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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456911403321

Autore

Ha Tanya <1972->

Titolo

The Australian green consumer guide [[electronic resource] ] : choosing products for a healthier home, planet, and bank balance / / Tanya Ha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : University of New South Wales Press, 2008

ISBN

1-74223-024-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

333.720994

Soggetti

Environmental protection - Citizen participation

Consumer education - Australia

Household supplies

Green products - Australia

Dwellings - Energy conservation

Sustainable living

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Why Buy Green?; Buying Green: The Basics; Ecolabels, logos and standards; Food; Cleaning Products; Cosmetics and toiletries; Paper, tissue, wrap; Baby products; Appliance labels; Large Appliances; Small appliances and lighting; Heating, cooling and water heating; Energy; Textiles, bedding and clothing; Home Improvement; Garden products; Transport; Bringing it home; Useful contacts; Notes; Index; Do, Don't, Consider

Sommario/riassunto

There has never been a greater need for an Australian green consumer guide to help people make informed choices about the products they buy. Tanya Ha responds to the shift in public debate about climate change toward actively seeking solutions with a practical guide that encourages consumers to become informed, get involved and to vote with their dollar. Packed with answers - practical tips and advice to help the reader make a real difference in their own lives - The Australian Green Consumer Guide is an essential, non-judgemental guide to making more ecologically sound consumer choices, wheth



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451213803321

Autore

Awrejcewicz J (Jan)

Titolo

Smooth and nonsmooth high dimensional chaos and the melnikov-type methods [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Awrejcewicz, Mariusz M. Holicke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2007

ISBN

1-281-91872-5

9786611918729

981-270-910-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

World Scientific series on nonlinear science. Series A ; ; v. 60

Altri autori (Persone)

HolickeMariusz M

Disciplina

003/.857

Soggetti

Chaotic behavior in systems

Differentiable dynamical systems

Nonlinear oscillators

Electronic books.

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. 285-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. A Role of the Melnikov-Type Methods in Applied Sciences; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Application of the Melnikov-type methods; 2. Classical Melnikov Approach; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Geometric interpretation; 2.3 Melnikov's function; 3. Homoclinic Chaos Criterion in a Rotated Froude Pendulum with Dry Friction; 3.1 Mathematical Model; 3.2 Homoclinic Chaos Criterion; 3.3 Numerical Simulations; 4. Smooth and Nonsmooth Dynamics of a Quasi- Autonomous Oscillator with Coulomb and Viscous Frictions; 4.1 Stick-Slip Oscillator with Periodic Excitation

4.2 Analysis of the Wandering Trajectories4.3 Comparison of Analytical and Numerical Results; 5. Application of the Melnikov-Gruendler Method to Mechanical Systems; 5.1 Mechanical Systems with Finite Number of Degrees-of- Freedom; 5.2 2-DOFs Mechanical Systems; 5.3 Reduction of the Melnikov-Gruendler Method for 1-DOF Systems; 6. A Self-Excited Spherical Pendulum; 6.1 Analytical Prediction of Chaos; 6.2 Numerical Results; 7. A Double Self-excited Duffing-type Oscillator; 7.1 Analytical Prediction of Chaos; 7.2 Numerical Simulations; 7.3 Additional Numerical Example



8. A Triple Self-Excited Du ng-type Oscillator8.1 Physical and Mathematical Models; 8.2 Analytical Prediction of Homoclinic Intersections; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the development of Melnikov-type methods applied to high dimensional dynamical systems governed by ordinary differential equations. Although the classical Melnikov's technique has found various applications in predicting homoclinic intersections, it is devoted only to the analysis of three-dimensional systems (in the case of mechanics, they represent one-degree-of-freedom nonautonomous systems). This book extends the classical Melnikov's approach to the study of high dimensional dynamical systems, and uses simple models of dry friction to analytically predict the occurren