Which is better, in your opinion, to mark exam papers manually or by the use of computer systems?

Which is better, in your opinion, to mark exam sheets manually or by the use of computer systems?

05 June 2019 4,659 15 View

Which are more productive in English, derivational or inflectional affixes?

Which are more productive in English, derivational or inflectional affixes?

03 April 2019 8,354 3 View

Do you like Chomsky as a Linguist or as a politician?

Do you like Chomsky as a Linguist or a politician?

03 April 2019 4,614 21 View

Can we publish a PhD Dissertation or an MA thesis in the form of books and how?

How can we publish an MA thesis or a PhD Dissertation in the form of books?

02 March 2019 5,046 31 View

Some universities and colleges insist that students wear special uniforms, what do you think?

Many students in our universities and colleges complain about wearing uniforms of particular colours chosen by the Ministry. Are you with or against wearing fixed uniforms??

01 February 2019 2,395 15 View

Is it possible to remove a clot from the brain vessels?

About 87% of strokes result in making clots in the vessels of the brain. Is it possible to bust or remove the clots from the brain vessels?

31 December 2018 1,058 3 View

Buildings and physical structures are (eating) agricultural lands. What do you think?

A lot of agricultural lands have been turned into buildings, factories and other kinds of physical structures. Don't you think this will contribute on the deterioration of agriculture?

31 December 2018 8,791 6 View

Giving many answers to the same questions doesn't add much information to the answer given for the first time. What do you think?

Many RG colleagues give so many answers which are almost similar in rephrasing just to increase the number of reads. Don't you think it is necessary to give just one or two answers is better than...

31 December 2018 6,283 18 View

In Sociolinguistics, what does the term "Social register" refer to?

What does the term social register refer to in socio linguistics?

31 December 2018 4,595 8 View

Who first invented writing, the Egyptians or the Sumerians of Ancient Iraq? When was that?

There is a controversial issue about the people who first invented the writing system whether it was the Egyptians or the Sumerians of Iraq. What do you think and when was that?

31 December 2018 4,176 9 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

for all the rheology researchers, my question is, how relevant is a mini slump cone (smaller than a standard 50 cent rheometer). currently based on testing, the thickness of slumped material is...

26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

I am working on a preparation of representative polymeric structures of some popular polymers, such as polyimide or PTFE for MD simulation, during which a single nitrogen or oxygen atom will be...

24 February 2021 8,105 3 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

The most suitable method to calculate the stress intensity factor in the presence of contact between the crack lips?

I'm trying to study cracked structures under a compressive load taking into account contact between the crack lips. I would like to know if the method of extrapolation by displacement remains...

21 February 2021 8,694 4 View

How to assign two different material/section properties in Abaqus(UMAT)?

Hi everyone, I am conducting a non-linear multi-layer pavement structure analysis which is a stress-dependent. So far, I am able to define the nonlinearity for one soil layer for its resilient...

11 February 2021 9,607 3 View

Are there any exception like work hardening in metals elastic limit due to dynamic loading?

The samples made out of spring steel are taken from same lot. The specimens were shaped following heating to forging temperature - Forming- Hardening -Tempering methods. After storage of almost 6...

11 February 2021 952 6 View

How to write cyclic loading in OpenSees?

Hi there, I'm having trouble with adding cyclic loading in OpenSees software. My task is to model a reinforcing bar under cyclic loading and compare the response with the experimental results....

04 February 2021 8,158 1 View