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UNINA9910511401003321 |
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Technology, violence, and war : essays in honor of Dr. John F. Guilmartin, Jr. / / Edited by Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Sarah K. Douglas, Daniel P.M. Curzon |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] |
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1 online resource (422 pages) |
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History of warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; Volume 125 |
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Military research |
Military art and science - Technological innovations |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations, Tables, and Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Technology and Strategy: What Are the Limits? / John F. Guilmartin Jr. -- The Pre-Industrial World, 1300-1800 -- Gunpowder Artillery in Europe, 1326-1500: Innovation and Impact / Clifford J. Rogers -- To the Seas: The Genesis of Ship Rigging in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds / Sarah K. Douglas -- The Lost World: Change and Continuity in Mughal Military Technology / Andrew de la Garza -- 19th Century Warfare -- If You Can Be Seen, You Can Be Killed:The Technological Increase in Killing Zone during the American Civil War / Edward B. McCaul Jr. -- Without Experience or Precedent: Transformational Technology and the Light Draft Monitors / William Roberts -- The Uganda Railway and the Fabrication of Kenya / Robert H. Clemm -- The World Wars -- German Technology and the Origins of World Wariiin East Asia / Robyn Rodriguez -- Freeman's Folly: The Debate over the Development of the "Unarmed Bomber" and the Genesis of the de Havilland Mosquito, 1935-1940 / Sebastian Cox -- The Impact of Institutional Context: Anglo-American Naval Fire Control / Corbin Williamson -- Strategy, Technology, and Timing: Aircraft, the Mediterranean Air War, and the Turning of the Tide in the European Theater / Robert S. Ehlers Jr. -- War Since 1945 -- The War Is Lost: |
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Technological Surprise and the Collapse of Portugal's Colonial Airpower Strategy, Guinea 1963-1974 / Matthew M. Hurley -- The Vicissitudes Of Violence: Fear, Physiology, and Behavior under Fire / Edward Coss -- Des Fusils Aux Idée: Technological Skepticism and Maculinity in the French Army, 1954-1962 / William Waddell -- Cyber: War?1 / Michael Pavelec -- The Precision-Information Revolution in Military Affairs and The Limits of Technology / Peter R. Mansoor -- Reflections On A Warrior and Scholar / Alan Beyerchen -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Secondary Sources -- Index. |
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This volume explores the importance of technology in war, and to the study of warfare. Dr. Guilmartin's former students explore how technology from the medieval to the modern era, and across several continents, was integral to warfare and to the outcomes of wars. Authors discuss the interactions between politics, grand strategy, war, technology, and the socio-cultural implementation of new technologies in different contexts. They explore how and why belligerents chose to employ new technologies, the intended and unintended consequences of doing so, the feedback loops driving these consequences, and how the warring powers came to grips with the new technologies they unleashed. This work is particularly useful for military historians, military professionals, and policymakers who study and face analogous situations. Contributors are Alan Beyerchen, Robert H. Clemm, Edward Coss, Sebastian Cox, Daniel P. M. Curzon, Sarah K. Douglas, Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Andrew de la Garza, John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Matthew Hurley, Peter Mansoor, Edward B. McCaul, Jr., Michael Pavelec, William Roberts, Robyn Rodriguez, Clifford J. Rogers, William Waddell, and Corbin Williamson. |
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UNINA9910807275303321 |
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Advances in the homotopy analysis method / / editor, Shijun Liao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
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New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
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�2014 |
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1 online resource (viii, 417 pages) : illustrations |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Preface; Contents; 1. Chance and Challenge: A Brief Review of Homotopy Analysis Method; 1.1. Background; 1.2. A brief history of the HAM; 1.3. Some advances of the HAM; 1.3.1. Generalized zeroth-order deformation equation; 1.3.2. Spectral HAM and complicated auxiliary operator; 1.3.3. Predictor HAM and multiple solutions; 1.3.4. Convergence condition and HAM-based software; 1.4. Relationships to other methods; 1.5. Chance and challenge: some suggested problems; 1.5.1. Periodic solutions of chaotic dynamic systems; 1.5.2. Periodic orbits of Newtonian three-body problem |
1.5.3. Viscous flow past a sphere1.5.4. Viscous flow past a cylinder; 1.5.5. Nonlinear water waves; Acknowledgment; References; 2. Predictor Homotopy Analysis Method (PHAM); 2.1. Preliminaries; 2.2. Description of the method; 2.2.1. Zeroth-order deformation equation; 2.2.2. High-order deformation equation; 2.2.3. Prediction of the multiple solutions; 2.3. Convergence analysis; 2.4. Some illustrative models; 2.4.1. Nonlinear problem arising in heat transfer; 2.4.1.1. Model and exact solutions; 2.4.1.2. Prediction of dual solutions by the rule of multiplicity of solutions |
2.4.1.3. Effective calculation of the two branches of solution2.4.2. Strongly nonlinear Bratu's equation; 2.4.2.1. Problem and exact solutions; 2.4.2.2. Prediction of multiple solutions by the rule of multiplicity of solutions; 2.4.2.3. Effective calculation of the two branches of solution; 2.4.3. Nonlinear reaction-diffusion model; |
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2.4.3.1. Equation and exact solutions; 2.4.3.2. Prediction of multiple solutions by the rule of multiplicity of solutions; 2.4.3.3. Calculation of the two branches of solution; 2.4.4. Mixed convection flows in a vertical channel |
2.4.4.1. Prediction of dual solutions by the rule of multiplicity of solutions2.4.4.2. Effective calculation of the two branches of solution; 2.4.4.3. Further results; 2.5. Concluding remarks; References; 3. Spectral Homotopy Analysis Method for Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Basic ideas of the spectral homotopy analysis method; 3.3. Some applications of the spectral homotopy analysis method; 3.3.1. Falkner-Skan boundary layer flow; 3.3.2. Eigenvalue problems; 3.3.3. Boundary value problems with multiple solutions; 3.3.4. Coupled nonlinear boundary value equations |
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Unlike other analytic techniques, the Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) is independent of small/large physical parameters. Besides, it provides great freedom to choose equation type and solution expression of related linear high-order approximation equations. The HAM provides a simple way to guarantee the convergence of solution series. Such uniqueness differentiates the HAM from all other analytic approximation methods. In addition, the HAM can be applied to solve some challenging problems with high nonlinearity. This book, edited by the pioneer and founder of the HAM, describes the current adva |
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