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Stability Theory of Switched Dynamical Systems
by Zhendong Sun Shuzhi Sam GeThere are plenty of challenging and interesting problems open for investigation in the field of switched systems. Stability issues help to generate many complex nonlinear dynamic behaviors within switched systems. The authors present a thorough investigation of stability effects on three broad classes of switching mechanism: arbitrary switching where stability represents robustness to unpredictable and undesirable perturbation, constrained switching, including random (within a known stochastic distribution), dwell-time (with a known minimum duration for each subsystem) and autonomously-generated (with a pre-assigned mechanism) switching; and designed switching in which a measurable and freely-assigned switching mechanism contributes to stability by acting as a control input. For each of these classes this book propounds: detailed stability analysis and/or design, related robustness and performance issues, connections to other control problems and many motivating and illustrative examples.
Stabilization and H∞ Control of Switched Dynamic Systems (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #310)
by Jun Fu Ruicheng MaThis book presents several novel constructive methodologies for global stabilization and H-infinity control in switched dynamic systems by using the systems’ structure information. The main features of these new approaches are twofold: i) Novel Lyapunov functions are constructed and new switching strategies are designed to guarantee global finite-time stabilization of the closed-loop switched dynamic systems,while ii) without posing any internal stability requirements on subsystems, the standard H-infinity control problem of the switched dynamic systems is solved by means of dwell-time switching techniques. Systematically presenting constructive methods for analyzing and synthesizing switched systems, the content is of great significance to theoretical research and practical applications involving switched systems alike. The book provides a unified framework for stability analysis, stabilization and H-infinity control of switched systems, making it a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students who want to learn about the state of the art in the analysis and synthesis of switched systems, as well as recent advances in switched linear systems. In addition, it offers a wealth of cutting-edge constructive methods and algorithm designs for researchers who work with switched dynamic systems and graduate students of control theory and control engineering.
Stabilization and Regulation of Nonlinear: A Robust and Adaptive Approach
by Zhiyong Chen Jie HuangThe core of this textbook is a systematic and self-contained treatment of the nonlinear stabilization and output regulation problems. Its coverage embraces both fundamental concepts and advanced research outcomes and includes many numerical and practical examples. Several classes of important uncertain nonlinear systems are discussed. The state-of-the art solution presented uses robust and adaptive control design ideas in an integrated approach which demonstrates connections between global stabilization and global output regulation allowing both to be treated as stabilization problems. Stabilization and Regulation of Nonlinear Systems takes advantage of rich new results to give students up-to-date instruction in the central design problems of nonlinear control, problems which are a driving force behind the furtherance of modern control theory and its application. The diversity of systems in which stabilization and output regulation become significant concerns in the mathematical formulation of practical control solutions--whether in disturbance rejection in flying vehicles or synchronization of Lorenz systems with harmonic systems--makes the text relevant to readers from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many exercises are provided to facilitate study and solutions are freely available to instructors via a download from springerextras. com. Striking a balance between rigorous mathematical treatment and engineering practicality, Stabilization and Regulation of Nonlinear Systems is an ideal text for graduate students from many engineering and applied-mathematical disciplines seeking a contemporary course in nonlinear control. Practitioners and academic theorists will also find this book a useful reference on recent thinking in this field.
Stabilization for Some Fractional-Evolution Systems (SpringerBriefs in Mathematics)
by Kaïs Ammari Luc Robbiano Fathi HassineThis brief provides unified methods for the stabilization of some fractional evolution systems, nicely complementing existing literature on fractional calculus. The volume is divided into three chapters, the first of which considers the stabilization for some abstract evolution equations with a fractional damping, the second of which validates the abstract results of chapter 1 on concrete examples, and the third of which studies the stabilization of fractional evolution systems with memory.
Stabilization of Distributed Parameter Systems: Design Methods and Applications (SEMA SIMAI Springer Series #2)
by Grigory Sklyar Alexander ZuyevThis book presents recent results and envisages new solutions of the stabilization problem for infinite-dimensional control systems. Its content is based on the extended versions of presentations at the Thematic Minisymposium “Stabilization of Distributed Parameter Systems: Design Methods and Applications” at ICIAM 2019, held in Valencia from 15 to 19 July 2019. This volume aims at bringing together contributions on stabilizing control design for different classes of dynamical systems described by partial differential equations, functional-differential equations, delay equations, and dynamical systems in abstract spaces. This includes new results in the theory of nonlinear semigroups, port-Hamiltonian systems, turnpike phenomenon, and further developments of Lyapunov's direct method. The scope of the book also covers applications of these methods to mathematical models in continuum mechanics and chemical engineering. It is addressed to readers interested in control theory, differential equations, and dynamical systems.
Stabilization of Infinite Dimensional Systems (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #355)
by El Hassan Zerrik Oscar CastilloThis book deals with the stabilization issue of infinite dimensional dynamical systems both at the theoretical and applications levels. Systems theory is a branch of applied mathematics, which is interdisciplinary and develops activities in fundamental research which are at the frontier of mathematics, automation and engineering sciences. It is everywhere, innumerable and daily, and moreover is there something which is not system: it is present in medicine, commerce, economy, psychology, biological sciences, finance, architecture (construction of towers, bridges, etc.), weather forecast, robotics, automobile, aeronautics, localization systems and so on. These are the few fields of application that are useful and even essential to our society. It is a question of studying the behavior of systems and acting on their evolution. Among the most important notions in system theory, which has attracted the most attention, is stability. The existing literature on systems stability is quite important, but disparate, and the purpose of this book is to bring together in one document the essential results on the stability of infinite dimensional dynamical systems. In addition, as such systems evolve in time and space, explorations and research on their stability have been mainly focused on the whole domain in which the system evolved. The authors have strongly felt that, in this sense, important considerations are missing: those which consist in considering that the system of interest may be unstable on the whole domain, but stable in a certain region of the whole domain. This is the case in many applications ranging from engineering sciences to living science. For this reason, the authors have dedicated this book to extension of classical results on stability to the regional case. This book considers a very important issue, which is that it should be accessible to mathematicians and to graduate engineering with a minimal background in functional analysis. Moreover, for the majority of the students, this would be their only acquaintance with infinite dimensional system. Accordingly, it is organized by following increasing difficulty order. The two first chapters deal with stability and stabilization of infinite dimensional linear systems described by partial differential equations. The following chapters concern original and innovative aspects of stability and stabilization of certain classes of systems motivated by real applications, that is to say bilinear and semi-linear systems. The stability of these systems has been considered from a global and regional point of view. A particular aspect concerning the stability of the gradient has also been considered for various classes of systems. This book is aimed at students of doctoral and master’s degrees, engineering students and researchers interested in the stability of infinite dimensional dynamical systems, in various aspects.
Stabilization of Navier–Stokes Flows
by Viorel BarbuStabilization of Navier-Stokes Flows presents recent notable progress in the mathematical theory of stabilization of Newtonian fluid flows. Finite-dimensional feedback controllers are used to stabilize exponentially the equilibrium solutions of Navier-Stokes equations, reducing or eliminating turbulence. Stochastic stabilization and robustness of stabilizable feedback are also discussed. The analysis developed here provides a rigorous pattern for the design of efficient stabilizable feedback controllers to meet the needs of practical problems and the conceptual controllers actually detailed will render the reader's task of application easier still. Stabilization of Navier-Stokes Flows avoids the tedious and technical details often present in mathematical treatments of control and Navier-Stokes equations and will appeal to a sizeable audience of researchers and graduate students interested in the mathematics of flow and turbulence control and in Navier-Stokes equations in particular.
Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems: 23rd International Symposium, SSS 2021, Virtual Event, November 17–20, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13046)
by Colette Johnen Elad Michael Schiller Stefan SchmidThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2021, held virtually, in November 2021. The 16 full papers, 10 short and 14 invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The papers deal with the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment.
Stabilization, Tracking and Formation Control of Autonomous Marine Vessels
by Ge Guo Zhenyu Gao Pengfei ZhangThis book focuses on autonomous marine vessel systems and control approaches. In particular, it mainly contains modeling, analysis and control design methodologies for covert stabilization control, trajectory tracking control, and cooperative formation control of AMVs. The comprehensive and systematic treatment of practical issues in autonomous marine vessel systems is one of the book’s significant features, particularly suited for readers interested in learning control problems in AMV and other related topic areas like mobile robots and vehicles. The book can benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in mathematical skills, methodologies, and algorithms needed in the analysis and control design for tracking and stabilization, cooperative control of surface vessels and underwater vehicles. Through the book, readers can have a deeper understanding of such fields.
Stabilizing and Optimizing Control for Time-Delay Systems: Including Model Predictive Controls (Communications and Control Engineering)
by Wook Hyun Kwon PooGyeon ParkStabilizing and Optimizing Control for Time-Delay Systems introduces three important classes of stabilizing controls for time-delay systems: non-optimal (without performance criteria); suboptimal (including guaranteed costs); and optimal controls. Each class is treated in detail and compared in terms of prior control structures. State- and input-delayed systems are considered. The book provides a unified mathematical framework with common notation being used throughout. Receding-horizon, or model predictive, linear quadratic (LQ), linear-quadratic-Gaussian and H∞ controls for time-delay systems are chosen as optimal stabilizing controls. Cost monotonicity is investigated in order to guarantee the asymptotic stability of closed-loop systems operating with such controls. The authors use guaranteed LQ and H∞ controls as representative sub-optimal methods; these are obtained with pre-determined control structures and certain upper bounds of performance criteria. Non-optimal stabilizing controls are obtained with predetermined control structures but with no performance criteria. Recently developed inequalities are exploited to obtain less conservative results. To facilitate computation, the authors use linear matrix inequalities to represent gain matrices for non-optimal and sub-optimal stabilizing controls, and all the initial conditions of coupled differential Riccati equations of optimal stabilizing controls. Numerical examples are provided with MATLAB® codes (downloadable from http://extras.springer.com/) to give readers guidance in working with more difficult optimal and suboptimal controls. Academic researchers studying control of a variety of real processes in chemistry, biology, transportation, digital communication networks and mechanical systems that are subject to time delays will find the results presented in Stabilizing and Optimizing Control for Time-Delay Systems to be helpful in their work. Practitioners working in related sectors of industry will also find this book to be of use in developing real-world control systems for the many time-delayed processes they encounter.
Stable Analysis Patterns for Systems
by Mohamed FayadSoftware analysis patterns play an important role in reducing the overall cost and compressing the time of software project lifecycles. However, building reusable and stable software analysis patterns is still considered a major and delicate challenge. This book proposes a novel concept for building analysis patterns based on software stability and is a modern approach for building stable, highly reusable, and widely applicable analysis patterns. The book also aims to promote better understanding of problem spaces and discusses how to focus requirements analysis accurately. It demonstrates a new approach to discovering and creating stable analysis patterns (SAPs). This book presents a pragmatic approach to understanding problem domains, utilizing SAPs for any field of knowledge, and modeling stable software systems, components, and frameworks. It helps readers attain the basic knowledge that is needed to analyze and extract analysis patterns from any domain of interest. Readers also learn to master methods to document patterns in an effective, easy, and comprehensible manner. Bringing significant contributions to the field of computing, this book is a unique and comprehensive reference manual on SAPs. It provides insight on handling the understanding of problem spaces and supplies methods and processes to analyze user requirements accurately as well as ways to use SAPs in building myriad cost-effective and highly maintainable systems. The book also shows how to link SAPs to the design phase thereby ensuring a smooth transition between analysis and design.
A Stable and Transparent Framework for Adaptive Shared Control of Robots (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #158)
by Ribin BalachandranRobotic research and developments in computing technologies including artificial intelligence have led to significant improvements in autonomous capabilities of robots. Yet, human supervision is advisable and, in many cases, necessary when robots interact with real-world, outside-lab environments. This is due to the fact that complete autonomy in robots has not yet been achieved. When robots encounter challenges beyond their capabilities, a viable solution is to include human operators in the loop, who can support robots through teleoperation, taking complete control or shared control. This monograph focuses on a special form of shared control, namely mixed-initiative, where the final command to the robot is a weighted sum of the commands from the operator and the autonomous controller. The weights (fixed or adaptive), called authority allocation (AA) factors, decide who has more control authority over the robot. Several research groups use different methods to adapt the AA factors online and the benefits of adaptive mixed-initiative shared control have been well established in terms of task completion success and operator usability. However, stability of the overall shared control framework, with communication time-delays between the operator and the robot, is a field that has not been examined extensively. This monograph presents methods to improve performance and stability in shared control so that the possibilities of its applications can be widened. Firstly, methods to improve the haptic feedback performance of teleoperation are developed. Secondly, methods to stabilize adaptive shared control systems, while still ensuring high teleoperation performance, are proposed. The methods are validated on multiple robotic systems and they were applied in several projects, both in space and terrestrial domains. With the aforementioned contributions, this monograph provides an overarching framework to improve synergy between humans and robots. The flexibility of the framework allows integration of existent teleoperation and shared control approaches, which further promotes synergy within the robotics community.
Stable Design Patterns for Software and Systems
by Mohamed FayadAttention to design patterns is unquestionably growing in software engineering because there is a strong belief that using made to measure solutions for solving frequently occurring problems encountered throughout the design phase greatly reduces the total cost and the time of developing software products. Stable Design Patterns for Software and Systems presents a new and fresh approach for creating stable, reusable, and widely applicable design patterns. It deals with the concept of stable design patterns based on software stability as a contemporary approach for building stable and highly reusable and widely applicable design patterns. This book shows that a formation approach to discovering and creating stable design patterns accords with Alexander’s current understanding of architectural patterns. Stable design patterns are a type of knowledge pattern that underline human problem solving methods and appeal to the pattern community. This book examines software design patterns with respect to four central themes: How do we develop a solution for the problem through software stability concepts? This book offers a direct application of using software stability concepts for modeling solutions. How do we achieve software stability over time and design patterns that are effective to use? What are the unique roles of stable design patterns in modeling the accurate solution of the problem at hand and in providing stable and undisputed design for such problems? This book enumerates a complete and domain-less list of stable patterns that are useful for designing and modeling solutions for frequently recurring problems. What is the most efficient way to document the stable design patters to ensure efficient reusability? This book is an extension to the contemporary templates that are used in documenting design patterns. This book gives a pragmatic and a novel approach toward understanding the problem domain and in proposing stable solutions for engineering stable software systems, components, and frameworks.
Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses (Tree Physiology #8)
by Rolf T. W. Siegwolf J. Renée Brooks John Roden Matthias SaurerThis Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth. It will further evaluate weaknesses and strengths of isotope applications in tree rings. In contrast to older tree ring studies, which predominantly applied a pure statistical approach this book will focus on physiological mechanisms that influence isotopic signals and reflect environmental impacts. Focusing on connections between physiological responses and drivers of isotope variation will also clarify why environmental impacts are not linearly reflected in isotope ratios and tree ring widths. This volume will be of interest to any researcher and educator who uses tree rings (and other organic matter proxies) to reconstruct paleoclimate as well as to understand contemporary functional processes and anthropogenic influences on native ecosystems. The use of stable isotopes in biogeochemical studies has expanded greatly in recent years, making this volume a valuable resource to a growing and vibrant community of researchers.
Stable Supported Gold Nanoparticle Catalyst for Environmentally Responsible Propylene Epoxidation (Springer Theses)
by Nidhi KapilThis book describes a detailed multi-scale approach integrating nano- (active site), meso- (porous catalyst architecture) and macroscale (reactor) efforts, to address the challenges of producing a better epoxidation catalyst. It contains an in-depth study of the design and synthesis of gold nanoparticles and their application as a catalyst for direct gas phase propylene epoxidation. “Direct” means using only hydrogen and oxygen in one step, which is key for sustainable manufacturing, as opposed to commercialised, more complex production routes requiring multiple steps, or integration with another chemical plant. The insights gained can be used for rational design for stable and selective catalysts for other reactions. It also details the step-by-step process to build an epoxidation reactor system with a focus on safety aspects, which can be used as a guidebook for undergraduate and graduate students in chemical engineering. Beyond heterogeneous catalysis, the new, easily accomplished methodology for synthesising atomically precise nanoparticles is shown to be relevant to electrocatalysis and to healthcare applications, such as anti-microbial surfaces. This book will be of interest to researchers, engineers and experts in the related areas of chemical engineering, chemistry, material science and electrochemistry.
Stablekeeping: A Visual Guide to Safe and Healthy Horsekeeping
by Cherry Hill Richard KlimeshYour horses deserve a comfortable and well-kept stable. In this easy-to-use guide, Cherry Hill shows you how to design and maintain an efficient and safe stable environment. With clear instructions and more than 250 photographs, Hill provides in-depth advice on every aspect of stable management, including stalls, tack rooms, work and storage areas, sanitation, safety considerations, and more. Good stablekeeping is an essential element of every successfully equine operation; it ensures a pleasant workplace and creates a healthy and happy environment for your horses.
Stadtbauphysik: Grundlagen klima- und umweltgerechter Städte
by Schew-Ram MehraDas Lehrbuch stellt die Aspekte und Aufgabengebiete der Stadtbauphysik dar, beschreibt den Zusammenhang zwischen Mensch, Bebauung sowie Umwelt und zeigt die stadtbauphysikalischen Besonderheiten in Städten auf. Es gibt dem Leser Werkzeuge für die Analyse und Umsetzung einer klimagerechten Stadt zum nachhaltigen Klimaschutz an die Hand.
Städtebaulicher Schallschutz (Fachwissen Technische Akustik)
by Michael Möser Gerhard MüllerIn diesem Band der Reihe Fachwissen Technische Akustik werden die Beeinträchtigungen durch Umgebungslärm dargestellt und aus den Lärmwirkungen Zielwerte für den Lärmschutz abgeleitet. Die Methodik des städtebaulichen Lärmschutzes wird erläutert. Das aktuell gültige Immissionsschutzrecht wird beschrieben und bewertet. Für den Straßenverkehrslärm als relevanteste Quelle werden Instrumente und Maßnahmen zur Minderung vorgestellt.
Stadtverkehrsplanung Band 1: Grundlagen, Ziele und Perspektiven
by Dirk Vallée Barbara Engel Walter VogtDas dreibändige Standardwerk behandelt alle wesentlichen Probleme und Lösungsansätze des Stadtverkehrs. Unter Einbindung von Mobilität und Verkehr in die Stadtentwicklungsplanung geht es um Grundlagen, Ziele und Perspektiven der Planung, um Analyse und Prognose der Verkehrsentwicklung mit Hilfe von Szenarien und Modellen, um Abschätzung der Wirkungen des Verkehrs auf die humane und natürliche Umwelt einschließlich der Bewertung sowie um Bemessung, Gestaltung und Entwurf und Betrieb städtischer Verkehrsanlagen (Verkehrsmanagement und Lichtsignalsteuerung). Neue Kapitel – z.B. Mobilitätsmanagement, Multimodalität oder urbane Logistik – nehmen aktuelle Entwicklungen auf.Der erste Band des dreibändigen Fachbuchs stellt die Grundlagen, Ziele und Perspektiven der Stadtverkehrsplanung vor. Inhalte sind die Planungsgrundlagen, planungsrechtliche Verfahren, Leitbilder und neue Perspektiven für die urbane Logistik sowie zukünftige Trends im Stadtverkehr.
Stadtverkehrsplanung Band 2: Analyse, Prognose und Bewertung
by Dirk Vallée Barbara Engel Walter VogtDas dreibändige Standardwerk behandelt alle wesentlichen Probleme und Lösungsansätze des Stadtverkehrs. Unter Einbindung von Mobilität und Verkehr in die Stadtentwicklungsplanung geht es um Grundlagen, Ziele und Perspektiven der Planung, um Analyse und Prognose der Verkehrsentwicklung mit Hilfe von Szenarien und Modellen, um Abschätzung der Wirkungen des Verkehrs auf die humane und natürliche Umwelt einschließlich der Bewertung sowie um Bemessung, Gestaltung und Entwurf und Betrieb städtischer Verkehrsanlagen (Verkehrsmanagement und Lichtsignalsteuerung). Neue Kapitel – z.B. Mobilitätsmanagement, Multimodalität oder urbane Logistik – nehmen aktuelle Entwicklungen auf.Der zweite Band des dreibändigen Werks präsentiert verschiedene Analyse- und Prognoseverfahren der Stadtverkehrsplanung sowie Grundlagen der Dimensionierung und Bewertung. Betrachtet werden Verkehrserhebungen, Nachfragemodelle des Personenverkehrs, Modelle und Strategien des Güterverkehrs, Umweltwirkungen, ökologische und städtebauliche Folgen ebenso wie partizipative Verfahren.
Stadtverkehrsplanung Band 3: Entwurf, Bemessung und Betrieb
by Dirk Vallée Barbara Engel Walter VogtDas dreibändige Standardwerk behandelt alle wesentlichen Probleme und Lösungsansätze des Stadtverkehrs. Unter Einbindung von Mobilität und Verkehr in die Stadtentwicklungsplanung geht es um Grundlagen, Ziele und Perspektiven der Planung, um Analyse und Prognose der Verkehrsentwicklung mit Hilfe von Szenarien und Modellen, um Abschätzung der Wirkungen des Verkehrs auf die humane und natürliche Umwelt einschließlich der Bewertung sowie um Bemessung, Gestaltung und Entwurf und Betrieb städtischer Verkehrsanlagen (Verkehrsmanagement und Lichtsignalsteuerung). Neue Kapitel – z.B. Mobilitätsmanagement, Multimodalität oder urbane Logistik – nehmen aktuelle Entwicklungen auf.Der dritte Band des dreibändigen Fachbuchs beschreibt Bemessung, Entwurf und Gestaltung sowie Betrieb der städtischen Verkehrsinfrastruktur. Gegenstand sind die Netzplanung, Anlagen des motorisierten Individualverkehrs, der öffentliche Personennahverkehr, die Nahmobilität, die Verkehrssicherheit sowie Verkehrsmanagement und Lichtsignalsteuerung.
Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950 (Studies in Industry and Society #9)
by James P. KraftAward for Best Research in the Field of Record Labels or Manufacturers from the Association for Recorded Sound CollectionsWinner of the Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize from the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, Hawaii Region Between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth century, technology transformed the entertainment industry as much as it did such heavy industries as coal and steel. Among those most directly affected were musicians, who had to adapt to successive inventions and refinements in audio technology—from wax cylinders and gramophones to radio and sound films. In this groundbreaking study, James P. Kraft explores the intersection of sound technology, corporate power, and artistic labor during this disruptive period.Kraft begins in the late nineteenth century's "golden age" of musicians, when demand for skilled instrumentalists often exceeded supply, analyzing the conflicts in concert halls, nightclubs, recording studios, radio stations, and Hollywood studios as musicians began to compete not only against their local counterparts but also against highly skilled workers in national "entertainment factories." Kraft offers an illuminating case study in the impact of technology on industry and society—and a provocative chapter in the cultural history of America.
Stages of Emergency: Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense
by Tracy C. DavisIn an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Asking what it meant for civilians to be rehearsing nuclear war, she provides a comparative study of the civil defense maneuvers conducted by three NATO allies--the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom--during the 1950s and 1960s. Delving deep into the three countries' archives, she analyzes public exercises involving private citizens--Boy Scouts serving as mock casualties, housewives arranging home protection, clergy training to be shelter managers--as well as covert exercises undertaken by civil servants. Stages of Emergency covers public education campaigns and school programs--such as the ubiquitous "duck and cover" drills--meant to heighten awareness of the dangers of a possible attack, the occupancy tests in which people stayed sequestered for up to two weeks to simulate post-attack living conditions as well as the effects of confinement on interpersonal dynamics, and the British first-aid training in which participants acted out psychological and physical trauma requiring immediate treatment. Davis also brings to light unpublicized government exercises aimed at anticipating the global effects of nuclear war. Her comparative analysis shows how the differing priorities, contingencies, and social policies of the three countries influenced their rehearsals of nuclear catastrophe. When the Cold War ended, so did these exercises, but, as Davis points out in her perceptive afterword, they have been revived--with strikingly similar recommendations--in response to twenty-first-century fears of terrorists, dirty bombs, and rogue states.
Stahlbau: Teil 2 - Stabilität und Theorie II. Ordnung (Bauingenieur-Praxis)
by Rolf KindmannThe central themes are structural stability, the determination of loading according to 2nd order theory and the verification of load-bearing capacity. The actual load-bearing behaviour is explained, suitable verification procedures are recommended and illustrated with examples.
Stahlbau: Teil 1: Grundlagen (Bauingenieur-praxis Ser.)
by Rolf Kindmann Ulrich KrügerThe book imparts basic knowledge for the detailing of steel structures and for the structural design of steelwork according to Eurocode 3 with Parts 1-1 (Building Elements) and 1-8 (Joints). With extensive examples. The book has been completely revised for the 5th edition.