Sökning: "Richard Warren"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Richard Warren.
1. Enhancement of the Tribological Properties of Plasma Sprayed Alumina
Sammanfattning : Thermal spraying is the name of a large group of coating deposition techniques used to deposit thick layers for a variety of applications. The principle is to melt the material, and rapidly propel the droplets towards a substrate where they flatten and solidify. When properly used, the substrate is not significantly heated. LÄS MER
2. Determination of residual stresses and mechanical properties using neutron, X-ray diffraction, micro- and nanoindentation techniques
Sammanfattning : The existence of residual stresses in engineering materials can significantly affect subsequent lifetime by augmenting or impeding failure. Consequently, for an accurate assessment of engineering lifetimes, there is a need to quantify residual stresses. LÄS MER
3. α-SiAlON ceramics and Y-α-SiAlON composites : composition, microstructures and properties
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4. Weapons of Mass Destruction: Financial Crises from a Philosophical Perspective
Sammanfattning : Financial crises are severely destructive events. The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 sent sovereign states into a spiral of political unrest and caused millions of people to lose their homes, their jobs, their life savings, their health, and in many cases even their lives. But financial crises are not unavoidable natural events. LÄS MER
5. Konst och kartläggning kring 1970 : Modell, diagram och karta i konstens landskap
Sammanfattning : The years around 1970 saw the emergence of an artistic fascination with maps and mapping. In the present thesis this fascination is conceptualised as a mapping impulse, acknowledging how the discourses of art and mapping, respectively, intertwine and merge. LÄS MER
