1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006822103321

Autore

Mobley R. Keith <1943->

Titolo

Fluid power dynamics / / R. Keith Mobley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Newnes, c2000

ISBN

1-281-03502-5

9786611035020

0-08-050662-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Plant engineering maintenance series

Classificazione

SCI085000TEC014000

Disciplina

620.1/06

Soggetti

Fluid power technology

Fluid mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Hydraulics; Chapter 1. Basic Hydraulics; Chapter 2. Forces in Liquids; Chapter 3. Hydraulic Pumps; Chapter 4. Hydraulic Fluids; Chapter 5. Reservoirs, Strainers, Filters, and Accumulators; Chapter 6. Actuators; Chapter 7. Control Valves; Chapter 8. Lines, Fittings, and Seals; Chapter 9. Basic Diagrams and Systems; Chapter 10. Troubleshooting Hydraulic Systems; Chapter 11. Maintenance of Hydraulic Systems; Part II: Pneumatics; Chapter 12. Pneumatic Basics; Chapter 13. Characteristics of Compressed Air; Chapter 14. Compressors; Chapter 15. Air Dryers

Chapter 16. Air Reservoir (Receiver)Chapter 17. Safety Valves; Chapter 18. Coolers; Chapter 19. Valves; Chapter 20. Actuators; Chapter 21. Troubleshooting Pneumatic Circuits; Standard Graphical Symbols; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fluid Power Dynamics is a 12-chapter book in two sections covering the basics of fluid power through hydraulic system components and troubleshooting. The second section covers pneumatics from basics through to troubleshooting.This is the latest book in a new series published by Butterworth-Heinemann in association with PLANT ENGINEERING magazine. PLANT ENGINEERING fills a unique information need for the men and women who operate and maintain industrial plants: It bridges the information gap between engineering education



and practical application. As technology advances at increasingly

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953864403321

Autore

Khalili Laleh

Titolo

Time in the Shadows : Confinement in Counterinsurgencies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

9780804783972

0804783977

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

355.7/1

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency -- History

Counterinsurgency -- United States

Detention of persons -- History

Detention of persons -- United States

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Counterinsurgency - History - United States

Detention of persons - History - United States

Counterinsurgency - Israel

Detention of persons - Israel

Counterinsurgency

Detention of persons

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Military Science - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Forebears: Imperial and Colonial Counterinsurgencies; 2. Lessons and Borrowings: The United States and Israel; 3. From Island Prisons to Guantánamo Bay; 4. Invisible Prisoners, Proxy-Run Prisons: From Khiyam to Rendition; 5. Banal Procedures of Detention: Abu Ghraib and Its Ancestors; 6. From



Concentration Camps of the Boer War to Palestinian Enclaves; 7. The Fracture of Good Order; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Detention and confinement-of both combatants and large groups of civilians-have become fixtures of asymmetric wars over the course of the last century. Counterinsurgency theoreticians and practitioners explain this dizzying rise of detention camps, internment centers, and enclavisation by arguing that such actions ""protect"" populations. In this book, Laleh Khalili counters these arguments, telling the story of how this proliferation of concentration camps, strategic hamlets, ""security walls,"" and offshore prisons has come to be.Time in the Shadows investigates the two m