Top tier journals for fracture of polymers such as PMMA?

I've searched some Q1 journals specific to fracture of polymers and found ones like Engineering Fracture Mechanics. If any one could suggest or recommend any good journal for this topic, it would...

11 December 2017 7,682 1 View

Preparation of Ti6Al4V laser weld for EBSD?

I am trying to conduct EBSD on Ti6Al4V laser weld for the first time and wasn't sure how to prepare the sample. Could any one give me some advice based on their experience? I am trying to use the...

09 October 2017 2,512 3 View

High temperature mechanical response of Inconel 625?

I am seeing some strange constant fluctuation of force during a high temperature tensile testing of Inconel 625 only at the temperature range in between 500 and 800 as shown in the attached image....

08 September 2017 7,852 3 View

Heat generation due to mechanical work during FE welding simulation?

It is often assumed that the heat generation due to mechanical work is small and so we can use uncoupled analysis separating the thermal model and mechanical model. Does any one know of a...

07 August 2017 5,097 6 View

Top welding related journal?

Could any one recommend a list of journals which cover welding related topics? I know a few including Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Optics and Laser Technology, Materials and Design, Journal...

07 August 2017 7,485 7 View

Have you got any english ver.?

Have you got any english ver.? Sounds like an interesting project.

01 January 1970 6,685 0 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

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

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

The most suitable method to calculate the stress intensity factor in the presence of contact between the crack lips?

I'm trying to study cracked structures under a compressive load taking into account contact between the crack lips. I would like to know if the method of extrapolation by displacement remains...

21 February 2021 8,694 4 View

How to assign two different material/section properties in Abaqus(UMAT)?

Hi everyone, I am conducting a non-linear multi-layer pavement structure analysis which is a stress-dependent. So far, I am able to define the nonlinearity for one soil layer for its resilient...

11 February 2021 9,607 3 View

Are there any exception like work hardening in metals elastic limit due to dynamic loading?

The samples made out of spring steel are taken from same lot. The specimens were shaped following heating to forging temperature - Forming- Hardening -Tempering methods. After storage of almost 6...

11 February 2021 952 6 View

How to write cyclic loading in OpenSees?

Hi there, I'm having trouble with adding cyclic loading in OpenSees software. My task is to model a reinforcing bar under cyclic loading and compare the response with the experimental results....

04 February 2021 8,158 1 View