Introduction to the analysis of delamination related fracture processes in composites

This research concerns the analysis and prediction of delamination damage that occurs in composite structures on the sublaminate scale - that is, the scale of individual plies or groups of plies. The objective was to develop analytical models for fixed-mode delamination in composites. These include: (1) the influence of residual thermal and moisture strains; (2) local or transverse crack tip delamination originating at the tip of transverse matrix cracks; and (3) delamination in tapered composite under tensile loading. Computer codes based on the analytical models were developed and comparisons of predictions with available experimental and analytical results in the literature were performed

Cuando atacan los animales

Los cuentos de Alicia Erian han aparecido recientemente en Zoetrope y Nerve. Su primera colección de narrativa breve, The Brutal Language of Love, la publicará la editorial Villard el año próximo. Alicia Erian vive en brooklyn, Nueva York, con su marido, David Franklin. «Cuando atacan los animales» es el primero de sus relatos traducidos al español. Traductor: Juan Gabriel López Guix es traductor del inglés y francés. Se dedica sobre todo a la traducción de narrativa, ensayo y divulgación científica, así como a la traducción para prensa. Entre otros autores, ha traducido libros de Julian Barnes, Joseph Brodsky, Douglas Coupland, David Leavitt, Michel de Montaigne, Vikram Seth, George Steiner y Tom Wolfe. Es coautor de un Manual de traducción inglés-castellano (Gedisa, 1997)

Relationship Between Knowledge About Climate Change Issues and Locus of Control with Students' Citizenship Behavior

Needless to say that environmental deterioration is brought about by the people intervention toward a nature. It has been assumed that people personality and intelligent influence the ecosystem. That is why the objective of this study is to find out relationship between knowledge about issues (KAI) and Locus of Control (LOC) with citizenship behavior (CB). In order meet with this objective, a survey method has been applied by involving 110 students as sample. There are three instruments, measuring knowledge about climate change issues, LOC, and students' citizenship behavior (CB) and those have been validated. Regression and correlational analysis used to verify it relationship. Research results reveal that there is positive and significant correlation between knowledge about issues and CB, LOC and CB, finally between knowledge about issues and LOC with CB. These findings are still consistent even though first order correlation can be used to predict student's citizenship behavior in term of how student live with nature harmoniously based on knowledge about issues and LOC. It could be concluded that in improving citizenship behavior, knowledge about issues and LOC cannot be neglected

Fracture analysis of local delaminations in laminated composites

A shear deformation model was developed to analyze local delaminations growing from transverse cracks in 90 degree plies located around the mid plane of symmetric laminates. The predictions of the model agree reasonably with experimental data from T300/934 graphite epoxy laminates. The predicted behavior is such that, in combination with an edge delamination model, the critical loads can be predicted accurately in the range of n from .5 to 8

Más sobre al-Farāfīr de Yūsuf Idrīs entre el teatro egipcio y el occidental (Segunda Parte)

El presente trabajo pretende aproximar al lector en lengua española a al-Farāfīr, una obra teatral emblemática escrita por uno de los grandes genios de la literatura árabe moderna, Yūsuf Idrīs, considerado de forma unánime por la crítica como un símbolo destacado de la literatura y el pensamiento árabes del siglo XX. Posiblemente al-Farāfīr de Yūsuf Idrīs sea la obra teatral árabe que más y mayores polémicas haya levantado en el siglo XX. Las discusiones acerca de todos los aspectos de la obra han sido seguramente de las más encendidas de toda la dramaturgia árabe y, sin duda, del teatro egipcio. Es una obra atrevida en su forma y su ideología. Al-Farāfīr no entró en las vidas de los egipcios de una forma sosegada como la mayoría de las obras teatrales. Al contrario, todos se preguntaron: ¿Es éste un verdadero teatro egipcio o no? ¿Al-Farāfīr se diferencia de las obras teatrales conocidas en Occidente? ¿Tiene más rasgos egipcios que otras obras teatrales? ¿Al-Farāfīr es egipcia u occidental? En el siguiente artículo intentaremos responder a todas estas preguntas.This paper aims to provide the reader with Spanish language al-Farāfīr, a symbolic play written by one of the great geniuses of modern Arabic literature, Yusuf Idris, unanimously considered by critics as an outstanding symbol of the literature and the twentieth century Arab thought. Perhaps al-Farāfīr of Yusuf Idris is the play more and more controversial has been lifted in the twentieth century. Discussions on all aspects of the work have been probably the most burning of all Arabic drama, no doubt, the Egyptian Theatre. It is a daring work in its form and ideology. Al-Farāfīr not enter into the lives of the Egyptians in a quiet as most of the plays. On the contrary, all wondered: Is this a real Egyptian theatre or not? Al-Farāfīr differs from the known plays in the West? Do you have more features than other plays Egyptians? Al-Farāfīr is Egyptian or Western? The following article will try to answer all these questions

Aḥmad Zakī Pacha y su viaje al paraíso perdido (al-Andalus)

En este artículo se hace una aproximación a algunos aspectos de la vida de Aḥmad Zakī Pacha, uno de los intelectuales egipcios más importantes de finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX. Se estudia y analiza el relato que escribió sobre su viaje a España en 1892, dentro de su visita a Europa para asistir una conferencia internacional de orientalistas. Dicho relato es considerado como el primer relato contemporáneo escrito en árabe sobre la evocación de al-Andalus partiendo de la España actual.In this study we approach to some aspects of the life of Aḥmad Zaki Pacha, one of the most important Egyptian intellectuals of the end of the 19th century and the beginnings of the 20th century. We analyze the report that he wrote about his trip to Spain in 1892, inside his visit to Europe with the aim of going to an international conference of orientalists. This narration is considered as the first contemporary report written in Arabic about the evocation of muslim Spain or al-Andalus.Este trabajo se enmarca dentro del Proyecto I+D de Excelencia “Autobiografía y cartografía como proyecciones identitarias en el islam clásico”, Ref. FFI2014-58636-P, de la Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación del MEC

Al-Farāfīr de Yūsuf Idrīs entre el teatro egipcio y el occidental

El presente trabajo pretende aproximar al lector en lengua española a al-Farāfīr, una obra teatral emblemática escrita por uno de los grandes genios de la literatura árabe moderna, Yūsuf Idrīs, considerado de forma unánime por la crítica como un símbolo destacado de la literatura y el pensamiento árabes del siglo XX. Posiblemente al-Farāfīr de Yūsuf Idrīs sea la obra teatral árabe que más y mayores polémicas haya levantado en el siglo XX. Las discusiones acerca de todos los aspectos de la obra han sido seguramente de las más encendidas de toda la dramaturgia árabe y, sin duda, del teatro egipcio. Es una obra atrevida en su forma y su ideología. Al-Farāfīr no entró en las vidas de los egipcios de una forma sosegada como la mayoría de las obras teatrales. Al contrario, todos se preguntaron: ¿Es éste un verdadero teatro egipcio o no? ¿Al-Farāfīr se diferencia de las obras teatrales conocidas en Occidente? ¿Tiene más rasgos egipcios que otras obras teatrales? ¿Al-Farāfīr es egipcia u occidental? En el siguiente artículo intentaremos responder a todas estas preguntas.This paper aims to provide the reader with Spanish language al-Farāfīr, a symbolic play written by one of the great geniuses of modern Arabic literature, Yusuf Idris, unanimously considered by critics as an outstanding symbol of the literature and the twentieth century Arab thought. Perhaps al-Farāfīr of Yusuf Idris is the play more and more controversial has been lifted in the twentieth century. Discussions on all aspects of the work have been probably the most burning of all Arabic drama, no doubt, the Egyptian Theatre. It is a daring work in its form and ideology. Al-Farāfīr not enter into the lives of the Egyptians in a quiet as most of the plays. On the contrary, all wondered: Is this a real Egyptian theatre or not? Al-Farāfīr differs from the known plays in the West? Do you have more features than other plays Egyptians? Al-Farāfīr is Egyptian or Western? The following article will try to answer all these questions

Dificultades en la traducción de al-Farāfīr de Yūsuf Idrīs

En este artículo hablamos en primer lugar de la obra teatral al-Farāfīr de Yūsuf Idrīs. Abordamos las dificultades de la traducción del árabe dialectal egipcio al castellano. Nos hemos acercado al término al-Farāfīr desde un punto de vista lingüístico y pragmático. Exponemos la dificultad de la traducción literaria entre dos lenguas pertenecientes a ámbitos socio-culturales muy diferentes.In this article we analyze the play entitled al-Farāfīr by Yusuf Idris. We approach the difficulties of translating it from Egyptian Arabic dialect to Spanish. In addition, we analyze the term al-Farāfīr from a linguistic and pragmatic point of view. We describe the difficulty of literary translation between two languages that belong to very different socio-cultural milieux

Asteroid exploration and utilization: The Hawking explorer

The Earth is nearing depletion of its natural resources at a time when human beings are rapidly expanding the frontiers of space. The resources which may exist on asteroids could have enormous potential for aiding and enhancing human space exploration as well as life on Earth. With the possibly limitless opportunities that exist, it is clear that asteroids are the next step for human existence in space. This report comprises the efforts of NEW WORLDS, Inc. to develop a comprehensive design for an asteroid exploration/sample return mission. This mission is a precursor to proof-of-concept missions that will investigate the validity of mining and materials processing on an asteroid. Project STONER (Systematic Transfer of Near Earth Resources) is based on two utilization scenarios: (1) moving an asteroid to an advantageous location for use by Earth; and (2) mining an asteroids and transporting raw materials back to Earth. The asteroid explorer/sample return mission is designed in the context of both scenarios and is the first phase of a long range plane for humans to utilize asteroid resources. The report concentrates specifically on the selection of the most promising asteroids for exploration and the development of an exploration scenario. Future utilization as well as subsystem requirements of an asteroid sample return probe are also addressed