Engineering in time [[electronic resource] ] : the systematics of engineering history and its contemporary context / / A.A. Harms, B.W. Baetz, R.R. Volti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783484403321
• Autore: Harms A. A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Imperial College Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-34745-0; 9786611347451; 1-86094-598-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BaetzB. W (Brian W.); VoltiRudi
• Disciplina: 620
• Soggetti: Engineering; Engineering - History
• 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: Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; 1. About Engineering Identifying a Framework; 2. Prehistoric Engineering (~106 BP~104 BP) Primal Discovery of Devices; 3. Ancient Engineering (~8000 BCE~500 CE) Societal Interest in Devices; 4. Medieval Engineering (~500 CE~1400) Societal Promotion of Devices; 5. Renascent Engineering (~1400~1800) Organizing for Device Production; 6. Expansive Engineering (~1800~1940) Environmental Impact of Devices; 7. Modern Engineering (~1940~1990) Expanding Reach of Devices; 8. Contemporary Engineering (~1990~2000+) Prospects for Closure; 9. Nature: Emergence and Implications N(t) . E(t).· · ·10. Engineering: Patterns and Specializations N(t) . E(t) . D(t).· · ·; 11. Devices: Properties and Functions · · ·.E(t) . D(t) . S(t).· · ·; 12. Society: Involvement and Ramifications · · ·.D(t) . S(t) . R(t); 13. Repository: Inventory and Projections · · ·.S(t) . R(t); Appendices; Appendix A Symbolic Notation; Appendix B Time Coordinates; Appendix C Ancient Inventions; Appendix D Cyclic Representations; Appendix E Bibliography; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Engineering represents an ordered activity of creative design ; andinventive manufacture of ingenious devices. Its practitioners havethereby stimulated individuals, enlivened communities, enrichedcivilizations, and contributed to the shaping of cultures. The authors of this innovative text develop a systematic framework forengineering in time, making extensive use of adaptive heterogeneousprogressions. When combined with considerations of feedback,feedforward, recursion, and branching, an evolving and comprehensivecharacterization of engineering becomes evident. It is in thisblending of chronolo

Understanding mammalian locomotion : concepts and applications / / John E. A. Bertram

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821620903321
• Autore: Bertram John Edward Arthur <1954->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-119-11373-3; 1-119-11372-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (550 p.)
• Classificazione: SCI008000
• Disciplina: 591.5/7
• Soggetti: Animal locomotion; Mammals - Physiology; Locomotion - Regulation - Physiological aspects
• 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors Preface 1. Concepts through time: Historical perspectives on mammalian locomotion John E. A. Bertram 2. Considering gaits: Descriptive approaches John E. A. Bertram 3. Muscles as actuators Anne K. Gutmann, John E. A. Bertram 4. Concepts in locomotion: Levers, struts, pendula and springs John E. A. Bertram 5. Concepts in locomotion: Wheels, spokes, collisions and insight from the center of mass John E. A. Bertram 6. Reductionist models of walking and running Part 1: ; Bipedal locomotion and the "Ultimate cost of legged locomotion" Part 2: Quadrupedal locomotion James R. Usherwood 7. Whole body mechanics: how leg compliance shapes the way we move A. Seyfarth, H. Geyer, S. Lipfert, J. Rummel, Y. Blum, M. Maus and D. Maykranz 8. The most important feature of an organism's biology: Dimension, similarity and scale John E. A. Bertram 9. Accounting for the influence of animal size on biomechanical variables: concepts and considerations Sharon Bullimore 10. Locomotion in Small Tetrapods: Size-Based Limitations to "Universal Rules" in Locomotion Audrone Biknevicius, Stephen M. Reilly and Elvidin Klijuno 11. Non-steady locomotion Monica A. Daley 12. The evolution of terrestrial locomotion in bats: the bad, the ugly, and the good Daniel K. Riskin, John E. A. Bertram, John W. Hermanson 13. The Fight or Flight Dichotomy: Functional Tradeoff in Specialization for Aggression Versus Locomotion David R. Carrier 14. Design for prodigious size without extreme body mass: Dwarf elephants, differential scaling and implications for functional adaptation John E. A. Bertram 15. Basic mechanisms of bipedal locomotion: head-supported loads and strategies to reduce the cost of walking James R. Usherwood and John E.A. Bertram 16. Would a horse on the moon gallop? Directions available in locomotion research (and how not to spend too much time exploring blind alleys) John E. A. Bertram Index .
• Sommario/riassunto: "Understanding Mammalian Locomotion will formally introduce the emerging perspective of collision dynamics in mammalian terrestrial locomotion and explain how it influences the interpretation of form and functional capabilities. The objective is to bring the reader interested in the function and mechanics of mammalian terrestrial locomotion to a sophisticated conceptual understanding of the relevant mechanics and the current debate ongoing in the field"--; "This book will formally introduce the immerging perspective of collision dynamics in mammalian terrestrial locomotion and explain how it influences the interpretation of form and functional capabilities"--