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Dynamic fracture in solids has attracted much attention for over a
century from engineers as well as physicists due both to its
technological interest and to inherent scientific curiosity.
Rapidly applied loads are encountered in a number of technical
applications. In some cases such loads might be applied
deliberately, as for example in problems of blasting, mining, and
comminution or fragmentation; in other cases, such dynamic loads
might arise from accidental conditions. Regardless of the origin of
the rapid loading, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms and
mechanics of fracture under dynamic loading conditions in order to
design suitable procedures for assessing the susceptibility to
fracture. Quite apart from its repercussions in the area of
structural integrity, fundamental scientific curiosity has
continued to play a large role in engendering interest in dynamic
fracture problems
* In-depth coverage of the mechanics, experimental methods,
practical applications
* Summary of material response of different materials
* Discussion of unresolved issues in dynamic fracture
This volume covers the topic in functional equations in a broad
sense and is written by authors who are in this field for the past
50 years. It contains the basic notions of functional equations,
the methods of solving functional equations, the growth of
functional equations in the last four decades and an extensive
reference list on fundamental research papers that investigate the
stability results of different types of functional equations and
functional inequalities. This volume starts by taking the reader
from the fundamental ideas to higher levels of results that appear
in recent research papers. Its step-by-step expositions are easy
for the reader to understand and admire the elegant results and
findings on the stability of functional equations.
This volume covers the topic in functional equations in a broad
sense and is written by authors who are in this field for the past
50 years. It contains the basic notions of functional equations,
the methods of solving functional equations, the growth of
functional equations in the last four decades and an extensive
reference list on fundamental research papers that investigate the
stability results of different types of functional equations and
functional inequalities. This volume starts by taking the reader
from the fundamental ideas to higher levels of results that appear
in recent research papers. Its step-by-step expositions are easy
for the reader to understand and admire the elegant results and
findings on the stability of functional equations.
The Indian state of Kerala is known for its high social model of
development and social democratic governance. This book presents
the most comprehensive analysis of the Kerala Model of Social
Development to date. The model has often been identified as one
worth emulating because it is seen to have taken the state to the
zenith of human development and democratic governance. Using an
interdisciplinary approach, the book sheds new light on the
paradoxes of the Indian state and its model of economic
development. The book provides a consolidated exploration and
critique of the Kerala model, which usually has been portrayed as
linear with the grand narrative of progress, development and
democracy. Chapters discuss the past and present dimensions of the
Kerala experience from a historical and political-economic
perspective, thus providing a fresh understanding of the emerging
concerns in the state and the construction of an ethically viable
development agenda, eschewing the scourge of social inequity. A
significant contribution to the literature on development,
democracy and the state, it analyses the complex interconnectedness
of the various political-economic and socio-cultural domains
involved in these experiences.
The Indian state of Kerala is known for its high social model of
development and social democratic governance. This book presents
the most comprehensive analysis of the Kerala Model of Social
Development to date. The model has often been identified as one
worth emulating because it is seen to have taken the state to the
zenith of human development and democratic governance. Using an
interdisciplinary approach, the book sheds new light on the
paradoxes of the Indian state and its model of economic
development. The book provides a consolidated exploration and
critique of the Kerala model, which usually has been portrayed as
linear with the grand narrative of progress, development and
democracy. Chapters discuss the past and present dimensions of the
Kerala experience from a historical and political-economic
perspective, thus providing a fresh understanding of the emerging
concerns in the state and the construction of an ethically viable
development agenda, eschewing the scourge of social inequity. A
significant contribution to the literature on development,
democracy and the state, it analyses the complex interconnectedness
of the various political-economic and socio-cultural domains
involved in these experiences.
Political Ecospatiality offers a new perspective on subaltern
struggles and raises the issue of how people with limited lobbying
power can still organise to defend their honour or
livelihood-environmental ecospatial systems. The book narrates and
analyses the historical and contemporary situations that shape and
reshape the strategies and practices of larger
livelihood-environmental and identity politics in Kerala by drawing
parallels from the rest of India and the global South. By employing
Kerala as an example, it engages with and broadens debates in
political economy, political ecology, and subaltern politics. The
book moves through six ecospatial conflicts and assembles three key
ideas – transverse solidarity, epistemological coalescence, and
subaltern modernity – and applies them as analytical tools to
form an overall framework of political ecospatiality.
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