Modeling and dimensioning of structures [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Daniel Gay, Jacques Gambelin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139625203321
• Autore: Gay Daniel <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : ISTE Ltd.; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-25386-7; 9786613814517; 0-470-61128-6; 0-470-39390-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (737 p.)
• Collana: A practical approach
• Altri autori (Persone): GambelinJacques
• Disciplina: 624.1; 624.1/7
• Soggetti: Structural engineering - Data processing; Structural engineering - Mathematics; Structural analysis (Engineering); Structural frames - Mathematical models; Engineering drawings - Dimensioning; Electronic books.
• 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: Modeling and Dimensioning of Structures; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1. Level 1; Chapter 1. The Basics of Linear Elastic Behavior; 1.1. Cohesion forces; 1.2. The notion of stress; 1.2.1. Definition; 1.2.2. Graphical representation; 1.2.3. Normal and shear stresses; 1.3. Hooke's law derived from a uniaxially applied force; 1.3.1. The stretch test; 1.3.2. Linear mechanical behavior; 1.3.3. Elastic mechanical behavior; 1.3.4. Interpretation of the test at a macroscopic level; 1.3.5. Interpretation of the test at a mesoscopic level; 1.3.6. Interpretation of the test at a microscopic level; 1.5.2.3. Shear resultant Tz1.5.2.4. Torsion moment Mt; 1.5.2.5. Bending moment Mfy; 1.5.2.6. Bending moment Mfz; Chapter 2. Mechanical Behavior of Structures: An Energy Approach; 2.1. Work and ; energy; 2.1.1. Elementary work developed by a force; 2.1.2. Elementary work developed by a moment; 2.2. Conversion of work into energy; 2.2.1. Potential energy of deformation; 2.2.2. Potential energy for a spring; 2.3. Some standard expressions for potential deformation energy; 2.3.1. Deformation energies in a straight beam; 2.3.1.1. Traction (or compression); 2.3.1.2. Torsion; 2.3.1.3. Pure bending (xy plane)2.3.1.4. Plane bending (xy plane); 2.3.2. Deformation energy under plane stresses; 2.3.2.1. Case 1: dFx (Figure 2.17); 2.3.2.2. Case 2: dFx then dFy (Figure 2.18); 2.3.2.3. Case 3: dFx then dFy followed by dFxy (Figure 2.19); 2.3.2.4. Different expressions for potential energy: quadratic forms; 2.4. Work produced by external forces on a structure; 2.4.1. Beam under plane bending subjected to two forces; 2.4.1.1. Example 1; 2.4.1.2. Example 2; 2.4.2. Beam in plane bending subject to "n" forces; 2.4.3. Generalization to any structure; 2.4.3.1. Structure loaded by two forces 1 F and F22.4.3.2. Structure loaded by "n" forces F1,... Fn; 2.4.3.3. A search for real displacements on a loaded structure; 2.4.4. Summary; 2.5. Links of a structure with its surroundings; 2.5.1. Example; 2.5.2. Generalization; 2.5.2.1. Structures with rigid-body movements; 2.5.2.2. "Properly linked" structure; 2.6. Stiffness of a structure; 2.6.1. Preliminary note; 2.6.2. Stiffness matrix; 2.6.3. Examples; 2.6.3.1. Example: beam under plane bending loaded by two forces; 2.6.3.2. Example: beam under plane bending loaded by a force and a moment; 2.6.3.3. Generalization
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides the main topics currently used for the calculus of structures. The reference establishes a link between the traditional approach on the strength of materials and the present finite element method, details the main aspects of practical modeling, and explores numerous case studies.

Six memos from the last millennium : a novelist reads the Talmud / / by Joseph Skibell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798771903321
• Autore: Skibell Joseph
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-4773-0735-4
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 pages)
• Collana: Exploring Jewish Arts and Culture
• Disciplina: 296.1/20092
• Soggetti: Talmud; Tannaim; Amoraim
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: A novelist reads the Talmud : an introduction -- Timeline of relevant events, according to rabbinic tradition -- Memo one. Rabbi Yohanan and Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish -- Eros and alchemy in the waters of the Jordan -- Memo two. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai -- Turning the hearts of fathers -- Memo three a, b, and c. Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair, and Rabbi Judah ben Gerim -- Towards the hearts of sons -- Memo four. Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah, and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus -- The gate of a broken heart -- Memo five. Rabbi Akiva, Shimon ben Azzai, Shimon ben Zoma, and Elisha ben Avuyah -- Revelation, retribution, perdition, ecstasy, and bliss : an epic canvas.
• Sommario/riassunto: A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling her brother’s and her husband’s egos to preserve their family. Stories such as these enliven the pages of the Talmud, the great repository of ancient wisdom that is one of the sacred texts of the Jewish people. Comprised of the Mishnah, the oral law of the Torah, and the Gemara, a multigenerational metacommentary on the Mishnah dating from between 3950 and 4235 (190 and 475 CE), the Talmud presents a ; formidable challenge to understand without scholarly training and study. But what if one approaches it as a collection of tales with surprising relevance for contemporary readers? In Six Memos from the Last Millennium, critically acclaimed novelist Joseph Skibell reads some of the Talmud’s tales with a storyteller’s insight, concentrating on the lives of the legendary rabbis depicted in its pages to uncover the wisdom they can still impart to our modern age. He unifies strands of stories that are scattered throughout the Talmud into coherent narratives or “memos,” which he then analyzes and interprets from his perspective as a novelist. In Skibell’s imaginative and personal readings, this sacred literature frequently defies our conventional notions of piety. Sometimes wild, rude, and even bawdy, these memos from the last millennium pursue a livable transcendence, a way of fusing the mundane hours of earthly life with a cosmic sense of holiness and wonder.