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UNINA9910480671003321 |
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Autore |
Kirsch Uri |
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Structural Optimization [[electronic resource] ] : Fundamentals and Applications / / by Uri Kirsch |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 |
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[1st ed. 1993.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XII, 302 p.) |
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Buildings—Design and construction |
Building |
Construction |
Engineering, Architectural |
Civil engineering |
Applied mathematics |
Engineering mathematics |
Building Construction and Design |
Civil Engineering |
Mathematical and Computational Engineering |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1 Problem Statement -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Analysis Models -- 1.3 General Formulation -- 1.4 Typical Problem Formulations -- Exercises -- 2 Optimization Methods -- 2.1 Optimization Concepts -- 2.2 Unconstrained Minimization -- 2.3 Constrained Minimization: Linear Programming -- 2.4 Constrained Minimization: Nonlinear Programming -- Exercises -- 3 Approximation Concepts -- 3.1 General Approximations -- 3.2 Approximate Behavior Models -- Exercises -- 4 Design Procedures -- 4.1 Linear Programming Formulations -- 4.2 Feasible-Design Procedures -- 4.3 Optimality Criteria Procedures -- 4.4 Multilevel Optimal Design -- 4.5 Optimal Design and Structural Control -- 4.6 Geometrical Optimization -- 4.7 Topological Optimization -- 4.8 Interactive Layout Optimization -- Exercises -- References. |
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This book was developed while teaching a graduate course at several universities in the United States. Europe and Israel. during the last two decades. The purpose of the book is to introduce the fundamentals and applications of optimum structural design. Much work has been done in this area recently and many studies have been published. The book is an attempt to collect together selected topics of this literature and to present them in a unified approach. It meets the need for an introductory text covering the basic concepts of modem structural optimization. A previous book by the author on this subject ("Optimum Structural Design". published by McGraw-Hill New York in 1981 and by Maruzen Tokyo in 1983). has been used extensively as a text in many universities throughout the world. The present book reflects the rapid progress and recent developments in this area. A major difficulty in studying structural optimization is that integration of concepts used in several areas. such as structural analysis. numerical optimization and engineering design. is necessary in order to solve a specific problem. To facilitate the study of these topics. the book discusses in detail alternative problem formulations. the fundamentals of different optimization methods and various considerations related to structural design. The advantages and the limitations of the presented approaches are illustrated by numerous examples. |
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UNINA9910798170403321 |
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Autore |
Engels Jeremy |
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The politics of resentment : a genealogy / / Jeremy Engels |
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University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations |
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Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
Resentment - Political aspects - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Democracy and Resentment -- Essay I. Reimagining the People: From Duas Civitates to E Pluribus Unum to E Unibus Duo -- Essay II. The Rise of the Politics of Resentment -- Essay III. The Rhetoric of Violence -- Conclusion: Resentment Ad Hominem and Ad Ratio: A Plea for Rhetorical Criticism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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In the days and weeks following the tragic 2011 shooting of nineteen Arizonans, including congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, there were a number of public discussions about the role that rhetoric might have played in this horrific event. In question was the use of violent and hateful rhetoric that has come to dominate American political discourse on television, on the radio, and at the podium. A number of more recent school shootings have given this debate a renewed sense of urgency, as have the continued use of violent metaphors in public address and the dishonorable state of America’s partisan gridlock. This conversation, unfortunately, has been complicated by a collective cultural numbness to violence. But that does not mean that fruitful conversations should not continue. In The Politics of Resentment, Jeremy Engels picks up this thread, examining the costs of violent political rhetoric for our society and the future of democracy. The Politics of Resentment traces the rise of especially violent rhetoric in American public discourse by investigating key events in American |
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history. Engels analyzes how resentful rhetoric has long been used by public figures in order to achieve political ends. He goes on to show how a more devastating form of resentment started in the 1960s, dividing Americans on issues of structural inequalities and foreign policy. He discusses, for example, the rhetorical and political contexts that have made the mobilization of groups such as Nixon’s “silent majority” and the present Tea Party possible. Now, in an age of recession and sequestration, many Americans believe that they have been given a raw deal and experience feelings of injustice in reaction to events beyond individual control. With The Politics of Resentment, Engels wants to make these feelings of victimhood politically productive by challenging the toxic rhetoric that takes us there, by defusing it, and by enabling citizens to have the kinds of conversations we need to have in order to fight for life, liberty, and equality. |
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