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Multistable Architected Materials for Trapping Elastic Strain Energy

Submitted by Sung Hoon Kang on
architected materials
energy-absorption
reversible
elasticity
Computational Modeling
3D printing

3D printing and numerical analysis are combined to design a new class of architected materials that contain bistable beam elements and exhibit controlled trapping of elastic energy. The proposed energy-absorbing structures are reusable. Moreover, the mechanism of energy absorption stems solely from the structural geometry of the printed beam elements, and is therefore both materials- and loading-rate independent.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201501708/full

6th International Conference on MECHANICS OF BIOMATERIALS AND TISSUES

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on
biomechanics
tissue
biomaterials

Dear all, 

The 6th interntional conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues will be in Hawaii. Please see the poster in the attachment. The dealine for submitting the abstract will be extended. 

Best 

shengqiang

PhD and post-doctoral positions on multiscale materials modeling at IMDEA Materials Institute

Submitted by Javier LLorca on
job

Two PhD and two post-doctoral positions are available at IMDEA Materials Institute within the framework of a project funded by the European Reseach Council to develop multiscale modeling strategies –together with the corresponding experimental validation– to simulate the microstructural development during solidification and thermal treatments as well as the mechanical behavior at different length scales of Al and Mg alloys.

More details and information to apply can be found in the enclosed files.

 

 

ARF 2015, Call for Abstracts: Global Rotorcraft Technological Advancements; November 16 - 18, 2015 IISc, Bangalore

Submitted by dkishor on

The Asian/Australian Rotorcraft Forum is one of the premier events in the rotorcraft community's calendar bringing together manufacturers, research centers, academia, operators and regulatory agencies to discuss advances in research, development, design, manufacturing, testing, and operation of rotorcraft.

Subroutine DFLUX in ABAQUS

Submitted by Frank Richter on
software
ABAQUS
subroutine
dflux
moving heat source


Dear Mechanicians,


time and again the question of modeling moving heat sources pops up, often in the context of laser heating.

One can achieve this using the subroutine DFLUX in ABAQUS.

I decided to post some links here to avoid responding with a longer explanation to every individual seeking assistance.

Please note that I have never worked with any one of these codes and have no access to ABAQUS at present.

No warranty is given by me.

"ELEMENT DELETION" is available in Abaqus Explicit:

About Dstran or Stran of cohesive element in ABAQUS

Submitted by YuYong on

Sir,
  I want to ask you a question,
  I debug a constitutive model about the cohesive element in ABAQUS.
  You know the key point of this element's constitutive model is Traction-Seperation Relationship.
  I want to test my model by Umat, not the Uel.
  So I want to ask whether Stran is the relative displacement(not strain) of the Gauss point in this type element.
  And how Dstran is calculated by UEL subroutine!!!

SES symposium "Soft Materials" extended DEADLINE approaching -- July 31, 2015

Submitted by Stephan Rudykh on
conference
SES

Dear Colleagues,

The 52nd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science will be hosted by Texas A&M University during October 26-28, 2015. As part of this meeting, we are organizing a mini-symposium to address recent experimental, computational, theoretical, and manufacturing advances on the mechanics and physics of soft materials. Topics of particular interest include:

Assistant / untenured Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Submitted by lncool on
job

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the junior level (assistant or untenured assoicate professor).

http://soe-apps.stanford.edu/FacultyApplyME

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