1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464791203321

Autore

Weiss Klaus-Dieter

Titolo

Workmanship [[electronic resource] ] : working philosophy and design practice 2000-2010 / / [editor], Klaus-Dieter Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : Birkhäuser, c2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WeissKlaus-Dieter

Disciplina

720.922

Soggetti

Architecture, Modern - 20th century

Architecture, Modern - 21st century

City planning - History - 20th century

City planning - History - 21st century

Interior decoration - History - 20th century

Interior decoration - History - 21st century

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Harmony -- Urban development in the retail crisis -- Urban Development -- Transport and Commerce -- Housing -- Schools -- Administrative building -- Research -- Sport -- Trade -- Interior Design -- Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

Today, the name RKW Architektur + Städtebau evokes two hundred architects whose work never fails to convince. The reason does not lie in the narrowly defined architectural language of individual leaders of the firm. More than in any other firm, the various teams are given generous latitude for independent initiative. Thus, this documentation of the last ten years, with cross - references to the development of this unique partnership since 1950, doesn't just present sixty - five structures and projects from an internationally sought - after firm. On the contrary, in its search for the secret of the firm's success, it looks behind the scenes in numerous interviews and essays. The works considered range from the research facilities for AUDI, the new sciences campus of RWTH Aachen University, and the corporate headquarters of Vodafone, Debitel, and Arag to urban revitalization projects, residential



buildings, schools, sports halls, railroad stations, city halls, banks, urban office buildings and shopping centers, and the stadium for the 2012 European Soccer Championship in Gdansk.

today, the name RKW Architektur + Städtebau evokes two hundred architects whose work never fails to convince. The reason does not lie in the narrowly defined architectural language of individual leaders of the firm. More than in any other firm, the various teams are given generous latitude for independent initiative. Thus, this documentation of the last ten years, with cross - references to the development of this unique partnership since 1950, doesn't just present sixty - five structures and projects from an internationally sought - after firm. On the contrary, in its search for the secret of the firm's success, it looks behind the scenes in numerous interviews and essays. The works considered range from the research facilities for AUDI, the new sciences campus of RWTH Aachen University, and the corporate headquarters of Vodafone, Debitel, and Arag to urban revitalization projects, residential buildings, schools, sports halls, railroad stations, city halls, banks, urban office buildings and shopping centers, and the stadium for the 2012 European Soccer Championship in Gdansk.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807830003321

Autore

Kiss Anton Alexandru

Titolo

Advanced distillation technologies : design, control and applications / / Anton Alexandru Kiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England], : Wiley, 2013

ISBN

9781523110032

1523110031

9781118543702

111854370X

9781118544815

1118544811

9781299402577

1299402577

9781118543672

111854367X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Classificazione

SCI013060

Disciplina

542/.4

Soggetti

Distillation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basic concepts in distillation -- Design, control, and economics of distillation -- Dividing-wall column -- Optimal operation and control of DWC -- Advanced control strategies for DWC -- Applications of dividing-wall columns -- Heat pump assisted distillation -- Heat-integrated distillation column -- Cyclic distillation -- Reactive distillation.

Sommario/riassunto

"Covers the background, recent developments, fundamental principles, design and simulation, detailed cases of separations in DWC, and future trends"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975421303321

Autore

Sastry Shankar

Titolo

Nonlinear Systems : Analysis, Stability, and Control / / by Shankar Sastry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1999

ISBN

1-4757-3108-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 1999.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVI, 668 p.)

Collana

Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, , 2196-9973 ; ; 10

Classificazione

93Cxx

93Dxx

Disciplina

515.64

003.75

Soggetti

Mathematical optimization

Calculus of variations

Calculus of Variations and Optimization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With 193 Illustrations."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Linear vs. Nonlinear -- 2 Planar Dynamical Systems -- 3 Mathematical Background -- 4 Input-Output Analysis -- 5 Lyapunov Stability Theory -- 6 Applications of Lyapunov Theory -- 7 Dynamical Systems and Bifurcations -- 8 Basics of Differential Geometry -- 9 Linearization by State Feedback -- 10 Design Examples Using Linearization -- 11 Geometric Nonlinear Control -- 12 Exterior Differential Systems in Control -- 13 New Vistas: Multi-Agent Hybrid Systems -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

There has been a great deal of excitement in the last ten years over the emer­ gence of new mathematical techniques for the analysis and control of nonlinear systems: Witness the emergence of a set of simplified tools for the analysis of bifurcations, chaos, and other complicated dynamical behavior and the develop­ ment of a comprehensive theory of geometric nonlinear control. Coupled with this set of analytic advances has been the vast increase in computational power available for both the simulation and visualization of nonlinear systems as well as for the implementation in real time of sophisticated, real-time nonlinear control laws. Thus, technological advances havebolstered the impact of analytic advances and produced



a tremendous variety of new problems and applications that are nonlinear in an essential way. Nonlinear controllaws have been implemented for sophisticated flight control systems on board helicopters, and vertical take offand landing aircraft; adaptive, nonlinearcontrollaws havebeen implementedfor robot manipulators operating either singly, or in cooperation on a multi-fingered robot hand; adaptive control laws have been implemented forjetengines andautomotive fuel injection systems, as well as for automated highway systems and air traffic management systems, to mention a few examples. Bifurcation theory has been used to explain and understand the onset of fiutterin the dynamics of aircraft wing structures, the onset of oscillations in nonlinear circuits, surge and stall in aircraft engines, voltage collapse in a power transmission network.