

 I`m carring out a simulation with abaqus of an underground storage tank. I modelled the tank using shell elements (conventional) and for the soil I used solid element. I want the stress on the top of the tank caused by the efect of the soil that is on the top.

The applied load is Gravity in the y-direction (-10 m/s2) to the whole model and I`m using abaqus/standard. I defined the contact between the tank and the soil.

The problem is that the job end saying "too many attemps for this increment". I used different increments but all of them with the same result.

What can I do or what am I missing ?

 

Thanks to all!

 

Ezequiel

 

Multiple Ph.D. positions in the area of Computational Solid Mechanics

Submitted by jeonghoonsong on

Multiple Ph.D. positions are available in the area of Computational Solid Mechanics in the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. These positions will begin in August 2011, and fully cover university tuition and stipend.

 

plasticity

Submitted by Shabeer Khan on

Good Time to Everybody, I am working on Thermoplasticity, especially thermoviscoplasticity, will be comparing the results of some basic examples problem worked be Simo and Miehe, modelled in Abaqus with the results of a locally developed code. I am new comer in this excellent forum and I am happy to see myself among a nice community of Mechanicians. I regard all those who are conneted in this form and those who helped in connecting this chain of  Mechanics.