1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454764603321

Autore

Tulloch John

Titolo

Risk and everyday life [[electronic resource] /] / John Tulloch and Deborah Lupton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

0-7619-4758-2

1-282-26265-3

9786612262654

1-84920-656-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LuptonDeborah

Disciplina

155.9

Soggetti

Risk-taking (Psychology)

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. [135]-136) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction: Researching Risk and Everyday Life; 2 - Defining Risk; 3 - Risk and Border Crossings; 4 - Individualization, Risk Modernity and Biography: The Case of Work; 5 - Plural Rationalities: From Blitz to Contemporary Crime; 6 - Perceptions of Time and Place in a 'Risk Modern' City; Final Thoughts; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors examine how people define risk and what risks they see as affecting them, for example in relation to immigration, employment and family life. They emphasise the need to take account of the cultural dimensions of risk and risk-taking to understand how risk is experienced as part of everyday life and consider the influence that gender, social class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, geographical location and nationality have on our perceptions and experience of risk.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954907703321

Titolo

Wind tunnels : aerodynamics, models and experiments / / Justin D. Pereira, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-61942-329-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Engineering tools, techniques and tables

Altri autori (Persone)

PereiraJustin D

Disciplina

629.134/52

Soggetti

Wind tunnels

Aerodynamics

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

""WIND TUNNELS: AERODYNAMICS, MODELS AND EXPERIMENTS ""; ""WIND TUNNELS: AERODYNAMICS, MODELS AND EXPERIMENTS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE""; ""DESIGN, EXECUTION AND NUMERICAL REBUILDING OF SHOCK WAVE BOUNDARY LAYER INTERACTION EXPERIMENT IN A PLASMA WIND TUNNEL""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1. EXPERT Capsule ""; ""2. MATHEMATICAL MODEL ""; ""3. PWT SCIROCCO EXPERIMENT PRELIMINARY DESIGN""; ""3.1. PWT “Sciroccoâ€? Facility Description ""; ""3.2. Facility Performance Evaluation ""; ""3.3. Definition of PWT Model""; ""3.3.1. Nose Radius  ""; ""3.3.2. Flap Dimensions  ""

""3.4. Final Configuration and Materials """"4. EXTRAPOLATION FROM FLIGHT PROCEDURE ""; ""4.1. Facility Operating Conditions ""; ""4.1.1. Pressure and Heat Flux Reference Values""; ""4.1.2. Pressure and Heat Flux Peak Values ""; ""4.1.3. Angle of Attack ""; ""4.2. Definition of the Experimental Conditions ""; ""4.2.1. Point P1-PWT ""; ""4.2.2. Point P2-PWT""; ""5. MODEL THERMO-STRUCTURAL DESIGN ""; ""5.1. Flat Plate ""; ""5.1.1. Thermal Analysis ""; ""5.1.2. Structural Analysis ""; ""5.2. Deflected Flap""; ""5.2.1. Thermal Analysis ""; ""5.2.2. Structural Analysis ""

""5.3. Lower and Lateral Panels """"5.4. Water Cooled Leading Edge ""; ""5.5. Model Frame ""; ""5.6. Final Material Selection ""; ""6. PWT SCIROCCO EXPERIMENT DETAILED DESIGN ""; ""6.1. Computational Grids ""; ""6.2. Two-Dimensional Numerical Results ""; ""6.2.1. Wall Catalycity



Effects ""; ""6.2.2. Nose Temperature Effects ""; ""6.2.3. Base Flow Effects ""; ""6.3. Three-Dimensional Numerical Results ""; ""6.3.1. Condition P2-PWT ""; ""6.4. Model Instrumentation ""; ""7. TEST EXECUTION ""; ""8. POST TEST ANALYSIS AND NUMERICAL REBUILDING""; ""8.1. Comparison with Pre-Test and Flight Data ""

""9. CONCLUSION """"REFERENCES ""; ""THE MAINZ VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL FACILITY� A REVIEW OF 25 YEARS OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS ON CLOUD PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. DESCRIPTION OF THE MAINZ VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL ""; ""2.1. History ""; ""2.2. Construction ""; ""2.3. Experiments ""; ""2.3.1. Experiments in Laminar Air Stream""; ""2.3.1.1. Basic Cloud Physical Processes ""; ""Internal Circulation, Shape, and Oscillation of Raindrops ""; ""Collisional Drop Growth and Riming ""; ""Melting of Snow Flakes ""; ""2.3.1.2. Cloud Chemistry Processes""

""Scavenging of Sulfur Dioxide by Large and Small Raindrops""""Scavenging of Ammonia by Raindrops ""; ""2.3.1.3. Aerosol-Cloud Interactions ""; ""Heterogeneous Drop Freezing in the Immersion and Contact Mode ""; ""Drop-to-Particle Conversion ""; ""Radiation Properties of Polluted Droplets ""; ""2.3.2. Experiments in Turbulent Air Stream ""; ""2.3.2.1. Basic Cloud Physical Processes ""; ""Collisional Drop Growth""; ""2.3.2.2. Cloud Chemistry Processes ""; ""Sulfur Dioxide  ""; ""2.3.2.3. Aerosol Cloud Interactions ""; ""Impaction scavenging by water drops ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""

""REFERENCES  ""

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents current research in the study of wind tunnels, including the design, execution and numerical rebuilding of a plasma wind tunnel with the aim to analyse shock wave boundary layer interaction phenomena; the Mainz vertical wind tunnel facility experimenting on cloud physics and chemistry; an air-conditioned wind tunnel environment for the study of mass and heat flux; using wind tunnel studies to evaluate the drag coefficient of the tree crown and Pre-X aerodynamic/aerothermal characterisation through computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnels.