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UNINA9910463624503321 |
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Autore |
Eng Clarence |
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Colours and contrast : ceramic traditions in Chinese architecture / / Clarence Eng |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (373 p.) |
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Architecture, Chinese |
Architecture |
Art - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Colours and Contrast: Ceramic Traditions in Chinese Architecture; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Chronology: The Main Dynasties and the Ming/Qing Emperors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 From Shelter to Security: Changing Techniques and Materials for Ming Builders; 2 The Timber-Framed Hall and Features of Traditional Sites; 3 Tiles for Main Roof Areas; 4 The Main Ridge: Ornament and Authority; 5 The Subsidiary Ridges and Eaves; 6 Signs, Symbols and Rank; 7 Specialised Applications; 8 Conflicting Requirements, Problems and Solutions; 9 Concluding Remarks |
Appendix: List of LocationsEndnotes; Bibliography; Index |
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In <i>Colours and Contrast</i> Clarence Eng covers the social history of architectural ceramics in China, their development both aesthetically (as ornament) and technically (as durable, protective components) in ancient Chinese architecture from palaces and temples to pagodas and screen walls. |
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UNINA9910136026103321 |
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Autore |
Bair Deirdre |
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Al capone : His life, legacy, and legend. / / Deirdre Bair |
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New York, : Random House Audio, 2016 |
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[Unabridged.] |
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1 online resource (13 audio files) : digital |
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BIO006000BIO024000HIS036060 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Nonfiction |
Biography & Autobiography |
History |
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Audiolibro |
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From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone—Public Enemy Number One—has gripped popular imagination. Rising from humble Brooklyn roots, Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. At the height of Prohibition, his multimillion-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that crested with the shocking St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. Law enforcement and the media elite seemed powerless to stop the growth of his empire. And then the fall: a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, Alcatraz. After his release he returned to his family in Miami a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neurosyphilis took their final toll. But the slick mobster persona endures, immortalized in countless novels and movies. The true flesh-and-blood man behind the legend has long remained a mystery. Unscrupulous newspaper accounts and Capone’s own tall tales perpetuated his mystique, but through dogged research Deirdre Bair debunks the most outrageous of |
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these myths. With the help of Capone’s descendants, she discovers his essential humanity, uncovering a complex character that was flawed and sometimes cruel but also capable of nobility. And while revealing the private Al Capone, a genuine family man as remembered by those who knew him best, Bair relates how his descendants have borne his weighty legacy. Rigorous and intimate, Al Capone provides new answers to the enduring questions about this fascinating figure, who was equal parts charismatic gangster, devoted patriarch, and calculating monster. |
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UNINA9910299608903321 |
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Autore |
Saldivar Márquez Martha Belem |
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Analysis and Control of Oilwell Drilling Vibrations : A Time-Delay Systems Approach / / by Martha Belem Saldivar Márquez, Islam Boussaada, Hugues Mounier, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Advances in Industrial Control, , 1430-9491 |
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Fossil fuels |
Automatic control |
Vibration |
Dynamics |
Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture) |
Control and Systems Theory |
Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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From the Contents: Introduction -- Part I Modelling -- An Overview of Drillstring Models -- Bit–Rock Frictional Interface -- Comprehensive Modelling of a Vertical Oilwell Drilling System -- Part II Analysis -- Neural-Type Time-Delay Systems: Theoretical Background -- Part III |
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Control -- Field Observations and Empirical Drilling Control -- Low-Order Controllers -- Flatness-Based Control of Drilling Vibrations. |
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This book reports the results of exhaustive research work on modeling and control of vertical oilwell drilling systems. It is focused on the analysis of the system-dynamic response and the elimination of the most damaging drillstring vibration modes affecting overall perforation performance: stick-slip (torsional vibration) and bit-bounce (axial vibration). The text is organized in three parts. The first part, Modeling, presents lumped- and distributed-parameter models that allow the dynamic behavior of the drillstring to be characterized; a comprehensive mathematical model taking into account mechanical and electric components of the overall drilling system is also provided. The distributed nature of the system is accommodated by considering a system of wave equations subject to nonlinear boundary conditions; this model is transformed into a pair of neutral-type time-delay equations which can overcome the complexity involved in the analysis and simulation of the partial differential equation model. The second part, Analysis, is devoted to the study of the response of the system described by the time-delay model; important properties useful for analyzing system stability are investigated and frequency- and time-domain techniques are reviewed. Part III, Control, concerns the design of stabilizing control laws aimed at eliminating undesirable drilling vibrations; diverse control techniques based on infinite--dimensional system representations are designed and evaluated. The control proposals are shown to be effective in suppressing stick-slip and bit-bounce so that a considerable improvement of the overall drilling performance can be achieved. This self-contained book provides operational guidelines to avoid drilling vibrations. Furthermore, since the modeling and control techniques presented here can be generalized to treat diverse engineering problems, it constitutes a useful resource to researchers working on control and its engineering application in oilwell drilling. |
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