Challenging Glass

Challenging Glass

Author: Freek Bos

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 9781586038663

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Contains topics that range from glass joints, fixings and adhesives to architectural designs to the strength, stability and safety of glass. This book also covers issues such as laminates and composite designs, glass lighting, the curving and bending of glass and the many facades of glass.


Challenging Glass 3

Challenging Glass 3

Author: IOS Press

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2012-06-21

Total Pages: 1022

ISBN-13: 1614990611

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There are two things everybody knows about glass: it is transparent, and it breaks! These are also the properties that constitute the challenge of glass as an architectural and structural material. This book presents papers from the third Challenging Glass Conference (CGC3), held at the Technical University (TU) Delft, the Netherlands, in June 2012. The conference brings together glass engineering, research and design specialists. Papers are grouped under seven topic headings: project and case studies; joints, fixings and adhesives; strength, stability and safety (a category which includes a quarter of all the papers presented at the conference); laminates and composite design; curved and bended glass; architectural design and lighting and finally, glass in facades. Glass remains one of the most exciting materials available to designers and architects today. This book will be of interest to all those involved in working with glass in an architectural and structural context.


Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference

Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference

Author: Christian Louter

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-01-28

Total Pages: 854

ISBN-13: 1138001643

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This proceedings volume of the Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference, held 6-7 February 2014 at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, represents the Final Action Publication of the European research network COST Action TU0905 “Structural Glass – Novel design methods and next generation products”. It contains nearly 100 peer-reviewed papers – published by more than 180 authors from 22 different countries – that focus on the architectural and structural applications of glass in structures and facades. As such, it provides a profound state-of-the-art of structural glass design and engineering. A must-read for all architects, engineers, scientists, industry partners and other enthusiasts interested in this rapidly evolving and challenging domain.


Special Issue of Distance Learning: Overcoming Challenges, Applying Techniques, and Improving Instruction

Special Issue of Distance Learning: Overcoming Challenges, Applying Techniques, and Improving Instruction

Author: Michael Simonson

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2023-10-01

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13:

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Distance Learning is for leaders, practitioners, and decision makers in the fields of distance learning, elearning, telecommunications, and related areas. It is a professional journal with applicable information for those involved with providing instruction to all kinds of learners, of all ages, using telecommunications technologies of all types. Stories are written by practitioners for practitioners with the intent of providing usable information and ideas. Articles are accepted from authors--new and experienced--with interesting and important information about the effective practice of distance teaching and learning. Distance Learning is published quarterly. Each issue includes eight to ten articles and three to four columns, including the highly regarded "And Finally..." column covering recent important issues in the field and written by Distance Learning editor, Michael Simonson. Articles are written by practitioners from various countries and locations, nationally and internationally.


Spore Special Issue

Spore Special Issue

Author:

Publisher: CTA

Published: 2012-12-31

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13:

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The 2012 Spore Special Issue is dedicated to value chains – arguably the best way for smallholder farmers to become integrated into modern markets. This issue tries to clear some of the confusion surrounding value chains and provides a broad picture of interesting innovations in ACP countries. It contains four chapters which, through the use of expert narratives, case studies and field reports, explain value chains, highlight the importance of the producer-consumer relationship, and look at strategic choices and the essential role of a favourable environment.


The SoJo Journal

The SoJo Journal

Author: Brad J. Porfilio

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1648023975

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The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal of educational foundations. San Jose State University hosts the journal. It publishes essays that examine contemporary educational and social contexts and practices from critical perspectives. The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education is interested in research studies as well as conceptual, theoretical, philosophical, and policy-analysis essays that challenge the existing state of affairs in society, schools, and (in)formal education. The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education is necessary because currently there is not an exclusively international foundations of education journal. For instance, three of the leading journal in education foundations journals (e.g., The Journal of Educational Studies, British Journal of Sociology of Education, The Journal of Educational Foundations) solicit manuscripts and support scholarship mainly from professors who reside in Britain and the United States. This journal is also unique because it brings together scholars and practitioners from disciplines outside of educational foundations, who are equally committed to social change and promoting equity and social justice inside and outside of K–16 schools. The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education’s audience is K–12 teachers, K–12 teacher educators, educational leaders, social activists, political economists, and higher education personnel across the globe. The journal is marketed to Educational Foundation, Teacher Education, and Educational Leadership programs, which have embraced the intellectual work of the various editorial members.


Spin Glasses: A Challenge for Mathematicians

Spin Glasses: A Challenge for Mathematicians

Author: Michel Talagrand

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-07-11

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9783540003564

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In the eighties, a group of theoretical physicists introduced several models for certain disordered systems, called "spin glasses". These models are simple and rather canonical random structures, that physicists studied by non-rigorous methods. They predicted spectacular behaviors, previously unknown in probability theory. They believe these behaviors occur in many models of considerable interest for several branches of science (statistical physics, neural networks and computer science). This book introduces in a rigorous manner this exciting new area to the mathematically minded reader. It requires no knowledge whatsoever of any physics, and contains proofs in complete detail of much of what is rigorously known on spin glasses at the time of writing.


Corvette Special Editions

Corvette Special Editions

Author: Keith Cornet

Publisher: CarTech Inc

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1613253931

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} When the first Corvette was introduced to the public through the travelling caravan known as Motorama, everyone knew there was something special about it. Each subsequent model continued to strengthen that position. But how do you upgrade America's favorite sports car? Make it a special edition! Special edition Corvettes are the tip of the spear when it comes to the American auto manufacturers special models. Luminous cars such as the 1967 L88 convertible, 1969 aluminum block ZL1, and 2015 Z06 #001 have all commanded a million dollars or more. Modern dealer-tuned cars from Lingenfelter, Calloway, and Hennessey have carried the tradition of making a great Corvette even better. Extremely low mileage on 1978 Pace Cars indicate that people have thought of these cars as investments for nearly 40 years. Keith Cornett of Corvetteblogger.com compiles a murderer’s row of special-edition Corvettes in this first-ever compilation on the subject. This book is an encyclopedia of information, as you will learn about some of the rarest Corvettes on the planet. It will serve as a guide if you're looking to add one of these special machines to your collection. Everything you’ve ever wanted to learn about collectible Corvettes is in Corvette Special Editions.


40 Years of Entropy and the Glass Transition

40 Years of Entropy and the Glass Transition

Author: Gregory B. McKenna

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997-07

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 0788145096

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Articles: configurational entropy approach to the kinetics of glasses; entropy theory and glass transition: a test by Monte Carlo simulation; entropy and fragility in supercooling liquids; entropy crises in glasses and random heteropolymers; Adams-Gibbs formulation of enthalpy relaxation near the glass transition; evidence for glass and spin-glass phase transitions from the dynamic susceptibility; entropy, free volume, and cooperative relaxation; and confirmational entropy contributions to the glass temperature of blends of miscible polymers. Charts, tables and graphs.