Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS, 2000. Volume 8: Tibet, Self, and the Tibetan Diaspora

Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS, 2000. Volume 8: Tibet, Self, and the Tibetan Diaspora
Author: P. Christiaan Klieger
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004489452

The ten papers presented in this eight volume of the Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS, 2000, provide examples of the colourful and lively range of Tibetan self-expressions that exist within the modern homeland and in exile. The scholars here represent the fields of anthropology, sociology, literary studies, history, and political science. Four papers are based in studies in the modern Tibet Autonomous Region, five are grounded in the Tibetan diaspora, and one deals with both classical Tibetan history and current affairs. The mass representation of Tibetan self, delivered through various literary vehicles, by linguistic competence, body decoration, landscape, or individual deportment, constitutes the basic theme of this collection. The volume is useful for any student of Tibet and those interested in the process of identity formation and presentation.

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Total Pages: 188
Release: 1995
Genre: Reinforced concrete construction
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Earthquakes and Health Monitoring of Civil Structures

Earthquakes and Health Monitoring of Civil Structures
Author: Mihail Garevski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400751826

Health monitoring of civil structures (HMS) is a new discipline, which contributes to successful and on time detection of damages to structures. This book is a collection of chapters on different topics written by leading scientists in the field. It is primarily focused on the latest achievements in monitoring the earthquake effect upon the health of civil structures. The first chapter of the book deals with the geotechnical and structural aspects of the 2010-2011 Christchurch earthquakes. Further chapters are dedicated to the latest HMS techniques of identification of damage to structures caused by earthquakes. Real time damage detection as well as sensors and acquisition systems used for that purpose are presented. The attention is focused on automated modal analysis, dynamic artificial neural networks and wavelet techniques used in HMS. Particular emphasis is put on wireless sensors and piezo-impendance transducers used for evaluation of seismically induced structural damage. The discussion is followed by presentation of case studies of application of health monitoring for buildings and other civil structures, including a super tall structure. The book ends with a presentation of shaking table tests on physical models for the purpose of monitoring their behaviour under earthquake excitation. Audience The book is primarily intended for engineers and scientists working in the field of application of the HMS technique in earthquake engineering. Considering that real time health monitoring of structures represents a sophisticated approach applying the latest techniques of monitoring of structures, many experts from other industries will also find this book useful.

Supermanifolds and Supergroups

Supermanifolds and Supergroups
Author: Gijs M. Tuynman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2006-01-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1402022972

Supermanifolds and Supergroups explains the basic ingredients of super manifolds and super Lie groups. It starts with super linear algebra and follows with a treatment of super smooth functions and the basic definition of a super manifold. When discussing the tangent bundle, integration of vector fields is treated as well as the machinery of differential forms. For super Lie groups the standard results are shown, including the construction of a super Lie group for any super Lie algebra. The last chapter is entirely devoted to super connections. The book requires standard undergraduate knowledge on super differential geometry and super Lie groups.

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Author: Gui-Rong Liu
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2003
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789812564405

This is the first-ever book on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)and its variations, covering the theoretical background, numericaltechniques, code implementation issues, and many novel and interestingapplications.

Advances in Statistical Control, Algebraic Systems Theory, and Dynamic Systems Characteristics

Advances in Statistical Control, Algebraic Systems Theory, and Dynamic Systems Characteristics
Author: Chang-Hee Won
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-07-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0817647953

This volume is a collection of chapters covering recent advances in stochastic optimal control theory and algebraic systems theory. The book will be a useful reference for researchers and graduate students in systems and control, algebraic systems theory, and applied mathematics. Requiring only knowledge of undergraduate-level control and systems theory, the work may be used as a supplementary textbook in a graduate course on optimal control or algebraic systems theory.