Anchorage Design for Petrochemical Facilities [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452785603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, : ASCE, 2012
• ISBN: 0-7844-7718-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 693.85
• Soggetti: Industrial buildings -- Foundations; Petroleum refineries -- Design and construction; Wind-pressure; Petroleum refineries - Design and construction; Industrial buildings - Foundations; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Civil Engineering; 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: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""1.1 Background""; ""1.2 Objectives and Scope""; ""1.3 Updates and Additions to Previous Report""; ""1.4 Codes and Design Procedures""; ""1.5 State of Research""; ""1.6 Future Research""; ""Chapter 2: Materials""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Bolt and Rod Assemblies""; ""2.3 Headed Studs""; ""2.4 Post-Installed Anchors""; ""2.5 Shear Lugs""; ""2.6 Corrosion""; ""2.7 Anchorage Exposed to Extreme Temperatures""; ""Chapter 3: Cast-in-Place Anchor Design""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Anchor Configuration and Dimensions""; ""3.3 Strength Design""""3.4 Ductile Design""; ""3.5 Anchor Reinforcement Design""; ""3.6 Frictional Resistance and Transmitting of Shear Force into Anchors""; ""3.7 Shear Lug Design""; ""3.8 Tensioning""; ""3.9 Welded Anchors for Embedded Plates""; ""3.10 Considerations for Vibratory Loads""; ""3.11 Considerations for Seismic Loads""; ""3.12 Constructability Considerations""; ""Chapter 4: Post-; Installed Anchor Design""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Post-Installed Mechanical Anchors""; ""4.3 Post-Installed Bonded Anchors""; ""4.4 Considerations in Post-Installed Anchor Design""; ""4.5 Post-Installed Anchor Design""""4.6 Seismic Loading""; ""4.7 Design for High-Cycle Fatigue""; ""4.8 Post-Installed Anchor Qualification""; ""Chapter 5: Installation and Repair""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Post-Installed Anchor Installation""; ""5.3 Constructability Considerations""; ""5.4 Repair Procedures""; ""Appendix A: Examples""; ""Example 1: Anchor Design for Column Pedestals""; ""Example 2: Anchor Design for Octagonal Pedestal""; ""Example 3: Shear Lug Pipe Section Design""; ""Notation""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Fogs of war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : a midstream analysis of World War III / / Robert L. Dilworth and Shlomo Maital ; foreword by Morris J. Brady

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454738903321
• Autore: Dilworth Robert L (Robert Lex), <1936-2009.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-42107-7; 9786612421075; 0-313-36194-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MaitalShlomo
• Disciplina: 909.83/1
• Soggetti: World War III; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Political violence - Middle East; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An AUSA book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-219) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Past, Present, ; Future: Gleaning Clues from History; 2. Plotting Our Course: Key Reference Points; 3. Dispersing the Fog: A Framework for Analysis; 4. The War in Afghanistan: Case Study; 5. The War in Iraq: Case Study; 6. Lebanon War II: Case Study; 7. A Comparative Analysis of Belief Systems; 8. The Road Forward; Notes; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This work focuses on continual global conflict and how American views are being obstructed through fogs that distort reality. Dilworth and Maital discuss the root of these problems and their analysis that we are engaged in World War III.