1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459788303321

Titolo

Dynamics and control of technical systems / / edited by José M. Balthazar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Switzerland : , : Trans Tech Publications Ltd, , 2015

Enfield, New Hampshire : , : Trans Tech Publications Inc., , [date of distribution not identified]

©2015

ISBN

3-03826-738-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Applied Mechanics and Materials, , 1662-7482 ; ; Volume 706

Disciplina

003.74

Soggetti

Control theory - Data processing

Control theory - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only"--Cover.

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Dynamics and Control of Technical Systems; Table of Contents; Editorial Dynamics and Control of Aerospace and Vertical Transportation Systems; Chaotic Vibrations in Multi-Mass Discrete-Continuous Systems Torsionally Deformed with Local Nonlinearities; Design of Satellite Attitude Control System Considering the Interaction between Fuel Slosh and Flexible Dynamics during the System Parameters Estimation; Suppressing Chaos in a Nonideal Double-Well Oscillator Using an Based Electromechanical Damped Device; Nonlinear Analysis of Unbalanced Mass of Vertical Conveyerwith Non-Ideal Exciters

The Nonlinear Analysis of Vibrational Conveyers with Non-Ideal Crank-and-Rod ExcitersThe Effect of Internal Flowing Fluid on the Non-Linear Behavior of Orthotropic Circular Cylindrical Shells; Nonlinear Ball and Beam Control System Identification; Nonlinear Dynamics of Shrouded Turbine Blade System with Impact and Friction; Mathematical Modelling of a Rotating Nonlinear Flexible Beam-Like Wing; Investigation and Assessment of the Electromechanical Fatigue of Electronic Components



of Forklift Trucks; Design of Semi-Active Roller Guides for High Speed Elevators

Modelling, Simulation and Experimental Validation of Nonlinear Dynamic Interactions in an Aramid Rope SystemInfluence of the Load Occupancy Ratio on the Dynamic Response of an Elevator Car System; Phase Characterization in Experimental Chaotic Systems; On the Delayed van der Pol Oscillator with Time-Varying Feedback Gain; Influence of Nonlinear Stiffness on the Dynamics of a Slender Elastic Beam under Torsional Oscillations; Current and Speed Control Operating Modes of a Reaction Wheel; Least Squares Method for Attitude Determination Using the Real Data of CBERS-2 Satellite

High Order and Degree Geopotential and Derivatives Computation Based on the Clenshaw SummationSatellite Orbit Determination Using Short Arcs of GPS Data; The Rigid-Flexible Two Link Manipulator with Joint Friction and Different Number of Modes for the Flexible Link Discretization; Keywords Index; Authors Index

Sommario/riassunto

The main topics of this Special Issue are linear and, mainly, nonlinear dynamics, chaos and control of systems and structures and their applications in different field of science and engineering. According to the goal of the Special Issue, the selected contributions are divided into three major parts: ""Vibration Problems in Vertical Transportation Systems"", ""Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Control of Elastic Structures"" and ""New Strategies and Challenges for Aerospace and Ocean Structures Dynamics and Control"". The discussion of real problems in aerospace and how these problems can be unde



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554223903321

Autore

Lee Melissa M.

Titolo

Crippling Leviathan : How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State / / Melissa M. Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

9781501748370

1501748378

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Disciplina

327.12

Soggetti

International relations

Legitimacy of governments

State, The

Authority

Sovereignty, Violation of

Subversive activities

Political stability

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The International Dimensions of State Weakness -- 1. The State of State Authority -- 2. The Strategy of Foreign Subversion -- 3. Hostile Neighbors, Weak Peripheries -- 4. The Roots of Subversion -- 5. Undermining State Authority in the Philippines -- 6. Undermining State Authority in Cambodia -- Conclusion: The Leviathan, Crippled -- Appendix: Data and Statistics -- Notes -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Policymakers worry that "ungoverned spaces" pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of the state? Earlier scholarship—which addressed this question with a list of domestic failures—overlooked the crucial role that international politics play. In this shrewd book, Melissa M. Lee argues that foreign



subversion undermines state authority and promotes ungoverned space. Enemy governments empower insurgents to destabilize the state and create ungoverned territory. This kind of foreign subversion is a powerful instrument of modern statecraft. But though subversion is less visible and less costly than conventional force, it has insidious effects on governance in the target state. To demonstrate the harmful consequences of foreign subversion for state authority, Crippling Leviathan marshals a wealth of evidence and presents in-depth studies of Russia's relations with the post-Soviet states, Malaysian subversion of the Philippines in the 1970s, and Thai subversion of Vietnamese-occupied Cambodia in the 1980s. The evidence presented by Lee is persuasive: foreign subversion weakens the state. She challenges the conventional wisdom on statebuilding, which has long held that conflict promotes the development of strong, territorially consolidated states. Lee argues instead that conflictual international politics prevents state development and degrades state authority. In addition, Crippling Leviathan illuminates the use of subversion as an underappreciated and important feature of modern statecraft. Rather than resort to war, states resort to subversion. Policymakers interested in ameliorating the consequences of ungoverned space must recognize the international roots that sustain weak statehood.