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retirement age or discrimination? Nature speaks of "sticking" around, but in europe we have new laws

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on

In January 2011, the UK government announced its intention to stop
compulsory retirement for people aged 65, despite criticism of the move
by employers’ groups. Campaigners against age discrimination and unions
welcomed the change. However, official guidance makes it clear that
employers will be able to dimiss staff no longer capable of carrying out
their work. Official figures show more than two thirds of British
employers have already eliminated fixed retirement ages.

PFC 2D for discrete element modelling

Submitted by sadrish11 on

Dear all,

I have just started using PFC 2D. I want to generate stress/strain curve for a compaction test (oedometer test). I have designed the walls and the balls as particles. I have problem assigning the velocity of upper y-wall that will be used for compression and obtaining the stress/strain relationship as a graph. 

Please help.

Thanks

Sadrish Panthi

modelling a 3D composite tube

Submitted by Papp on

Hi guys,

I deal with modal analysis of  3D 'both clmaped' composite tube in ANSYS. I use solid elements and orthotropic model of material. Constants of this material are homogenized values of composite tube. So I meshed the tube and set the element coord system ESYS as cylindrical. The problem is with results, becasue after solving I get very low eigenfrequncies, i.e. first 100 eigenfrequencies are from 0 to 10 Hz  with step 1 Hz and it seems a bit weird.

 

Do you have any tips where the problem could be?

 

Thanks,

International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol. 4 No. 2

Submitted by zishun liu on

Forthcoming papers of International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol.4 No.2:

1. “Buckling And Wrinkling Of A Functionally Graded Material (FGM) Thin Film”,  Masoud Noroozi, Liying Y. Jiang, (The University Of Western Ontario, Canada).

2. “Arterial Wall Mechanics And Clinical Implications After Coronary Stenting: Comparisons Of Three Stent Designs”, Linxia Gu Shijia Zhao, Stacey R. Froemming (University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA).

Post-doctoral Positions at the Ohio State University

Submitted by Jia Li on

Post-doctoral position is available in the area of ultrasonic material characterization and nondestructive evaluation (strong background and experience in ultrasonic
experiment and modeling are required
). The position is supported
from research grants. The focus area is ultrasonic study of
nonhomogenous materials like polycrystalline materials, composites and
adhesive bonds. State of the art ultrasonic laboratories
and other characterization facilities are available. More details will
be provided to interested individuals.

 

Electrolyte Stability Determines Scaling Limits for Solid-State 3D Li Ion Batteries

Submitted by Jianyu Huang on
 
Rechargeable, all-solid-state Li ion batteries (LIBs) with high specific
capacity and small footprint are highly desirable to power an emerging
class of miniature, autonomous microsystems that operate without a
hardwire for power or communications. A variety of three-dimensional
(3D) LIB architectures that maximize areal energy density has been
proposed to address this need. The success of all of these designs
depends on an ultrathin, conformal electrolyte layer to electrically