How to implement boundary conditions in Abaqus contact problems?

Hello I am trying to simulate crawling motion of a bilayer beam using Abaqus. Kind of similar to this: https://youtu.be/os-Z3ucoFpA I am using multiphysics enabled (diffusion, deformation,...

20 February 2021 2,916 1 View

Do we see connection between climate change and the transmission of coronavirus?

How likely are we to see the infectious disease spread as a result of climate change? How are the communities most at-risk, and how and why both COVID-19 and climate change harms them? Why is it...

09 February 2021 1,459 28 View

I get tumor tissue from the patients after the surgery. How to isolate the top layer of cells from a tumor?

I work on gastric cancer. I want to separate the top layer of tumor cells from the lower layers.

25 January 2021 6,663 1 View

How to decolonize climate change research?

Who has the right to define what is climate change research should be? Who should define the climate change research topic, research questions, and research design? Who should own the climate...

29 November 2020 1,077 12 View

What are the outstanding issues in laser glass?

Laser glass is essentially Nd-doped phosphate glass. It is used as the gain medium in high power lasers. The questions are: (1) Why phosphate glasses are important? (2) Can they be replaced by...

24 November 2020 1,286 6 View

Is the future of "Science" or "the Scientific Implications of Climate Change" connected with the US election?

Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have presented vastly different visions for handling crucial issues, from the coronavirus pandemic to climate change. This results in how the election...

29 October 2020 8,810 6 View

Why after importing .shp files for microCFD 2D simulation the dimensions of the figure appears to be changed?

I am currently trying to do a microCFD simulation of a figure that has got some definite dimensions but after importing in the microCFD and then clicking on the modify shape option from the edit...

10 October 2020 3,272 1 View

Anyby have experience in making cheap TiO2 photocatalytic filter to remove ozone gas in air upto 100ppm from 100m3 closed space ?

I'm making an ozone-based Air purifier and need to scrub out ozone gas after the use. I read about TiO2 based photocatalytic filters but they are not available. Please suggest efficient ways to...

24 September 2020 2,383 5 View

In FullProf XRD Fitting, which FWHM parameters(u,v,w) should be negative?

Generally v is negative initially but what it should be after fitting. what does a negative sign or positive sign of u,v,w mean ?

02 August 2020 7,907 5 View

How to get even distribution of aluminium oxide nanoparticle?

I want an even dispersion of aluminium oxide nanoparticle (30-60 nm) on the substrate but going through the primitive route (dispersion of nanoparticles in water or ethanol followed by...

15 July 2020 4,839 5 View

How climate change will influences human and animal behavioral change?

The role of climate change influencing the human behavior as well as economics interest

01 June 2021 0 0 View

Research on Supply Chain Management in Indian context?

Hi, I am planning to apply for the PhD degree in the Supply Chain Mgt. with specific area of "Cold Storage warehouses" during Pandemics and wars. Where lock downs and shut downs are frequent....

02 March 2021 285 2 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

What are the harmful effects of these extreme rainfall on the health of newborns? What are the reasons for that?

Extreme rainfall associated with climate change is causing harm to babies in some of the most forgotten places.

01 March 2021 5,647 4 View

How to arrange coordinates and extract climate dataset out of MPI-ESM-MR netcdf files?

Have a nice day everyone, I'm stuck in extracting datasets out of MPI-ESM-MR netcdf files because the latitude ranges from -3*10^6 to 3*10^6 and longitude ranges -5,9*10^6 to 5,9*10^6. Plus, the...

28 February 2021 912 3 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

for all the rheology researchers, my question is, how relevant is a mini slump cone (smaller than a standard 50 cent rheometer). currently based on testing, the thickness of slumped material is...

26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

I am working on a preparation of representative polymeric structures of some popular polymers, such as polyimide or PTFE for MD simulation, during which a single nitrogen or oxygen atom will be...

24 February 2021 8,105 3 View