1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781801503321

Autore

Oppenheim Antoni K

Titolo

Dynamics of combustion systems [[electronic resource] /] / A.K. Oppenheim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 2008

ISBN

1-281-75733-0

9786611757335

3-540-77364-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Disciplina

621.402

621.402/3

621.4023

Soggetti

Combustion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Exothermicity -- pt. 2. Field -- pt. 3. Explosion.

Sommario/riassunto

Combustion systems are confined fields of compressible fluids where exothermic processes of combustion take place, subject to conditions imposed at their boundaries. The subject of Dynamics of Combustion Systems is presented in three parts: Part 1. Exothermicity – considering the thermodynamic effects due to evolution of exothermic energy in a combustion system Chapter 1. Thermodynamic Aspects Chapter 2. Evolutionary Aspects Chapter 3. Heat Transfer Aspects Chapter 4. Chemical Kinetic Aspects Part 2. Field– exposing the dynamic properties of flow fields where the exothermic energy is deposited Chapter 5. Aerodynamic Aspects Chapter 6. Random Vortex Method Chapter 7. Gasdynamic Aspects Chapter 8. Gasdynamic Fronts Part 3. Explosion – revealing the dynamic features of fields and fronts due to rapid deposition of exothermic energy Chapter 9. Blast Waves Chapter 10. Self-Similar Blast Wave Chapter 11. Phase Space Method Chapter 12. Detonations.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910213818403321

Autore

McComiskey Bruce <1963->

Titolo

Teaching composition as a social process / Bruce McComiskey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Press of Colorado, 2000

Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

9780874213522

0874213525

9786613266811

9781283266819

1283266814

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

808/.042/07

808.04207

Soggetti

Rhetoric and psychology

Report writing - Study and teaching - Social aspects

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Three levels of composing -- Social-process rhetorical inquiry -- The post-process movement in composition studies -- Composing postmodern subjectivities in the aporia between identity and difference -- Critical discourse analysis in the composition class -- Writing in context -- Works cited --  Index --  About the author.

Sommario/riassunto

Bruce   McComiskey is a strong advocate of social approaches to teaching   writing. However, he opposes composition teaching that relies on   cultural theory for content, because it too often prejudges the ethical   character of institutions and reverts unnecessarily to product-centered   practices in the classroom. He opposes what he calls the   ""read-this-essay-and-do-what-the-author-did method of writing   instruction: read Roland Barthes's essay 'Toys' and write a similar   essay; read John Fiske's essay on TV and critique a show.""



McComiskey argues for teaching writing a