1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007165603321

Autore

Barnett Gregory J.

Titolo

Vehicle battery fires : why they happen and how they happen / / Gregory Barnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warrendale, Pennsylvania : , : Society of Automotive Engineers, , [2017]

ISBN

1-5231-2404-0

0-7680-8858-5

0-7680-8359-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 208, xxxi) : color illustrations

Disciplina

629.2593

Soggetti

Electric automobiles - Batteries

Automobiles - Fires and fire prevention

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical

Automotive technology and trades

Electrical engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. History of the battery -- Chapter 2. Battery designs -- Chapter 3. Battery location design issues -- Chapter 4. Direct and alternating current -- Chapter 5. Lithium batteries -- Chapter 6. Nickel-metal hydride battery -- Chapter 7. Automotive electric fire science.

Sommario/riassunto

The main focus of the book resides in looking at differences in failure modes between DC and AC systems, general types of battery and electrical failure modes leading to fire, how to interpret electrical fire, determination of the primary failed part, and other skills the investigating engineer will require to perform technical failure mode analysis.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962936803321

Autore

Smart William B (William Buckwalter), <1922-2018.>

Titolo

Over the rim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-87421-354-1

0-585-16433-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

979.2/01

979.201

Soggetti

Mormons - Utah - History - 19th century

Mormons -- Utah -- History -- 19th century

Pratt, Parley P

Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857

Utah - Discovery and exploration

Utah -- Discovery and exploration

Latter Day Saints - Utah - History - 19th century

United States Local History

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Journals; The Official Report; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the Rim is the first book about an important but little-known expedition sent by Brigham Young to explore southern Utah. Led by Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt, the party traveled from Salt Lake City south across the rim of the Great Basin to the Virgin River near future St. George. They brought back to Mormon leaders their first detailed portrait of the country to the south that the church planned to settle.By 1849, the new Mormon settlement at Great Salt Lake City was taking on an air of permanence as companies of Latter-day Saints continued to arrive. Brigham Young and other leaders nee