1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450771603321

Autore

Shotter D. C. A (David Colin Arthur)

Titolo

Nero [[electronic resource] /] / David Shotter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2005

ISBN

1-280-09941-0

0-203-02298-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Lancaster pamphlets in ancient history

Disciplina

937/.07/0922

B

Soggetti

Emperors - Rome

Electronic books.

Rome History Nero, 54-68

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

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Family and politics; Nero's early life and accession; The new Augustus; Empire and provinces; Hellenistic monarch or Roman megalomaniac?; Opposition and rebellion; The end of Nero: civil war; Conclusion; APPENDIX I: PRINCIPAL DATES IN NERO'S LIFE AND REIGN; APPENDIX II: GALBA'S SPEECH TO PISO; APPENDIX III: NERO'S GOLDEN HOUSE; APPENDIX IV: GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS; APPENDIX V: ACCOUNTS OF NERO'S LIFE AND PRINCIPATE; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES;

Sommario/riassunto

The reign of Nero is often judged to be the embodiment of the extravagance and corruption that have, for many, come to symbolise ancient Rome. In Nero David Shotter provides a reassessment of this view.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910544013003321

Autore

Simiu Emil

Titolo

Wind effects on structures : modern structural design for wind / / Emil Simiu, P.E., Ph.D., NIST Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology, DongHun Yeo, P.E., Ph.D., Research Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019

ISBN

1-119-37593-2

1-5231-2861-5

1-119-37589-4

1-119-37590-8

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (523 pages)

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Disciplina

624.175

Soggetti

Wind-pressure

Buildings - Aerodynamics

Wind resistant design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The typical process by which engineered buildings are designed for wind loads in current practice has serious shortcomings. This is due to the inadequate pressure measurement technology and computational resources at the time of its development, and to an ineffective framework for the cooperation between wind and structural engineers. As a result, independent estimates of wind forces on major tall buildings performed in the early 2000s by prominent wind engineering laboratories were found to differ from each other by over 40 %. This finding, and similar findings reported in the literature, prompted intense research efforts that, along with the development of the pressure scanner, led to major advances in the state of the art. However, these advances have not yet been integrated effectively into design practice"--