Subject: Re: hydraulic testing machine
From: jmelson@artsci.wustl.edu (Jonathan M. Elson)
Date: 8 Jan 1997 21:05:21 GMT
: Erin Nichols wrote:
: >
: > Hello,
: > I'm not exactly sure if I'm in the right place for this...
: >
: > I have a bit of a science paper to do (very short, only a couple pages),
: > and it's on a laboratory instrument, in my case, a hydraulic testing
: > machine. I couldn't find a word written about the thing in several
: > local libraries, and the internet hasn't really been living up to its
: > reputation. I just need to know what the heck a hydraulic testing
: > machine is used for (generally, and specifically in materials testing),
: > the "theory behind the instrument," and things like that *someone* must
: > be able to answer pretty easily...
: >
: > Thanks,
: > Erin Nichols
: >
: > --
There are two types of machines that fall under this general name.
The static testing machine either applies pressure or tension to a
sample, and increases stress until it fails (or meets a pre-determined
specification). The most common name is Tinius-Olson. Compression
testing is required on concrete samples from large buildings and
bridges. Tension testing is done on reinforcing rod and structural
steel.
Dynamic testing applies time-varying loads to a sample. This is done
to determine fatigue life of metals and many other materials, and to
explore the changes in elastic properties of many materials, including
biological samples like heart muscle! The most well-known maker is
MTS.
Hope this helps.
Jon
Subject: CFP: Symp on Fault-Tolerant Systems
From: isexiem@leonis.nus.sg (Xie Min)
Date: 10 Jan 1997 02:06:35 GMT
Enclosed is the electronic version of CFP. Please distribute
it to the people you know that will have an interest in submitting
and participating the Symposium.
Thank you very much.
PRFTS-97 PC Cochairs
Dave Rennels Sy-Yen Kuo
rennesl@cs.ucla.edu sykuo@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw
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CALL FOR PAPERS
1997 Pacific Rim International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Systems (PRFTS'97)
December 15-16, 1997
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sponsored by
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing
National Taiwan University
With the support of
National Science Council, Taiwan
Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Institute of Information & Computing Machinery, Taiwan
OBJECTIVE:
The Pacific Rim International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Systems is a
biennial symposium for dissemination of state-of-the-art research in
fault-tolerant computing, with a particular emphasis on systems and
software. The research presented ranges from fundamental theoretical
results to practical experimental projects. Both academic rigorous
experiments are welcome. Papers reporting rigorous experiments are
particularly welcomed due to the Symposium's emphasis
on systems technology.
TOPICS:
The major topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
-Software fault tolerance
-Application-level fault tolerance
-Fault diagnosis
-Tools for design and evaluation of fault-tolerant systems
-Fault-tolerant architectures
-Experimental systems
-Fault tolerance in
-Distributed and real-time systems
-Transaction processing
-Parallel computers
-Fault tolerance measurement
-Dependability modeling for software & systems
-System-level fault tolerance
-Dependability in VLSI
SUBMISSION:
Papers should be no more than 20 pages including figures and text using
11-point type and 1 1/2 line spacing and must be written in English.
The title page should include a maximum 150-word abstract, five keywords,
full mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, fax number, and a
designated contact person. The Program Committee also welcomes proposals for
panels and special topic sessions. Five copies of submitted manuscripts must
be received by May 15, 1997 and should be sent to:
Prof. Sy-Yen Kuo
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Room 415 Tel:+886-2-3635251
National Taiwan University Fax:+886-2-3638247
Taipei, Taiwan E-mail:sykuo@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Deadline for Submission : May 15, 1997
Notification of Acceptance : July 31, 1997
Deadline for Receipt of Camera-ready Copies : Sept. 1, 1997
URL:http://www.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~PRFTS97
RELATED MEETING:
The 1997 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and
Networks (ISPAN-97) will be held at the same location in the same week
(December 18-20, 1997). For further information, contact
Feipei Lai(flai@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw).
General Co-Chairs:
Ching-Chi Hsu
Nation Taiwan University
cchsu@csie.ntu.edu.tw
W. Kent Fuchs
Purdue University
fuchs@purdue.edu
Program Co-Chairs:
Sy-Yen Kuo
National Taiwan University
sykuo@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw
David Rennels
Univ. of California, Los Angles
rennels@cs.ucla.edu
Local Arrangement Chairs:
Sheng-De Wang
National Taiwan University
sdwang@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw
Chiou-Shann Fuh
National Taiwan University
fuh@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Publicity Chairs:
Feipei Lai
National Taiwan University
flai@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Jane Yung-Jen Hsu
National Taiwan University
yjhsu@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Finance Chair:
Chin-Laung Lei
National Taiwan University
lei@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw
Registration Chairs:
Sao-Jie Chen
National Taiwan University
csj@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw
Chuen-Liang Chen
National Taiwan University
clchen@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Publication Chairs:
Ming-Syan Chen
National Taiwan University
mschen@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw
Yuh-Dauh Lyuu
National Taiwan University
lyuu@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Industry Relation Chairs:
Yen-Jen Oyang
National Taiwan University
yjoyang@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Ming Ouhyoung
National Taiwan University
ming@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Steering Committee Chair:
Yoshihiro Tohma
Tokyo Denki University
tohma@c.dendai.ac.jp
Program Committee:
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Avizienis, A.(USA)
Alkalai, L.(USA)
Blough, D.(USA)
Bose, B.(USA)
Chen, H.L.(Taiwan)
Chen, W.T.(Taiwan)
Chiu, J.M.(Taiwan)
Cristian, F.(USA)
Fujiwara, E.(Japan)
Hong, S.J.(Korea)
Hsu. J.P.(Taiwan)
Huang, S.T.(Taiwan)
Ito, H.(Japan)
Kim, K.(USA)
Kameyama, M.(Japan)
Kanekawa, N.(Japan)
Kikuno, T.(Japan)
Kakuda, Y.(Japan)
Lau, F.(Hong Kong)
Lin, T.T.(USA)
Min, Y.H.(China)
Nordsieck, A.(USA)
Redinbo, R.(USA)
Raghavendra, C.S.(USA)
Segall, Z.(USA)
Somani, A.(USA)
Schlichting, R.(USA)
Tang, D.(USA)
Tsai, S.R.(Taiwan)
Wang, K.C.(Taiwan)
Xie, M.(Singapore)
Yang, C.S.(Taiwan)
Yang, S.M.(Korea)
Yamada, T.(Japan)
Yoneda, T.(Japan)
Yuan, S.M.(Taiwan)
Subject: Re: Abuse of science by Clinton admin
From: "Joseph P. Pulcini, M.D."
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 21:43:17 -0700
Patricia Schwarz wrote:
>
> Folks, the constitutional questions are there yes but notice
> I did not post to alt.politics.libertarian.
>
> My hope was to get peoples dander up about specifically what
> Clinton is doing to access to research.
>
> The federal government's position is that marijuana is medically
> useless. They are supporting that position by actively preventing
> any research to be done that could contradict their assertion.
>
> BUT hey I can understand if everyone's first priority is
> to protect their grant money. Because if scientists started
> speaking out in this case, the Clinton admin would probably
> respond with very serious threats as they are doing with doctors.
>
> If only there was a post-modernist journal involved then maybe some
> great "champion" of science like Mr. Sokal would feel moved
> to make some statement in defense of the science he supposedly
> loves to defend.
>
> But no, he's probably mooning around feeling victimized
> by the entire field of philosophy since time began by now.
>
> -patricia
>
> --
> Naked is a state of mind
> Luscious Jackson
I beg to disagree. The position of the government is that there are not
enough legitimate uses of cannabis compounds which can't be addressed by
other drugs to justify the major hassels involved in controlling it.
Cocaine is a wonderful drug; it's a locally acting anesthetic which is
contact sensetive and causes vasoconstriction to boot. (And most
younger patients like the buzz...) It's ideal for all kinds of ENT
applications. But the unfortunate tendancy of explorers of inner space
to put it up their noses or smoke it makes it inordinately inconvenient
for physicians to use it. The last time I signed for a vial in the ER
(of a government hospital), the whole department was urine tested the
next day.
Why do you think Rorer and Lemmon stopped making Quaaludes? More than
ten times as many people used them illegitimately (illegally or via
'lude clinics run by feelgood docs) as legitimately. Not good PR.
The vast majority of people who "have their dander" up about medical
uses of cannabis are people who like to get high. Haven't you noticed
that the most noise about it comes from hemp rallies? Don't you think
the government has notice that this tie-died army which seems so
concerned about this one particular medical problem doesn't seem to care
about legislation regarding any other drug? No one considers it worth
the political hassel. Which is *not* to say it's a useless drug; it is
not. But the unfortunate fact is, millions of people smoke it for fun,
and in 1997 no politician wants to dirty his hands with it.
--
Joseph P. Pulcini, M.D. ..........."Now can I be a musician, Mom?"
-General Medicine..................."Primum Non Nocere"
-Diving Medicine...................."You bend 'em, We mend 'em"
-Clinical/Surgical Pathology........"The search for truth"
-Lead Guitar........................"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine,
a Strat, and a Marshall"
Page: www.elpnet.com/jojo
Subject: Re: Low alcoholic wine/beer
From: dgado@ix.netcom.com (Habib Delgado)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 21:15:11 GMT
On 8 Jan 1997 15:19:16 GMT, e8925685@student.tuwien.ac.at (Martin
Lenz) wrote:
>
>I have been told that they make low alcohol beer ("alcohol-free") at very low
>temperature and with a very short fermenting time and under these conditions the yeast
>produces nearly no alcohol. I m not sure if they use a special yeast.
>
Low temps won't do it. Ice beer and eisbock is made at practically
freezing (ice forming during fermentation is what you're aiming for),
and lager is always made in very low temperature ranges.
Short fermenting time would produce less alcohol, but you would have a
tremendously sweet beer, due to all the unconverted sugar.
I believe that a combination of the type of malt, the quantity of
malt, and the fermenting time are all used. Also, are we talking "low
alcohol", or "near beer"?
I know that near beer is made by first producing regular beer, then
removing most the alcohol, then is artificially carbonated. I assume
the alcohol is driven off with heat, but I'm not positive....
Subject: Project Scientist Position Available
From: gstacey@utk.edu (Gary Stacey)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 15:08:04 UNDEFINED
The International Rice Research Institute invites application for Project Scientist to work on DANIDA funded researc project seeking to assess the
opportunities for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in rice. The objective
is to identify and improve existing or novel associations between rice
and nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and to assess the metabolic potential
of rice for nodulaiton. Applicants shoud have a Ph.D. Degree in soil microbiology or related discipline in the area of microbial ecology,
rhizobiology, and biolgoical nitrogen fixation. Training or experience
in cellular and molecular biology will be advantageous.
Qualified applicants should send curriculum vitae, date of availavility,
names and addresses of 3 references (with telephone and fux number) to
Dr. J.K. Ladha, Soil Microbiologist, IRRI, PO Box 933, 1099 Manila,
Philippines, Fax (63-2-817-8470). The closing date for applications
is January 31, 1997 or till a suitable candidate is identified. The position is available from March 1, 1997 and for a period of 3 years.
JKLadha
Subject: The Tesla Generator
From: ZeroPoint
Date: 10 Jan 1997 20:48:18 GMT
To: Tatiana Nickolaievna Teslenko tnteslen@sfu.ca (also sent via Bcc)
TESLA EARTH SKY VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL GENERATOR
Ever wonder what Nikola Tesla was up to at his Tesla Tower Complex at
Colorado Springs, besides his attempt to provide wireless transmission of
power? Well Jerry Labine of Indio, Calif. may have stumbled over one
possible experiment Tesla was working on, which was extracting significant
electric power out of the ground by creating a voltage potential difference
between his 143 foot tall,grounded lightning rod and coils circumventing
this rather tall rod, in his barn like facility in the countryside south of
Colorado Springs in 1899-1900?
In the course of building a 1/4 inch scale model(fig.1) of Tesla's Facility
near Colorado Springs, Jerry uncovered a method perhaps Tesla used to
generate current in the form of lightning bolts. This consisted of a coil
of wire circumventing the steel 143' lightning rod, driven in the
ground.On top of this tower rod was a 3 foot diameter wooden ball covered
with tin foil. Another double wrap coil in a 51 ft. diameter circle around
the center coil rod system, was set up to produce a 30,000 volt rotary
spark-gap oscillating current,with 2400 strikes per second.This created a
pumping action forcing electrical current out of the ground up through the
center 143' rod and out the 3' ball in the form of lightning bolt
discharges. Adjusting for atmospheric pressure and humidity with a tap
correction system, a very powerful rebound spike of current was produced
from the ground through the ground rod.
Jerry Labine's next project is to build a 1/4 scale model of Tesla's system
and convert these voltage spikes to useful current for home use or charging
batteries or EV's.
Stay tuned for updates in upcoming editions,specifically Inside Edition
vol4#3 of Electrifying Times. http://www.teleport.com/~etimes/ Stay
Tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!
Photos will also be included in the inside edition issue, also a photo
attempt to build a small marketable Unit will be shown.
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