NOSA-ITACA is a software product of the Mechanics of Materials and Structures Laboratory of ISTI-CNR, distributed via the http://www.nosaitaca.it/software/ website. The package includes SALOME v8.3.0, and is available for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04. NOSA-ITACA enables you to conduct both linear and nonlinear static analyses and modal analyses. NOSA-ITACA can be used to study the static behavior of masonry buildings of historic and architectural interest and model the effectiveness of strengthening operations.

Dear iMechanicians,

I would like to invite you to the prepared 8th volume of the Workshop on Computational Fatigue Analysis series. The 2018 volume is dedicated to the FKM-Guideline on Strength Assessment, which covers both static and fatigue analysis of common industrial components. The key lecturer this time is Dr Roland Rennert from IMA Dresden, one of the co-authors of its last 6th revised version released in 2012.

The workshop will take place in Prague, Czech Republic as usually in last years. If interested, reserve please the time for coming in November 26-28, 2018. The website of the workshop is ready to be used - see it here: http://www.pragtic.com/FKM.php.

GDPR efficiently blocked the traditional mailing campaign, and even the previously registered persons or WCFA series attendants have to apply again to get into our maillist. This new rule drastically reduced the number of persons we can be actively in touch with. I will be grateful, if you send a link to the workshop to persons who could be interested in this event. Thanks for your help.

Best regards,

Jan Papuga

Chairman of WCFA series

Hello....

I have one Finite Element Analysis Question.

For static analysis inertia and damping forces are negligible. To what extent must the load vary with respect to time, so as to consider Dynamic analysis instead of static analysis for a given FEA problem.