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Record Nr.

UNINA9910639994603321

Autore

Bruno Giovanni

Titolo

Micro Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

ISBN

3-0365-6180-3

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (314 p.)

Soggetti

Technology: general issues

History of engineering & technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the manifold applications of several non-destructive methods to a few classes of materials. In particular, X-ray imaging techniques (both in the laboratory and at synchrotron radiation sources) as well Eddy current and magnetic methods are used in a few example materials (metals, concrete and others) to assess the quality of large components and these techniques' suitability as materials characterization tools. Advanced non-destructive evaluation techniques, such as neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction, only available at large-scale installations, are also shown to yield particularly relevant information about the residual stress of additively manufactured materials and components. Such large-scale techniques complement laboratory tools well in accessing all the scales of application from micro-level to conventional non-destructive techniques.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778024503321

Titolo

Global development 2.0 [[electronic resource] ] : can philanthropists, the public, and the poor make poverty history? / / Lael Brainard, Derek Chollet, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-13115-X

9786612131158

0-8157-0156-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrainardLael

CholletDerek H

Disciplina

362.5/52091724

Soggetti

Poverty - Developing countries - Prevention

Globalization

Developing countries Foreign economic relations

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

Making poverty history? How activists, philanthropists, and the public are changing global development / Lael Brainard and Vinca LaFleur -- Fighting global poverty : who will be relevant in 2020? / Matthew Bishop -- The new reality of aid / Homi Kharas -- Angelina, Mia, and Bono : celebrities and international development / Darrell M. West -- Is there a constituency for global poverty? Jubilee 2000 and the future of development advocacy / Joshua Busby -- Nigeria's fight for debt relief : tracing the path / Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala -- Philanthropy and enterprise : harnessing the power of business and social entrepreneurship for development / J. Gregory Dees -- Leveraging knowledge to end poverty / Ashok Khosla -- Effecting change through accountable channels / Jane Nelson -- Collaborative governance : the new multilateralism for the twenty-first century / Simon Zadek -- Aid : from consensus to competition? / Joseph O'Keefe -- Philanthropy, aid, and investment : alignment for impact / Mark R. Kramer.

Sommario/riassunto

"Celebrates the transformative trend within international aid of super-charged advocacy networks, mega-philanthropists, and mass public



involvement through Internet charitable giving and increased overseas volunteering and offers lessons to ensure that this wave of generosity yields lasting and widespread improvements to the lives and prospects of the world's poorest"--Provided by publisher.