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Postdoc Position in Numerical Analysis in Oxford

Submitted by Christoph Ortner on
A position for a postdoctoral research assistant is available, for up to three  years, to work on "the development and analysis of coupled atomistic/continuum models of solids", specifically quasicontinuum and related methods. The details of the job and the application process can be found at https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/10742.
 

Help in abaqus modelling

Submitted by Venkat Bharath on

Hi all,

 I am currently working on my Masters thesis which is the analysis of sandwich structures subjected to blast loading using Abaqus. Can someone suggest some references which would  explain me how to apply blast loading using abaqus. 

There is an example problem of submarine in the abaqus user's manual which includes the blast loading. But they've only given the inp file for that. 

 

So can someone also tell me how to generate .cae file from .inp file in abaqus.

 

Best Regards,

Effect of Gurson model parameters on the J integral for a CCP specimen with Abaqus

Submitted by Mohamed H.Miloud on

Hi

The question is coupling the Gurson model with the crack propagation on a CCP specimen with Abaqus. Then a study of the influence of parameters of the Gurson model J-intgrale  And deduct the best set  of the parameters with we can adjust the JR curve computed on the experimental curve

 

Ph.D. Research Positions Available

Submitted by Teng Li on

We invite applications for Ph.D. student positions in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Maryland NanoCenter, University of Maryland, College Park. We look for talented and motivated applicants interested in pursuing a Ph.D. degree in one of the following areas:



•    Mechanics of inorganic/organic hybrid nanostructures in flexible electronics

•    Mechanics of graphene-based nanostructures and nanomaterials



Requirements:



Post-doctoral Research Associate Position

Submitted by Teng Li on

A post-doctoral research associate position is available immediately in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Maryland NanoCenter at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the area of multi-scale modeling (from atomistic, molecular, coarse-grained to continuum) of carbon-based nanostructured materials. Material properties of specific interest include mechanical and electrical properties, with special focus on deformation/failure mechanisms and bandgap engineering. 



Pijaudier-Cabot and Bazant concept of non local damage

Submitted by ss09 on

Hello all,

I would like to seek help on a topic on which I am slightly ignorant.

I do not understand the concept of non local damage and the internal length of the non local continuum as described by the well quoted paper of Pijaudier-Cabot and Bazant (1987) in continuum damage mechanics.  So may I please ask the experts in this forum to please explain to me using some simple analogy.

Dependence of relaxation time on the polymer length (via a string of viscoelastic springs)

Submitted by kongdong on

Dear all,



According to polymer theory, the relaxation time depends on its length (or unit number), and there exist some relationships to describe such dependence. The smaller number of polymer units, the smaller the relaxation time  of the polymer is. How to describe this via a simple model of visco-elastic springs?