When : Tuesday, August 24 – 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., PDT
Wednesday, August 25 – 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., PDT
Deadline to register: August 17, 2010; an additional fee of $50 will be applied after this date.

Quote:Take advantage of this web-based course on "Classical Fracture and Failure with Abaqus" right from your desk — no productivity loss due to travel and no travel expenses. The lecture content of this web-based course is conveniently scheduled over two morning sessions. The course workshops can be completed during the afternoons at your convenience, while support engineers from SIMULIA West are available by phone to help you.
Objective:
You will learn the necessary techniques and strategies used for evaluating a structure with an existing flaw. In addition, an introduction to the damage based cohesive elements and surfaces will be given for those interested in advancing from classical fracture mechanics to crack propagation studies.
Topics that will be covered include:
* Classical fracture mechanics primer
* 2D and 3D crack modeling techniques
* 2D and 3D meshing strategies
* Specifying the singularity at the crack tip
* Stress intensity factors
* Contour integrals
* Fracture specific output requests
* Overview of damage framework and cohesive technology
* Stabilization techniques related to cohesive behavior
* Damage specific output requests related to cohesive behavior

Remote desktop to Windows machine from linux using rdesktop and VPN.

How to connect to the windows network (work/office) from your linux box (e.g., ubuntu) using vpn and rdesktop.

I will give you the generic commands to install, for which I assume that the system is debian based.

Install VPN:

We will use VPNC , which is an open source free alternative that is compatible to Cisco VPN.
As root,

Quote:ESI North America is pleased to announce that we are offering FREE basic Visual-Crash training classes in July 2010!
What:
July 7th 2010: Visual-Crash DYNA 6.1 Training Class
July 8th 2010: Visual-Safe MAD 6.1 Training Class
July 9th 2010: Visual-Viewer 6.1 Training Class

Where:
ESI North America, 32605 W. 12Mile Rd, Suite 350, Farmington Hills, MI 48334.

This course is intended to convey basic usage concepts and will include both lecture and hands-on lab work.
For additional information or to register, please call or email us:
Phone: (248) 381-8040
E-mail: training@esi-group-na.com