1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789401303321

Autore

Richards Keith L.

Titolo

Design engineer's reference guide : mathematics, mechanics, and thermodynamics / / Keith L. Richards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-429-16844-6

1-5231-0769-3

1-4665-9286-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

620.0042015118

Soggetti

Engineering design - Mathematical models

Industrial design

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Author; Acknowledgement; Chapter 1: Mathematics; Chapter 2: Introduction to Numerical Methods; Chapter 3: Properties of Sections and Figures; Chapter 4: Statics; Chapter 5: Dynamics; Chapter 6: Mechanical Vibrations; Chapter 7: Introduction to Control Systems Modelling; Chapter 8: Heat and Temperature; Chapter 9: Thermodynamic Basics; Chapter 10: Fluid Mechanics; Chapter 11: Introduction to Linkages; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Author Keith L. Richards believes that design engineers spend only a small fraction of time actually designing and drawing, and the remainder of their time finding relevant design information for a specific method or problem. He draws on his own experience as a mechanical engineering designer to offer assistance to other practicing and student engineers facing the same struggle. Design Engineer's Reference Guide: Mathematics, Mechanics, and Thermodynamics provides engineers with a roadmap for navigating through common situations or dilemmas. This book starts o



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818184403321

Titolo

The legacy of the Cold War : perspectives on security, cooperation, and conflict / / edited by Vojtech Mastny and Zhu Liqun ; preface by Mark Kramer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9491-7

0-7391-8790-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

Harvard Cold War studies book series

Altri autori (Persone)

MastnyVojtech <1936->

ZhuLiqun

KramerMark

Disciplina

355.0209/04

Soggetti

Cold War - Influence

World politics - 1945-1989

National security - History - 20th century

Security, International - History - 20th century

International cooperation - History - 20th century

Military history, Modern - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Preface; Introduction; The Legacy of the Cold War for International Security; Concepts and Practices of Cooperative Security; The Western Experience; The United Nations' Record as the Guardian of Global Cooperative Security; NATO: An Atypical Alliance and Its Longevity; The Warsaw Pact; The Construction of Europe's Security Policy: Slow but Steady; The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe as a Regional Model; The Asian Experience; Fragile Alliances: America's Security Relationships in Cold War Asia; Security Cooperation in the Sino-Soviet Alliance and Its Failure

China's Security and the Use of Force: Lessons from the Cold WarChina's Cold War Experience and Its New Security Concept; Postscript: In Midterm Perspective; Index; About the Contributors