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ICAME 2015: 4th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering

Submitted by J Mahmud on

ICAME 2015: Call for Papers, due 30 November 2014

26 – 27 August 2015, Patra Jasa Bali Resort & Villas, Indonesia

 

click on:

http://www.icame2015.org/

http://www.bali-indonesia.com/attractions/

 

Conference Organiser:

 

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Hybrid and hierarchical nanoreinforced polymer composites

Submitted by Leon Mishnaevsky on

Hybrid and hierarchical polymer composites represent a promising group of materials for engineering applications. In this paper, computational studies of the strength and damage resistance of hybrid and hierarchical composites are reviewed. The reserves of the composite improvement are explored by using computational micromechanical models. It is shown that while glass/carbon fibers hybrid composites

Graphene reinforced polymer composites: 3D micromechanical modelling, damage and fracture

Submitted by Leon Mishnaevsky on

3D computational model of graphene reinforced polymer composites is developed and applied to the analysis of damage and fracture mechanisms in the composites. The graphene/polymer interface properties are determined using the inverse modeling approach. The effect of composite structure, in particular, of the aspect ratio, shape, clustering, orientation and volume fraction of graphene platelets on the
mechanical behavior and damage mechanisms of nanocomposites are studied in computational experiments.

Sutured tendon repair; a multi-scale finite element model.

Submitted by Lee Margetts on

We've recently published an open access journal paper that looks at the mechanics of sutures used to repair severed tendons. A homogenization strategy is used to derive effective elastic properties for tendon fibrils and intracellular matrix. We have found that regions of high stress correlate with the regions of cell death (necrosis) that are sometimes observed in patients.

If this is of interest, please feel free to view the paper here.

 

How can I get in Abaqus (XFEM) the Griffith' energy release rate G per time increment?

Submitted by havelmay on

I want to visualize my results of the XFEM crack growth in form of a diagram with the time increments or the crack length on the horizontal axis and the Griffith' energy release rate G or the stress intensity factor K on the vertical axis. I am using the energy-based damage model.

I don't know, where to activate those values in the Output History. The best solution for me is, if the energy release rate G can be transformed into the stress intensity factor.

Can somebody assist me with modelling the crack propagation with XFEM (Abaqus) in connection with contact problems?

Submitted by havelmay on

Hello,

I want to arrange a crack propagation in a screw thread. Therefor I use two dimensional axissymmetric elements in Abaqus 6.12-3 (it is the first version, that allows XFEM in axissymmetric models). The boundaries of the screw thread are on the one hand the symmetry axis, on the other hand the contact to a nut thread that is hold in vertical direction. Thus, there are two nonlinear problems: 1.) the contact problem and 2.) the XFEM crack growth.

1.) Arranging the analysis of the contact problem without crack growth works thoroughly.

Faculty Position - UCSB Mechanical Engineering - Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

Submitted by chairasst-me on

FACULTY POSITION

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

JOB NUMBER JPF00380

 

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor with a start date of July 1, 2015 or later. 

ABAQUS subroutine for compressible neo-Hookean material

Submitted by Deegayu on

Hi everyone, 

 

I am new to ABAQUS software and recently i was trying to implement compressible neo-Hookean material in ABAQUS and for me it is a very difficult task. There are already codes available for the nearly incompressible neo-Hookean material. Since ABAQUS is a widely used software,  i was wondering whether there are any database avaible consisting different codes that we can access. I am desperately looking for a subroutine for compressible neo-Hookean material. Can someone please help me or give me some direction. Thanks a lot !

 

PhD and PDF positions at Oregon State University

Submitted by burkan.isgor@o… on

We have a number of open positions in our research group that are available immediately. Summary of the positions are provided below; however, for more information about our research group, please visit 

http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~isgorb/