1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910153129303321

Autore

Doyle Brian <1956 November 6->

Titolo

The kind of brave you wanted to be : prose prayers and cheerful chants against the dark / / Brian Doyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collegeville, Minnesota : , : Liturgical Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8146-4675-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (102 pages)

Classificazione

REL013000POE003000POE005010

Disciplina

811.54

Soggetti

Christian poetry

Christian poetry, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Proems, taut tales, small stories with rhythm and blues and grace and bruise and laughter between the lines. Brian Doyle's The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be is a book of cadenced notes on the swirl of miracle and the holy of attentiveness; a book about children and birds, love and grief and everything alive, which is to say all prayers.  Brian Doyle's uncategorizable form is the brief story dressed like a poem but with the loose lyricism and verve of an essay. Here are chants and litanies, like gentle songs to the sacrament of every moment"--



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910878068403321

Autore

Kneubuehl Beat P

Titolo

Ballistics : Theory and Practice / / by Beat P. Kneubuehl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

3-662-69237-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (451 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

RawcliffeSteve

Disciplina

531

Soggetti

Mechanics

Forensic sciences

Physics

Politics and war

Criminology

Classical Mechanics

Forensic Science

Classical and Continuum Physics

Military and Defence Studies

Crime Control and Security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 Physical basics -- 3 Interior ballistics -- 4 Intermediate ballistics -- 5 Exterior ballistics -- 6 An outline of terminal ballistics -- 7 Ricochets -- 8 Special applications of ballistics.

Sommario/riassunto

This work provides comprehensive, practice-oriented coverage of ballistics. It explains the principles and calculation methods for the main four areas of ballistics, regardless of calibre, drawing on numerous facts, observations and examples from the author’s decades of experience. Interior ballistics: The characteristics of explosive materials (detonating agents and propellants), methods for calculating gas pressure and the velocity of projectiles and rockets during the acceleration phase, alternative systems for accelerating projectiles and the acceleration of fragments. Intermediate ballistics: The dynamics of the moment at which the projectile leaves the muzzle and propellant



gas is ejected from the barrel, effects on the person or structure supporting the weapon and approaches to resolving questions regarding shots from close range in criminology and forensic medicine. Exterior ballistics: The forces acting on a projectile and methods for calculating them, models for calculating trajectories (including the ballistic coefficient), gyroscopic projectile stabilization theory and aerodynamic optimization of projectiles. Terminal ballistics: Empirically-derived facts and data. The principles of ballistic protection design, ballistic testing problems and possible solutions and a comprehensive discussion of ricochets – a matter of considerable importance in forensics. The book is intended for ballisticians, military personnel, police officers, criminologists, shooting range specialists, sport shooters, hunters and anyone else with an interest in ballistics. Beat P. Kneubuehl holds a PhD in forensic science and a master’s degree in mathematics. For 33 years he was head of the Ballistic Science Unit at the Ballistics, Weapons and Ammunition Test Centre of the Swiss Ministry of Defence. He developed key ballistics software and frequently played a leading role in range tests involving every calibre of munition. He devoted himself to the problems of ballistic protection and the effects of projectiles under the auspices of the European Committee for Standardization and of NATO. After completing a doctorate in forensic science, he added forensic ballistics to his field of activity. His earlier publications include the standard work Wound Ballistics: Basics and Applications (also published by Springer-Verlag).