Sökning: "Body drag"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 48 avhandlingar innehållade orden Body drag.
1. Snacka om (o)synlighet : Familjeföretagarens nästa drag
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to identify and understand the phenomena of invisibility and visibility ((in)visibility) in families' situation in family business. As (in)visibility are phenomena that surrounds us in our every day life and the consciousness about them is limited, a critical perspective is embraced. LÄS MER
2. Spår, kropp, tid : En undersökning av den måleriska gestens materialitet 1952–1965
Sammanfattning : I Spår, kropp, tid undersöks den måleriska gestens materialitet i måleri som förknippas med abstrakt expressionism och informell konst. Ett återkommande drag i beskrivningarna av denna konst är att den sägs peka mot, eller handla om, individen eller individualitet; antingen som ett uttryck förkonstnärens inre liv genom fria, improviserade stråk på duken, eller i relation till sociala och historiska sammanhang där individualiteten har uppfattats som undertryckt av industrialismens effekter eller av kollektivistisk statligpolitik. LÄS MER
3. Active Flow Control for Drag Reduction of Heavy Vehicles
Sammanfattning : This thesis considers the aerodynamics of trucks. The work focuses on the aerodynamic drag caused by the wake. Bluff-body flows are dominated by large dissipative vortex-shedding wakes with a low mean pressure compared to the high pressure on their frontal area. LÄS MER
4. Drag reduction using plasma actuators
Sammanfattning : This thesis is motivated by the application of active flow control on the cabin of trucks, thereby providing a new means of drag reduction. Particularly, the work presented strives to identify how plasma actuators can be used to reduce the drag caused by the detachment of the flow around the A-pillars. LÄS MER
5. Maskulinitet i feminismens tjänst : Dragkingande som praktik, politik och begär
Sammanfattning : Masculinity in the service of feminism. Drag kinging as practice, politics, and desire. The aim of the thesis is to explore drag kinging as lived experience at the crossroads of masculinity, the body, and feminist politics. Drag kinging is defined as a conscious performance of masculinity. LÄS MER