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2 Open Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Positions at INSA de Rennes

Submitted by Hjiaj on

The Structural Engineering Research Group at INSA de Rennes / LGCGM invites applications to fill two PhD Positions within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN XP-Resilience. The positions are offered to Early Stage Researchers (ESRs).

The XP-RESILIENCEnetwork offers a unique opportunity to Early Stage Researchers to investigate various topics related to Structural Resilience and receive multi-disciplinary training from high-profile academics and top Engineers/Managers from industry. XP-RESILIENCE intends to establish a network of individual research projects working towards Advanced Modelling and Protection –via metamaterial-based isolators/layouts- of Complex Engineering Systems for Disaster Reduction and Resilient Communities.The objective of XP-RESILIENCE is to deliver high-quality training to ESRs including a strong theoretical basis in reliability/resilience with practical experiences, technological expertise with awareness of the socio-economical context and conviction to furthering research with an entrepreneurial spirit. It aims at offering innovative research training ground as well as attractive career development and knowledge exchange opportunities for 14 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) through cross-border and cross-sector mobility for future growth in Europe.

USDFLD subroutine,time dependent young modulus

Submitted by gna on

Hi,

I'm modeling a tunnel (liner) in a soil medium. It has a time dependent modulus of elasticity which means it should reach its maximum value after a while not quickly. I decided to write a USDFLD subroutine to change E with respect to t, but unfortunately I'm a little bit confused about it. I would be grateful if anyone can help me with the subroutine.

thanks in advance

2 Postdoctoral positions in aortic biomechanics and fluid dynamics at University of California at San Francisco Medical Center and San Francisco VA

Submitted by elainetseng on

The Cardiac Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and San Francisco VA Medical Center is seeking a hard working, motivated post-doctoral fellow to participate in biomedical engineering research involving the ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (aTAA).  The post-doctoral fellow should be motivated to be on a career track to become an academic professor.  Our lab is NIH funded to investigate the biomechanics of aortic aneurysms and currently has 1 postdoctoral fellow, and are seeking 2

Fully – funded PhD opportunity in Metal-Forming and Materials Modelling Group, Imperial College London, Deadline 31st of Aug. 2016

Submitted by Jiang_Jun_Meta… on

The Metal Forming and Materials Modelling group wishes to provide a FULLY funded studentship to EXCEPTIONAL candidates to conduct PhD research work in the Mechanical Engineering department, at Imperial College London. The research work will be focused on the development of novel metal forming technologies, e.g.

A feasibility study of the Master SN curve approach for short fiber reinforced composites

Submitted by Atul Jain on

I hope you find our recent work interesting...

A feasibility study of the Master SN curve approach for short fiber reinforced composites

Atul Jain, Wim Van Paepegem, Ignaas Verpoest, Stepan V. Lomov

International Journal of Fatigue; Volume 91, Part 1, October 2016, Pages 264–274

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142112316301591

Highlights

-A method for generating local SN curves for short fiber composites is presented.

Strain gradient plasticity-based modeling of hydrogen environment assisted cracking

Submitted by Emilio Martíne… on

I hope some of you may find this work interesting:

Strain gradient plasticity-based modeling of hydrogen environment assisted cracking

Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Christian F. Niordson, Richard P. Gangloff

Acta Materialia, 117, pp. 321-332

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645416305183

A pre-print is available at www.empaneda.com

How can I resolve the zero flux problem in ABAQUS?Does it mean that I have to change General Solution controls in step module?

Submitted by Ellla on

 keep getting the zero flux errors in my model.

“There is zero VOL. FLUX everywhere in the model based on the default criterion. please check the value of the average VOL. FLUX during the current iteration to verify that the VOL. FLUX is small enough to be treated as zero. if not, please use the solution controls to reset the criterion for zero VOL. FLUX.”

Does it mean that I have to change General Solution controls in soil step module?

I guess by flux it means pore pressure in my model.

Ellla