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Bio-inspired solution for optimal adhesive performance

Submitted by Antonio Papangelo on

In recent years there has been a growing interest into high performance bioinspired adhesives. This communication focuses on the adhesive behavior of a rigid cylinder that indents an elastic layer coated on a rigid substrate. With the assumption of short range adhesive interactions (JKR type) the adhesive solution is obtained very easily starting from the adhesiveless one.

Converting viscoelastic Prony Series terms from ABAQUS to LS-DYNA

Submitted by Mukunda Madhava Nath on
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In Abaqus, 

g(t) = 1 - ∑(gi * (1-exp(-t/taui)); 

in which g and gi are dimensionless. 

 

In LS-DYNA, 

G(t) = ∑( Gi * exp(-betai * t) ); 

in which G and Gi are in N/m2

 

Based on this information, how do we transform the Prony Series terms from one code to another or vice-versa given I don't have the test data available.

 

Our new review on "Hydrogel Bioelectronics"

Submitted by hyunwoo on

It is my first blog entry to iMechanica after long period of only reading.

In this review published in Chemical Soceity Reviews, we systematically revealed the design principles for bioelectronics and discussed hydrogels' merits and potential in bioelectronics.

 

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Filling a Void: Metal Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace with Synopsys, ELEMCA and CNES

Submitted by Simpleware on

Metal additive manufacturing enables production of complex metal parts that meet mechanical property specifications without the need for costly tooling. In addition, parts can be made in small batches or even manufactured on a “one-off” basis. Computed tomography (CT) scanning can be used to identify defects such as voids or inclusions that can occur in parts created through metal additive manufacturing, but in the past there was no way to determine how these manufacturing byproducts might affect performance.

Nanomanufacturing of graphene nanosheets through nano-hole opening and closing

Submitted by Shuze Zhu on

Materials Today, in press, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2018.09.001

Yanan Chen, Yilin Wang, Shuze Zhu, Kun Fu, Xiaogang Han, Yanbin Wang, Bin Zhao, Tian Li , Boyang Liu , Yiju Li , Jiaqi Dai , Hua Xie , Teng Li , John W. Connell , Yi Lin, Liangbing Hu

A modeling and resolution framework for wrinkling in hyperelastic sheets at finite membrane strain

Submitted by Fan Xu on

Wrinkles commonly occur in uniaxially stretched rectangular hyperelastic membranes with clamped-clamped boundaries, and can vanish upon excess stretching. Here we develop a modeling and resolution framework to solve this complex instability problem with highly geometric and material nonlinearities. We extend the nonlinear Foppl-von Karman thin plate model to finite membrane strain regime for various compressible and incompressible hyperelastic materials.