1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990007494930403321

Autore

Bruns, Erich

Titolo

Einfuhrung in die Ozeanologie, Ozeanographie / Erich Bruns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Deutscher Verl. der Wissensch, 1958

Descrizione fisica

420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm + 7 c. ripieg. in tasca

Collana

Ozeanologie ; 1

Locazione

ILFGE

Collocazione

B-09-006

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003218439707536

Autore

Wolf, John P.

Titolo

Foundation vibration analysis [e-book] : a strength-of-materials approach / John P. Wolf, Andrew J. Deeks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004

ISBN

9780750661645

075066164X

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 218 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Deeks, Andrew J.

Disciplina

624.15

Soggetti

Foundations - Vibration

Strength of materials

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-211) and index

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Concepts of the cone model -- Initial cone with outward wave propagation -- Wave reflection and refraction at a



material discontinuity -- Foundation embedded in a layered half-space -- Evaluation of accuracy -- Engineering applications -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix A: Frequency-domain response analysis -- Appendix B: Dynamic soil-structure interaction -- Appendix C: Wave propagation in a semi-infinite prismatic bar -- Appendix D: Historical note -- Appendix E: Program CONAN (CONe ANalysis)--user's guide -- Appendix F: MATLAB procedures for cone analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

Structural analysis is usually carried out by a strength-of-materials approach that allows complex 3-D structures to be modelled adequately for design needs in a single dimension. However, this approach is not extensively used in geotechnical engineering, partly because 3-D media (soil, rock) are present, but more importantly because until recently the methods necessary to carry out this form of analysis did not exist. In the last ten years efforts at modelling practical problems in foundation analysis using a strength-of-materials approach have developed the concept of the conical bar or beam as a tool. Such cone models can be used to model a foundation in a dynamic soil-structure interaction analysis with a variation of the properties with depth. This book develops this new approach from scratch in a readable and accessible manner. A systematic evaluation for a wide range of actual sites demonstrates sufficient engineering accuracy. A short computer program written in MATLAB and a user-friendly executable program are provided, while practical examples ensure a clear understanding of the topic. *Simplifies complex 3-D analysis of soil-structure interaction. *Applies strength-of-materials approach to geotechnical engineering. *Illustrated with practical examples. *Executable program and MATLAB program for foundation vibration analysis



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910809352403321

Autore

Block Thomas

Titolo

Machiavelli in America / / Thomas Block

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62894-068-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

320.973

Soggetti

Political culture - United States

United States Politics and government Philosophy

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

Introduction; Le Plus Ça Change; The Immutability of Human Nature and Today's America; Machiavelli: Because It Works; Human Constancy: The Amygdala; It Is Better to Be Feared than Loved; Machiavelli on the Brain; A Fundamental Problem; Machiavellian Politics; Chaos and Control; Chaos and Control II; Emotional Maturity: Elusive and Rare; Truth; A Response to Machiavelli; Chapter One: Niccolò Machiavelli; The Works; The Prince; The Prince and the Church; Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius; Other Important Writing; Machiavellian Thought; The Tutor of Princes

Moses: The Tutor of Princes Virtù; War and Religion; The Language of Politics; Machiavelli's Influence on Later Thinkers; Chapter Two: Machiavelli in America; George Washington; Thomas Jefferson; John Adams; James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; Machiavelli in America Today; Machiavellian American Leadership; War and the Language of Politics; Propaganda; Patriotism and Religion; The Ends Justify the Means; Political Parties; Freedom and Violence; America, Machiavelli and Fraud; Fraud and the American Voter; Machiavelli: Because It Works; George W. Bush: An American Prince

The Ends Justifies the Means Appearance v. Reality; Religious, but No Mystic; God and War; Fear; America's Dark Artists: Other Politicians; President Obama's Machiavellian Foreign Policy; America's Dark Artists: Political Operatives; Karl Rove; Rove's Wisdom; Swift Boat Veterans for Truth; Rove's Brain; Ledeen, God and the USA; An American Oligarchy;



American Oligarchy: The Super PAC; Working Against the Common Good; The Media; The Media and Reality; All Things Not Being Equal; Media Fragmentation; The Media and the Language of War; The Media and Real War; The Role of the Media

Chapter Three: The Threshold of a New Era? Sanity v. Spirituality; Things May Be Getting Worse; Hidden in Plain Sight; Things are Getting Worse: Advertising; A Spiritually Desiccated Age; Where Can We Turn?; Power Corrupts Completely; Why Try; A Story; We Try Because We Must; Is There Hope?; Why We Can Hope; Reclaiming Spirituality; Chapter Four: The Call for a Moral Ombudsman; The Problem; _GoBack; The Amygdala: Redux; Practical Mysticism - what can we do?; Machiavellian Democracy; A Response to Machiavelli; The Call for a Moral Ombudsman; Finding the Moral Center; An Agreed-Upon Moral Code

How Would It Work? Inserting the Moral Center; A Response to Machiavelli - Using Machiavellian Methods; Heuristic Proposals and Successful Activism; Reality: As Seen on TV; Freedom of Information; Machiavelli for the Machiavellians; Co-option: Advertising; Co-option: Language; Co-Option: Leveraging Power; Co-option: History; The Media; It's a War; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Machiavelli in America traces the influence of the Florentine thinker on American politics, from the Founders (c. 1770's) through today's rough-and-tumble political panorama. Machiavelli's ideas have been re-interpreted internationally as 'real-politik.' He proposed that the 'ends justify the means,' and that any manner of fraud, violence or corruption must be utilized in attaining and retaining power. People, he assured us, are so mean, small and selfish that they will only act under necessity, so the successful prince must force the population, through whatever means necessary, to follow his