Boundary Element Method For Fracture Mechanic.
Dear Freinds,
I need help to develop a boundary element code for FRACTURE Mechanics applications (for Isotropic & Laminated structures).
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I've been struggling with a optics project for almost 3 years. I say struggle because my lack of a formal physics education leaves an accurate hypothesis out of my reach. I understand solid-state physics, as well as electromagnetic wave theory from my 40+ years of experience and research in these fields.
I hope to spark the mind(s) of anyone who could possibly explain an optomagnetic anomaly that results from this simple Superparamagnetic event that I've created.
Should I leave and try to find the answer elsewhere?
The Rodney Hill Prize In Solid Mechanics
founded and sponsored by Elsevier Limited (awarded under the auspices of IUTAM)
Prof. Jose E. Andrade to be awarded the 2006 Zienkiewicz medal
Professor Jose E. Andrade from Northwestern University is the
recipient of the 2006 Zienkiewicz medal awarded biennially by the
Institution of Civil Engineers from London. The award goes to Andrade
for his contribution entitled ' Capturing strain localization in dense
sands with random density' in IJNME 2006; 67:1531-1564 DOI:
10.1002/nme.1673 (link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112519037/PDFSTART)
recipient of the 2006 Zienkiewicz medal awarded biennially by the
Institution of Civil Engineers from London. The award goes to Andrade
for his contribution entitled ' Capturing strain localization in dense
sands with random density' in IJNME 2006; 67:1531-1564 DOI:
10.1002/nme.1673 (link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112519037/PDFSTART)
Our sincerest congratulations to Prof. Andrade!
Dusan Krajcinovic has passed away
Dusan Krajcinovic, retired professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Arizona State University, passed away on August 10, 2007, after a long illness. Dusan was active in the mechanics community. In addition to his teaching and research activities, he was a past member and chair of the Applied Mechanics Divison of ASME. He also served a term on the U. S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He authored the book Damage Mechanics published by North-Holland in 1996. He will be missed by all those who knew him.
Naming the SI Unit for Fracture Toughness (KIC)
To: Engineers, Fracture Analysts, Mechanicians, Physicists...
In science and engineering, we have an excellent tradition: naming a physical unit using the name of a prominent personality from the concerned field. For example, in SI system, we measure force in newton, work in joule, power in watt...
But the unit of fracture toughness, i.e. KIC, is too lengthy to pronounce: (mega) pascal-underoot-meter. Further, it has also been in use for something like half a century by now, perhaps more. So, how do you like the idea of giving a name to this unit?
Achenbach Receives National Medal of Science
Jan D. Achenbach, Walter P. Murphy Professor and McCormick School Distinguished Professor at Northwestern University was presented a 2005 National Medal of Science by President George W. Bush on July 27. Achenbach, who is well known in the mechanics community, was honored for his seminal contributions to engineering research and education in the area of wave propagation in solids and for pioneering the field of quantitative non-destructive evaluation. Previously, Achenbach received a 2003 National medal of Technology from President Bush.
The Batchelor Prize
Cambridge University Press and the Journal of Fluid Mechanics are delighted to announce the launch of The Batchelor Prize, sponsored by the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research in fluid mechanics.
How could we use the energy of the high speed air, which is coming out from a pipe to the atmosphere?
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Without increasing the pressure in the outlet of the pipe?
I mean we want to transfer air from point A to point B using a piping system which is equipped with a fan. Now there is energy lost in the outlet because the air exits with velocity in the atmospheric pressure, so the problem is how to use this energy ( high speed air) without increasing the pressure in the outlet of the fan. offcourse if it was water instead of the air, we could get the energy by installing a turbine next to the outlet pipe and still let the water come out in the atmospheric pressure