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Temperature vs. chemical potential

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on
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thermodynamics

For the third time I am teaching the graduate course on soft active materials.  This course is called Advanced Elasticity in the Catalog of Courses.  In the last several years, I have dropped several traditional topics, and focused on thermodynamics and finite deformation.  I have added several topics where both thermodynamics and finite deformation play significant roles, such as elastomeric gels and dielectric elastomers.

Postdoc or summer school knowledge

Submitted by oybozkurt on
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Hi, I finished my PhD and I am looking for a summer school or a language school in English. And also I want to improve my Meshfree knowledge and programming knowledge. My education is funded by government ( or my university). How can I find a school or university? And what is the procedure for acceptance? 

question on rotation tensors

Submitted by mchinna on
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Hi,

I am doing a self-study on continuum mechanics and have the following question on rotation tensors that I would like to get answered with your help:

 

How would one come up with the rotation tensor in 3D when the axis and the angle of rotation is given. For e.g., what would be the rotation tensor in cartesian coordinates when I would like to rotate the system about n(e_1 + e_2 + e_3) by say +60 deg.

 

Thanks in advance

Manoj

Pin joint modeling using Continuum Plane Stress

Submitted by Mehdi Naderi on
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Composite modeling

Dear All,

I will appreciate if you answer my question.

I modeled a 2D pin joint in ABAQUS using USDFLD to apply failure criteria.

 

I used CPS4 element for (0/90)s. As you know, the elements of both two layers completely overlap.

Abaqus gives a cotour of all layers together (bothe 0 and 90 deg.). How I can only, for example, see the contour of 90 deg. ply or only 0 deg. ply? 

In the output plots, how can i see stress or any field variable output for each layer? 

 

Regards,

Mehdi 

Mechanical Vibrations textbook

Submitted by nithesh on
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Mechanical Vibrations

Please recommend a good undergraduate textbook for 'mechanical vibrations'...

Thanks in advance.

14th april 2011 <UPDATE>

what a hypocritical website this is.... almost 200 reads and not one comment. high academic qualifications of most members seems to be creating an elastic sheath of EGO!

Thanks for reading this too. :)

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