1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299848903321

Autore

Beccarelli Paolo

Titolo

Biaxial Testing for Fabrics and Foils : Optimizing Devices and Procedures / / by Paolo Beccarelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-02228-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

PoliMI SpringerBriefs, , 2282-2577

Disciplina

530.41

610.153

620

620.0042

620.11

691

Soggetti

Engineering design

Amorphous substances

Complex fluids

Materials science

Medical physics

Radiation

Building materials

Engineering Design

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Medical and Radiation Physics

Building Materials

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

Brief Review of the Membrane Structure Context -- The design, analysis and construction of tensile fabric structures -- Biaxial testing apparatuses and procedures -- The development of biaxial testing devices and procedures for architectural fabrics -- Recent application and potentialities -- Conclusions.



Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a well-structured, critical review of current design practice for tensioned membrane structures, including a detailed analysis of the experimental data required and critical issues relating to the lack of a set of design codes and testing procedures. The technical requirements for biaxial testing equipment are analyzed in detail, and aspects that need to be considered when developing biaxial testing procedures are emphasized. The analysis is supported by the results of a round-robin exercise comparing biaxial testing machines that involved four of the main research laboratories in the field. The biaxial testing devices and procedures presently used in Europe are extensively discussed, and information is provided on the design and implementation of a biaxial testing rig for architectural fabrics at Politecnico di Milano, which represents a benchmark in the field. The significance of the most recent developments in biaxial testing is also explored.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962823403321

Titolo

Finding common ground : governance and natural resources in the American West / / Ronald D. Brunner ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002

ISBN

9786611729813

9781281729811

1281729817

9780300127904

0300127901

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrunnerRonald D

Disciplina

333.7/0978

Soggetti

Natural resources - Government policy - West (U.S.)

Community organization - West (U.S.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Problems of governance / Ronald D. Brunner -- Water management and



the Upper Clark Fork Steering Committee / Elizabeth A. Olson -- Wolf recovery in the northern Rockies / Roberta A. Klein -- Bison management in greater Yellowstone / Christina M. Cromley -- Forest policy and the Quincy Library Group / Christine H. Colburn -- Harvesting experience / Ronald D. Brunner and Christine H. Colburn.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past century, solutions to natural resources policy issues have become increasingly complex. Multiple government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions and differing mandates as well as multiple interest groups have contributed to gridlock, frequently preventing solutions in the common interest. Community-based responses to natural resource problems in the American West have demonstrated the potential of local initiatives both for finding common ground on divisive issues and for advancing the common interest.The first chapter of this enlightening book diagnoses contemporary problems of governance in natural resources policy and in the United States generally, then introduces community-based initiatives as responses to those problems. The next chapters examine the range of successes and failures of initiatives in water management in the Upper Clark Fork River in Montana; wolf recovery in the northern Rockies; bison management in greater Yellowstone; and forest policy in northern California. The concluding chapter considers how to harvest experience from these and other cases, offering practical suggestions for diverse participants in community-based initiatives and their supporters, agencies and interest groups, and researchers and educators.