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create shell planar in 2D model ? (Abaqus 6.13)

Submitted by matiascuitino on

Hi,

I have modeling a ground in abaqus and simulated earthquake. will i need allow infinite elements in the laterals model (left and right). In other examples i see in the features (module part) created  "shell planar" en the places to create the infinite element (edge, no plane)... so .. how its made ?

 

thanks. 

PD: Me english is terrible, sorry.

 

Open University of Turkish Aeronautical Association (UTAA) faculty positions in Engineering (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer, Industrial, Electronics, Aeronautical and Astronautical)

Submitted by mdemiral on

The Department of Engineering at UTAA (http://www.thk.edu.tr/) invites applications for a faculty appointment at the senior and junior level. UTAA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of and applications from all nations, members of minority groups, individuals with disabilities, etc. If you have any queries, please contact Dr.

New research on unstructured tetrahedral meshes in fracture mechanics

Submitted by morteza.nejati on

Dear all,


I would like to draw your attention to our recently published research on the simulation of high accuracy fracture growth:

On the use of quarter-point tetrahedral finite elements in linear elastic fracture mechanics, M. Nejati, A. Paluszny, R.W. Zimmerman, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2015:http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1RLCT38l3DCPF

Ph.D. position(s) in the Atomistic and Multiscale Mechanics Group at the Iowa State University

Submitted by Shuozhi Xu on

Graduate student applications are invited for PhD positions in the Atomistic and Multiscale Mechanics Group in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Iowa State University. Self-motivated students in the area of theoretical, computational and applied mechanics, computational materials science, or condensed matter physics are encouraged to apply. Research topics cover multiscale simulation of dislocation, fracture, phase transformation and heat transfer in materials. Individuals who have research experience in one or more of the following areas are especially desired:

Amplifying the response of soft actuators by harnessing snap-through instabilities

Submitted by Johannes T.B. … on

Engineering actuators with capabilities that match and even exceed those found in nature, is a long-standing challenge. While traditional actuators are built with hard materials, it has been recently shown that elastomeric materials enable the design of fluidic actuators that are lightweight, inexpensive, easy to fabricate, and able to undergo large deformation and complex motions. However, these actuators typically rely on large volumes for their actuation.

Ultra-stretchable and skin-mountable strain sensors using carbon nanotubes–Ecoflex nanocomposites

Submitted by mortezaamjadi on

Super-stretchable, skin-mountable, and ultra-soft strain sensors are presented by using carbon nanotube percolation network–silicone rubber nanocomposite thin films. The applicability of the
strain sensors as epidermal electronic systems, in which mechanical compliance like human skin and high stretchability (e > 100%) are required, has been explored. The sensitivity of the strain

"Imperfection" in graphene oxide invites surprising properties in a mechano-chemical way

Submitted by Xiaoding Wei on

In an article published in the August 20 issue of Nature Communications, we report a mechanochemical phenomenon in graphene oxide membranes, covalent epoxide-to-ether functional group transformations that deviate from epoxide ring-opening reactions, discovered through nanomechanical experiments and density functional-based tight binding calculations.