Green capital : a new perspective on growth / / Christian de Perthuis, and Pierre-Andre Jouvet ; translated by Michael Westlake

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797691903321
• Autore: Perthuis Christian de
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-231-54036-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetti: Environmental economics; Sustainable development
• 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: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Color of Growth -- 2 The Spaceship Problem -- 3 Degrowth -- 4 Introducing the Environment into the Calculation of Wealth -- 5 "Natural Capital" Revisited -- 6 Hotelling -- 7 Nature Has No Price -- 8 Beyond Hotelling -- 9 Water, the Shepherd, and the Owner -- 10 How Much Is Your Genome Worth? -- 11 The Enhancement of Biodiversity -- 12 Climate Change -- 13 International Climate Negotiations -- 14 The "Energy Transition" -- 15 The Inescapable Question of the Price of Energy -- 16 Nuclear Energy -- 17 Growth-Generating Innovations -- 18 Planning or the Market -- 19 European Strategy -- Conclusion: Green Capital, Green Capitalism? -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Many believe economic growth is incompatible with ecological preservation. Green Capital challenges this argument by shifting our focus away from the scarcity of raw materials and toward the deterioration of the great natural regulatory functions (such as the climate system, the water cycle, and biodiversity). Although we can find substitutes for scarce natural resources, we cannot replace a natural regulatory system, which is incredibly complex. It is therefore critical that we introduce a new price into the economy that measures the costs of damage to these regulatory functions. This change in perspective justifies such innovations as the carbon tax, which addresses not the scarcity of carbon but the inability of the atmosphere ; to absorb large amounts of carbon without upsetting the climate system. Brokering a sustainable peace between ecology and the economy, Green Capital describes a range of valuation schemes and their contribution to the goals of green capitalism, proposing a new approach to natural resources that benefits both businesses and the environment.

Theories, methods and numerical technology of sheet metal cold and hot forming : analysis, simulation and engineering applications / / Ping Hu ...[et. al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910438042003321
• Autore: Hu Ping
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Springer-Verlag, 2012, c2013
• ISBN: 9786613844163; 9781283531719; 1283531712; 9781447140993; 1447140990
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Collana: Springer series in advanced manufacturing
• Disciplina: 500
• Soggetti: Metal stamping; Metal-work
• 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: 1.The introduction of sheet metal forming technology -- 2. The basics and equipments of sheet metal forming -- 3. Hot forming process -- 4. The basic mechanical properties and experimental verification for hot forming steel -- 5. The basic theory and constitutive equation of high strength steel for hot forming -- 6. Microscopic constitutive models of single crystal and polycrystal -- 7. Hot forming simulation algorithms of high strength steels -- 8. Numerical Simulation of high strength steel plate?s hot forming -- 9.Features of hot forming graded composite material and its experiment and simulation -- 10. ; Simulation and optimization on service performance of hot forming parts.
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the last 15 years, the application of innovative steel concepts in the automotive industry has increased steadily. Numerical simulation technology of hot forming of high-strength steel allows engineers to modify the formability of hot forming steel metals and to optimize die design schemes. Theories, Methods and Numerical Technology of Sheet Metal Cold and Hot Forming focuses on hot and cold forming theories, numerical methods, relative simulation and experiment techniques for high-strength steel forming and die design in the automobile industry. Theories, Methods and Numerical Technology of Sheet Metal Cold and Hot Forming introduces the general theories of cold forming, then expands upon advanced hot forming theories and simulation methods, including: • the forming process, • constitutive equations, • hot boundary constraint treatment, and • hot forming equipment and experiments. Various calculation methods of cold and hot forming, based on the authors’ experience in commercial CAE software for sheet metal forming, are provided, as well as a discussion of key issues, such as hot formability with quenching process, die design and cooling channel design in die, and formability experiments. Theories, Methods and Numerical Technology of Sheet Metal Cold and Hot Forming will enable readers to develop an advanced knowledge of hot forming, as well as to apply hot forming theories, calculation methods and key techniques to direct their die design. It is therefore a useful reference for students and researchers, as well as automotive engineers.