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spring in Abaqus

Submitted by mahmood seraji on

Hi

I am modelling two plates that have been attached to each other using screws. i have modelled some springs for the screws. the shell element has been used for the plates. i want to assign the spring element (say SPRINGA) for the screws but i do not know how.

thank you.

Physicists Won 2010 Nobel Prize for Discovery of Graphene

Submitted by Teng Li on

As announced on 5 Oct. 2010, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of the University of Manchester won the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene". Geim and Konstantin first reported the experimental observation of graphene in 2004 .  Novoselov, 36, is also the youngest physics laureate since 1973.  

 

Postdoctoral position in mechanical and material engineering

Submitted by gayoub on

My name is Georges Ayoub; I am looking for a postdoctoral research position in mechanical and material engineering in the field of the polymer science, polymer behaviour and fatigue.

I defended my PHD at the beginning of this academic year (2010/2011). I am very motivated to start a Postdoctoral position, at the end of my thesis, in an Anglo-Saxon country.



FSI analysis of a simplified turbine using a sliding mesh

Submitted by Mustafa Taşkın on

Hi all,

I exercised "Prob37: FSI analysis of a simplified turbine using a sliding mesh" ADINA tutorial. I got an error message and the program stopped solving.

The error message:

ERROR CODE ADF2075

-R option cannot be used for adaptive-mesh or sliding mesh. You can use -m -M options.

What are the -R,-m, -M options? How can i solve this problem? 

Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Computational Materials Science

Submitted by guofengwang on

A postdoctoral researcher position is immediately available at the
Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy in Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The researcher will
work on a project on studying the surface segregation phenomena in
alloy nanoparticles using atomistic simulation techniques. This project
involves close collaborations with experimental scientists. The
candidate should hold a doctor degree in a relevant discipline, such as
Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or
Chemical Engineering. The ideal candidate should have a strong
background in atomistic scale simulations (Density Functional Theory,
molecular dynamics, and Monte Carlo methods) and scientific programming

Multiple Post Doctoral Research Positions in Multiscale Modeling @ RPI

Submitted by Suvranu De on

There are multiple postdoctoral positions in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy, NY to work on multiscale modeling projects related to energy and bionanomechanics. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated students with the following qualifications:

1. PhD in Computational /Applied Mechanics/ Materials Science or related topic

2. Sound background in nonlinear mechanics

3. Sound background in FEM and atomistic methods (molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo)

Research assistant and postdoc positions immediately available

Submitted by Sulin Zhang on

My research group in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State has two immediate opennings, starting from Spring of 2011.

One position targets graduate assistant, who will be working on computational biomechanics and biophysics. However, highly qualified postdoc may also be considered. 

The other position targets postdoc, who will be working on experimental single-cell mechanics, including nanoparticle-based drug delivery, cell responses to external mechanical stimuli, etc.

Can the transformation matrix of a 3-D beam element have any zeros in its diagonal?

Submitted by Gallardo560 on

Hello,

I am trying to solve the global stiffness matrix for a component assumed to be a series of 3-D beam elements.

Some of the diagonal elements of the transformation matrix are zeros and i eventually end up in finding the inverse of a matrix with some zeros in  its diagonal which is not possible.

Can anyone let me know if the transformation matrix can have zeros along its diagonal?

Thank you.