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IMECE 2015 Symposium: Modeling and experimental characterization for the behavior of the micro/nanostructured thin films

Submitted by danial_faghihi on

 We would like to invite you to participate in a symposium on “Modeling and experimental characterization for the behavior of the micro/nanostructured thin films” in ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
November 13 – 19, 2015 
Houston, Texas. The deadline for abstract submission is March 2, 2015.

Organizers:

Danial Faghihi, Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences,UT Austin

How to understand the oscillating behaviour during calculating stress

Submitted by Weijie Liu on

Dear all,

Why we have an oscillating behaviour when calculating stress in FEM?

I saw the sentences in the paper:

'Another reason is that stresses are less accurately predicted than strains in FE simulations. Calculated stresses do also show a tendency for an oscillating behaviour, especially in dynamic explicit simulations.'

'stress is less accurate predicated than strain' is easier to understand, but I was wondering the existence of oscillating behaviour for calculating stress.

 

Any comments are welcome.

Rotating deformable parts in eroding contact in Abaqus Explicit

Submitted by Saqibanwar on

I am trying to model (3D) dressing process in which both the dressor and the grinding wheel are rotating as deformable bodies using ABAQUS 6.13 (Explicit analysis). I want to simulate a small portion from both wheels rotating against each other with general contact. To rotate them I am applying coupling constraint. However, when I apply coupling constraint to rotate the wheels with their respective reference points (RP's), they become rigid in sense that no stresses are developed. Even if I apply only VR3 to RP's, no stresses will develop in the grinding wheel or dressor.

Position Open at NUS (Singapore): Research Fellow

Submitted by Adrian S. J. Koh on

One Research Fellow (Post-doc) position is open at the National University of Singapore.

If hired, you will work at Soft Materials Lab @ Advanced Robotics Centre (ARC), which I head.

Job Desription: Conduct research on biomechanics of the human motion, and how to effectively harvest energy from these motions using a soft and stretchable generator.  You are expected to perform both theoretical and experimental investigation, produce research papers and perhaps, file patents.

IMECE 2015 Symposium on “Architectured Multifunctional Materials and Composites”

Submitted by Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub on

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium on

Architectured Multifunctional Materials and Composites

as part of Track 12 of IMECE 2015, Houston, Texas, November 13-19, 2015. See attached for more details.

The abstract submission deadline is March 2nd, 2015 (final deadline, no extension).

Organizers:

Compressor Operator B 30.67 hour

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