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thermal analysis of fin on ansys

Submitted by husnain raza sial on

salam to every one......

I am doing B.E mechanical and my final year project is related to thermal analysis of fin i have completed my first step that is first law analysis of thermodynamics. And i have achieve temperature profile on fin model.

Now i am stuck at second step that is ENTOPY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS(i.e second law of thermodynamics) ihad seached enough but ther is no feature like this. i am using follwing equation for calculatig entropy calculation

Entropy balance at node N

On the nature of the Cauchy stress tensor

Submitted by Sia Nemat-Nasser on

Checking the iMechanica web, I notice some discussion about the Cauchy stress tensor, whether it is covariant or contravariant.  Well, a tensor is neither covariant nor contravariant, while it can be expressed by its covariant, contravariant, or mixed *components* with respect to any arbitrary coordinate system. See the attached short explanation.

Symposium: Advances in smart materials and adaptive structures (Porto)

Submitted by sofla on

 

Call for papers (abstract dealine: 28 Feb, 2009): 

"Advances in smart materials and adaptive structures" symposium to be held at the third international conference on integrity, reliability and failure, IRF2009

 

July 20-24, 2009 Porto, Portugal  

 

Sponsored by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto 

Please submit abstract by email to Aarash Sofla: sofla (at) mie.utoronto.ca

Look for some references about damage mechanics!

Submitted by zhenglight on

  1、Chaboche J L. Une loi diferentielle d’ endommagement de fatigue avec cumulation non linearire.Revue Francaise de Mecanique,1974, 50-51

2、Lemaitre J, Plumtree A. Application of damage concepts to predict creep-fatigue failures. Journal of engineering materials and technology. Transactions of ASME. 1979,101:284-292

3、Wang J. Low cycle fatigue and cycle dependent creep with continuum mechanics. International Journal of damage mechanics. 1992a,1(2):237-244