Event 03: Advanced Finite Element Methods for Continuum Mechanics

Course Organizers
Giorgio Fotia, CRS4, and Consorzio TCN, Pula, (CA), Italy
Anna Pandolfi, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Lecturers
Ferdinando Auricchio, Università di Pavia, Italy
Michele Chiumenti, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Michael Kaliske, Universität Leipzig, Germany
Anna Pandolfi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Giorgio Zavarise, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

The lectures of this course will be soon available online in the Virtual School of the EUA4X E-Atelier

PROGRAM AND TIME TABLE

Wednesday April 5, 2006
14:00-14-30 Registration and Welcome Address
14:30-16:00 Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics: Measures of Strain and Stresses in Finite Kinematics - Ferdinando Auricchio, Università di Pavia, Italy
16:30-18:00 Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics: Measures of Strain and Stresses in Finite Kinematics (con't) - Ferdinando Auricchio

Thursday April 6, 2006
09:30-11:00 The Finite Element Method in Nonlinear Mechanics: Continuum and Discrete Equilibrium Equations, Strong and Weak Form; Linearization and Resolution Methods - Anna Pandolfi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
11:30-13:00 Constitutive Modelling 1: Nonlinear Elasticity and Viscoelasticity- Michael Kaliske, Universitaet Leipzig, Germany

14:30-16:00 Constitutive Modelling 2: Computational Plasticity and Visco-Plasticity- Michele Chiumenti, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
16:30-18:00 Constitutive Modelling 3: Computational Contact Mechanics- Giorgio Zavarise, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Friday April 7, 2006
09:30-11:00 Advanced Topics and Applications 1: Computational Modelling of Elastomers and Tyres - Michael Kaliske
11:30-13:00 Advanced Topics and Applications 2: Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Phase Change Analysis: Numerical Simulation of Foundry Processes - Michele Chiumenti

14:30-16:00 Advanced Topics and Applications 3: Contact mechanics: Special and Industrial Applications - Giorgio Zavarise
16:30-18:00 Advanced Topics and Applications 4: Cohesive Models of Fracture and Crack Tracking Algorithms- Anna Pandolfi



This course is also part of the dissemination activities of the NUFRIC project.

Please note the Change of location: for organisational reasons, the course took place in Padova, Italy

Fellowships

15 EU fellowships: 13 Group 1 and 2 Group 2 are offered to young participants to attend the workshop. Further information on fellowships and applications procedures available here. Course participation is open to a maximum of 22 students (16 non Italians and 6 Italians).

When

2006-04-05 14:00 to
2006-04-07 18:00

Deadlines

Candidates for a fellowship must apply as soon as possible (preferably before February 24, 2006). A first list of accepted candidates will be announced on March 2, 2006. A second list of accepted candidates will be announced on March 10, 2006.

Where

Consorzio TCN, Padova, Italy

Contact

Giorgio Fotia (CRS4/TCN)

Contact Email

Giorgio.Fotia@crs4.it

Contact Phone

+39.070.9250.242