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Multidisciplinary Optimization of High Performance Turbochargers by TURBOdesign Suite Webinar | 25 March

Submitted by ADT on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 11:37

Following on the previous two webinars on compressor and turbine design for high performance turbochargers, this third and final webinar will highlight the contrasting requirements of high efficiency, high reliability and low manufacturing costs faced by turbocharger manufacturers.

In this session we will highlight how to couple 3D inverse design tools with automatic optimization in order to:

Masonry modelling (interaction)

Submitted by Raimy Haidar on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 06:06

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Hi, is there anyone has the experience in modelling and solving masonry structural system ? currently im facing the issue in inputting the data of interaction between the blocks of masonry. i'm trying to model 3 storey masonry (material : Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) ) building in ABAQUS program by implementing 'macro-modelling' technique, where the block size is 200x400mm including 10mm thickness of mortar joint.

Beam Elements, UEL, ABAQUS, Rotation

Submitted by ashkan khalili on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 02:36

Hi everyone,

I'm working on UEL and studying wave propagation in beam. I have a special purpose beam element defined in UEL which has four nodes. When the beam is horizontal and a vertical load is being applied, it's working perfectly:

Mechanical responses and deformation mechanisms of an AZ31 Mg alloy- Part 2

Submitted by Amit Pandey on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 15:57

Recent paper is Part-2 of the paper mentioned below

http://imechanica.org/node/10104 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749641910001142 

Mechanical responses and deformation mechanisms of an AZ31 Mg alloy sheet under dynamic and simple shear deformations

Extended abstract deadline for CERMODEL2015 congress (Trento, Italy, July 1-3, 2015) with special session to celebrate Prof. Hueckel's 70th birthday

Submitted by Davide Bigoni on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 10:24

Webpage: http://events.unitn.it/en/cermodel2015

Extended deadline for 1 page-abstract submission: March 15, 2015

Ken Liechti will receive the 2015 Adhesion Society Award for Excellence

Submitted by Rui Huang on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 02:28

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Professor Kenneth M. Liechti of the University of Texas at Austin has been selected to recieve the 2015 Award for Excellence in the Adhesion Society. The Adhesion Society’s Award for Excellence, sponsored by 3M, is the Society’s premier award for outstanding achievements in scientific research relating to adhesion.

Congratulations to Ken!

K. Ravi-Chandar will recieve the 2015 Drucker Medal

Submitted by Rui Huang on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 02:13

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Professsor Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar of the University of Texas at Austin has been selected to receive the 2015 Daniel C. Drucker Medal, one of the ASME society awards for achievement.

ASME 2015 Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, McMAT2015

Submitted by sgoenezen on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 00:25

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Symposium 12, Modeling of Vascular Tissues

DEADLINE EXTENDED: February 23, 2015

Two days left!

June 29 – July 1, 2015

Location: Seattle, Washington at the Motif Hotel near Seattle Downtown Waterfront

Abstract Deadline EXTENDED: February 23, 2015

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Prof. Kaushik Bhattacharya to receive the Warner T. Koiter Medal

Submitted by Kaushik Dayal on Sat, 02/21/2015 - 15:40

Kaushik Bhattacharya, Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Professor of Materials Science as well as Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, has been selected to receive the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Warner T. Koiter Medal.