Commercial use of meshfree methods
can we use mesh-free methods as commercially as finite element methods can be applied.?
I want to develope a software for analysis of 3D frame using meshfree method is it possible?
Call for papers: Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Materials in ASME IMECE 2010
Dear friends and colleagues,
We invite you to submit an abstract to Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Materials. This symposium is part of 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 12-18, 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This symposium is sponsored by the newly formed Mechanics of Soft Materials technical committee in Applied Mechanics Division of ASME.
CALL FOR PAPERS: 2010 ASME Congress
2010 ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS & EXPOSITION
12-18 November 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.asmeconferences.org/congress2010
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT BY 1 MARCH 2010
The Griffith Paper
I wrote these notes on the Griffith (1921) paper for a graduate course on fracture mechanics taught in 2010. The notes were updated when I taught the course in 2014, and were discussed in a new thread titled Inglis (1913) vs. Griffith (1921).
Material Properties on Different Elements with Common Node
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Hi,
I am having a conceptual doubt regarding the following case. Any suggestions are appreciated. We are here assuming linear elastic material.
Let's say I have two bodies with different properties, and they share a common node (as in the attachment). However, I want to perform an analysis without any coupling or contact phenomena. Let's say thermal expansion of the bodies.So while doing the FEA analysis, I can assign the material properties in the element stiffness according to the body elements and solve.
On the Path-dependence of the J-integral near a Stationary Crack in an Elastic-Plastic Material
Submitted to the Journal of Applied Mechanics on 2/1/2010.
Fracture toughness is equal to fracture energy in LEFM?
Hi,
I am doing some test on the fracture toughness.
I am wondering if in Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics, Fracture toughness of the material is equal to fracture energy or not?
Can anybody send me an naswer,
Thank you,
Manooir
FSI in Cardiovascular Mechanics
We present an interesting application of ADINA FSI in cardiovascular mechanics, specifically, a potential cause for heart attacks is studied. Please see
http://www.adina.com/newsgH63.shtml
free autoCAD software compatible with Abaqus ?
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Dear all,
I need a free autoCAD software to model the complex 3D geometry of human brain. It is desirable that this software should generate output files readable to Abaqus/CAE for mesh generation. I wonder whether these is such a software available. An alternative way is to handle the geometrical modeling myself but I need to know the details of the file format used by Abaqus/CAE. Does anyone have a clue?
Thank you very much!
Yasheng
Trouble with linear elastic theory of strength
A body is subject to a load. What is the magnitude of the load that will cause the body to fracture? Let us begin with a body made of a glass, which deforms elastically by small strains. A procedure you have been taught before probably goes as follows. You first determine the maximum stress in the body. You then determine the strength of the material. The body is supposed to fracture when the maximum stress in the body reaches the strength of the material.