After life [[electronic resource] /] / Eugene Thacker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459053303321
• Autore: Thacker Eugene
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-90205-9; 9786612902055; 0-226-79373-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 113/.8
• Soggetti: Ontology; Life; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Life and the Living (On Aristotelian Biohorror) -- 2. Superlative Life -- 3. Univocal Creatures -- 4. Dark Pantheism -- 5. Logic and Life (On Kantian Teratology) -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Life is one of our most basic concepts, and yet when examined directly it proves remarkably contradictory and elusive, encompassing both the broadest and the most specific phenomena. We can see this uncertainty about life in our habit of approaching it as something at once scientific and mystical, in the return of vitalisms of all types, and in the pervasive politicization of life. In short, life seems everywhere at stake and yet is nowhere the same. In After Life, Eugene Thacker clears the ground for a new philosophy of life by recovering the twists and turns in its philosophical history. Beginning with Aristotle's originary formulation of a philosophy of life, Thacker examines the influence of Aristotle's ideas in medieval and early modern thought, leading him to the work of Immanuel Kant, who notes the inherently contradictory nature of "life in itself." Along the way, Thacker shows how early modern philosophy's engagement with the problem of life affects thinkers such as Gilles Deleuze, Georges Bataille, and Alain Badiou, as well as contemporary developments in the "speculative turn" in philosophy. At a time when ; life is categorized, measured, and exploited in a variety of ways, After Life invites us to delve deeper into the contours and contradictions of the age-old question, "what is life?"

Aviation fuels with improved fire safety : a proceedings / / Committee on Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969774003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0-309-17451-1; 1-280-21057-5; 9786610210572; 0-309-55342-3; 0-585-03709-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Disciplina: 629.134/351
• Soggetti: Airplanes - Fuel; Airplanes - Fuel consumption; Fire prevention
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "NMAB-490."; Papers from the Workshop on Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety, held on November 19-20, 1996 at the Nation Research Council's Georgetown Facility, Washington, D.C.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- I Summary of Workshop -- 1 Background and Historical Perspective -- AIRCRAFT FIRE SAFETY -- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH ON FUEL FIRE SAFETY -- Gelled Fuel Program -- Antimisting Kerosene (AMK) Program -- POLICY CONTEXT -- References -- 2 Workshop Discussions -- FUEL AND ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES -- AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -- CHARACTERIZING FUEL FIRES -- FIRE INERTING AND SUPPRESSION TECHNOLOGIES -- COST CONSIDERATIONS -- References ; -- 3 Summary of Progress and Opportunities -- FUEL AND ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES -- AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -- CHARACTERIZING FUEL FIRES -- GENERAL CONCEPTS -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES -- II Presented Papers Fuel and Additive Technologies -- 4 Potential Surfactant Additives: The Search for the Oxymoron -- References -- 5 Fire Safety in Military Aircraft Fuel Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- JET FUELS -- FUEL FLAMMABILITY -- THE FIRE PROBLEM -- COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS -- FUTURE TRENDS -- SUMMARY -- References -- 6 Rheology: Tools and Methods -- INTRODUCTION -- VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR -- STEADY-SHEAR RHEOLOGY -- DYNAMIC RHEOLOGY -- RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS (STEADY/DYNAMIC SHEAR) -- EXTENSIONAL RHEOLOGY -- RHEOLOGY OF SILICA DISPERSIONS -- RHEOLOGY OF ASSOCIATIVE-POLYMER SOLUTIONS -- RHEOLOGY OF AVIATION FUELS -- SUMMARY -- References -- 7 Jet Fuel Chemistry and Formulation -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINING JET FUEL REQUIREMENTS -- PRODUCTION METHODS AND THEIR EFFECT ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION -- ADDITIVES -- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND REACTIVITY -- TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE -- References -- 8 Concepts for Safe-Fuel Technology -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- Previous Safe-Fuel Technologies -- Halon and Halon Replacements -- DEFINING THE PROBLEM -- NEW AND UNDEVELOPED SAFE-FUEL TECHNOLOGIES.; Surface Enhancement Technology -- Low Volatility Technology -- Self-Activating Powder Extinguishment Technology -- TECHNOLOGY COMBINATIONS -- Micro-encapsulation -- System Applications -- References -- III Presented Papers Aircraft Fuel System Requirements -- 9 Engine Fuel System Design Issues -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM -- DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO FLAMMABILITY -- QUALIFICATION TESTING RELATED TO FLAMMABILITY -- FUEL SYSTEM MATERIALS -- FUEL CHARACTERISTICS -- SUMMARY -- 10 Applications of Vulnerability Analysis and Test Methods to Aircraft Design -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS -- FIRE AND EXPLOSION ELEMENTS -- Ignition Sources -- Flammable Materials: Vapors, Sprays, and Liquids -- Oxygen -- DAMAGE MODES AND EFFECTS -- Factors that Alter the Probabilities of Fires and Explosions -- HARDENING APPROACHES -- Reducing Fires -- Reducing Explosions -- TEST AND MODELING CONCERNS -- Fire Modeling -- Fire Testing -- Explosion Modeling -- Explosion Testing -- SUMMARY -- 11 Aircraft Fuel System Design Issues -- ABSTRACT -- AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM -- Performance -- Fuel Tanks -- Engine Feed System -- Fuel Quantity Measurement and Indication System -- Fuel Jettison -- Fuels -- Safety -- Tank Installations -- Fuel Shutoff -- Ignition Source Control -- Fuel Carrying Components -- Crashworthy Designs -- Vent System -- Lightning Protection -- Compatibility -- Considerations for Safety Fuels -- Performance and Uses -- Compatibility -- History of Safety Fuels -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- IV Presented Papers Characterizing Fuel Fires -- 12 Combustion Fluid Mechanics: Tools and Methods -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAMES -- Modeling Laminar Diffusion Flames -- Laminar Diffusion Flame Structure -- Laminar Diffusion Flamelet Concepts -- BUOYANT TURBULENT NONCOMBUSTING FLOWS.; Modeling Buoyant Turbulent Flows -- Self-Preserving Buoyant Turbulent Flows -- Turbulence Model Predictions -- Numerical Simulations of Turbulence -- BUOYANT TURBULENT DIFFUSION FLAMES -- Modeling Buoyant Turbulent Diffusion Flames -- Turbulent Diffusion Flame Structure -- Modeling Flame Radiation -- Flame Radiation Predictions -- TURBULENT SPRAYS AND SPRAY FLAMES -- Modeling ; Sprays -- Drop Breakup -- Spray Predictions -- References -- 13 Fundamentals of Fuel Ignition and Flammability -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IGNITION AND FLAME SPREAD ABOVE A LIQUID FUEL POOL -- IGNITION OF GASEOUS COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES -- SPRAY IGNITION AND FLAME PROPAGATION -- TWO-FUEL STRATEGY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- References -- 14 Post-Crash Fuel Dispersal -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FUEL DISPERSAL IN THE CONTEXT OF A CRASH -- Fuel Dispersal Processes in Medium Velocity Impacts -- Fuel Dispersal Processes in High Velocity Impacts -- Engineering Tools for Post-Crash Fuel Dispersal -- RISK-BASED DECISION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix A Workshop Participants -- Appendix B New Concepts in Fuel Fire Research: Final Summary Report of Short-Term Advisory Services (STAS) Team -- Executive Summary -- Preface -- Introduction -- Technical Issues -- Fire-Resistant Fuel, The Problem Definition -- Fuel Spillage -- Ignition -- Flame Propagation and Pool Ignition -- Effects of Base Fuel Physical Properties -- Typical Fuel Systems/Engine Systems Encountered -- Methods for Producing Fire-Resistant Fuel Properties -- Antimisting Agents -- Engine/Fuel System Retrofit -- Rapid Addition of Antimisting Agent to Fuel Tank During Fire Hazard Period Only -- Association Polymers -- Higher Flash Point Fuels/Fuel Cooling -- Liquid/Gas Interface Dilution -- Halon Suppressants -- Addition to the Fuel Itself.; Injection and Mixing in the Fuel Compartments After Impact -- Jacketing of the Fuel Tank -- Liquid Halon Deluge of Fuel Spill -- Gelling Agents -- Combinations of These Methods -- Specific Task Discussions -- Background Review Summary -- Review of Proposed Approaches for New Program -- Addition of Halon Compounds to Diesel Fuel -- Addition of Association Polymers to Diesel Fuel -- Co-Addition of Halons and Association Polymers -- Milestone Plan and Phases -- Recommended Additional Approaches -- Success Potential -- Bibliography (In Addition to Briefings Packages Distributed at Meeting) -- Stas Team Participants -- Meeting Attendees -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of the Committee Members and Technical Consultant -- Members -- Technical Consultant.
• Sommario/riassunto: The reduction of the fire hazard of fuel is critical to improving survivability in impact-survivable aircraft accidents. Despite current fire prevention and mitigation approaches, fuel flammability can overwhelm post-crash fire scenarios. The Workshop on Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety was held November 19-20, 1996 to review the current state of development, technological needs, and promising technology for the future development of aviation fuels that are most resistant to ignition during a crash. This book contains a summary of workshop discussions and 11 presented papers in the areas of fuel and additive technologies, aircraft fuel system requirements, and the characterization of fuel fires.