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Effect of variant strain accommodation on the three-dimensional microstructure formation during martensitic transformation: Application to zirconia

Submitted by mohsenzaeem on

This paper computationally investigates the effect of martensitic variant strain accommodation on the formation of microstructural and topological patterning in zirconia. We used the phase-field technique to capture the temporal and spatial evolution of embryonic formation of the monoclinic phase in tetragonal single crystals. The three-dimensional simulations were able to capture the formation of all the possible monoclinic variants. We used the multivariant single embryo as an initial condition to mitigate the lack of nucleation criteria at the mesoscale.

Enable User Routine in DEFORM

Submitted by rmbwang on

Hi,

I am going to use user routine in DEFORM, however, I heard that I still need to install a software as a complier called ABSOFT. I wonder if anyone knows what to do after I installed the ABSOFT.

Btw, can ABSOFT act as a Fortran complier individually just as Intel Fortran in Visual studio?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Best wishes,

XXX

Mini-symposium on Peridynamics and Nonlocal Models at USNCCM13

Submitted by Erkan Oterkus on

Dear Colleagues:

As part of the USNCCM13, we are organizing a mini-symposium on “Peridynamics and its applications”.

This mini-symposium focuses on the recent developments of peridynamic mechanical and mathematical models and its applications on the solution of multiscale and multiphysics problems including damage and fracture as well as numerical solution methods.  Other non-local models are also welcome.

Anisotropic stiffness of isotropic material

Submitted by sykledust on

Dear colleagues,

 

Consider a simple non-linear elastic material with stress given as

σ = D(εdevεdev + B εiso

where εdev is the norm of εdev, D is a function of εdev and B is constant. The material is isotropic since the principal directions of  σ and ε will coincide.

Faculty position in Aerospace Engineering at the Associate or higher level - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Submitted by virginierollin85 on

The department of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is currently looking to fill a position at the Associate or higher level in the area of structures. The candidate should have an exemplary record of teaching and scholarly activities including externally funded research. The candidate should be able to teach our structures and fracture mechanics classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Diffusion-induced wrinkling instability in a circular poroelastic plate

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on

A poroelastic material can imbibe solvent and swell. When the material swells inhomogeneously or

swells under external constraints, stresses can develop inside the material. The stresses can trigger

mechanical instabilities in the material or even break the material, which have been often observed

in experiments. In this paper, we study the wrinkling instability of a circular poroelastic plate, in

the process of solvent molecules migrating into the plate from the edge. The critical conditions for