535 research outputs found
Ruin in the films of Jia Zhangke
No full textThis article explores the reflection, representation and psychogeographic affect of the ruins in the films by the Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke (b. 1970). During the Maoist period, ruins were signs of developmental progression; as Mao Zedong proclaimed, ‘there is no construction without destruction ... Put destruction first, and in the process you have construction.’ The author argues that the ruins are not just the effects of China’s fast-paced modernization, but are also symbols of the destruction of Maoist society. Furthermore, by recording the state and act of destruction, these films enhance the phenomenological and affective aspects of the ruin. Finally, when construction is realized in the films (the construction from destruction), it is either threatening or ‘futuristic’; thus, both the ruin and construction estrange the previous residents from their environment by rejecting them from the places that they once lived and chronologically estrange them from the projected utopian future
Entrainment studies in cloud-like flows using novel scanning tomography technique
No full textClouds are one of the major sources of uncertainty in climate prediction.The present work is to study the dynamics of orographic clouds. We considered a planar turbulent wall jet with off source volumetric heating as an appropriate low order fluid-dynamical model for studying the turbulence and entrainment in orographic-clouds. Entrainment was found to reduce drastically with the off-source volumetric heat addition. We found that the reduction of entrainment started at a bulk-Richardson number which was an order of magnitude smaller than that seen in earlier experiments [1] on free standing cumulus clouds. This is consistent with observations in real orographic clouds which develop as a thin sheet rising along the mountain slope. We have developed a novel scanning tomography technique for getting concentration field in turbulent shear flows. This technique is being applied on cloud-like flow to understand the entrainment characteristics. Detailed results will be presented at the conference
Russian Religious Philosopher K.N. Leontiev: Personality Transformation in the Space of the Orthodox Culture of Athos
No full textAthos has always played a special role in the life of Russian society. She was always an example of the proper organization of monastic life for many Russian ascetics. Important trail she left in the life of the Russian intelligentsia. Its dispensation has transformed their attitude towards life and aspirations. This article describes the part of the life of the Russian religious philosopher K.N. Leontiev in the context of the impact space of the Orthodox culture of Athos. The author considers the question of spiritual transformation of the personality of the philosopher, examines the origins of several of his works, religious and philosophical views. The author pays special attention to the formation of the individual of K.N.Leontiev in early childhood and traces the impact of this in the future writer's biography. The author dwells in detail on the characteristics of the personality of the philosopher, as he believes that it is inseparable from his books.</jats:p
Dismantling the Myth of Nature and Naturalism in the Select Poems of K.N. Daruwalla
No full textThe most extensive journeys commence with a singular step. Naturalism also has its historical footprints. The evolution of realistic and naturalistic literature can be traced back to Émile Zola’s contributions. Subsequently, France introduced the principles of realism and naturalism to Britain. Good literature frequently transcends national boundaries. The naturalism of French literature soon became an integral part of British literature. In British literature, the spirit of naturalism flourished through the works of Joseph Conrad, a Polish-born author who wrote in English. The naturalistic movement in British literature has significantly influenced the evolution of Indian literature in English, demonstrating a substantial interconnection between these literary traditions and highlighting how cultural and historical contexts shape literary expression. This research explores the dynamics of this influence, examining key works and authors that illustrate the impact of British naturalism on the thematic and stylistic development of Indian English literature. It underwent a phenomenal transformation with the aid of a group of poets known as the ‘neo-modernists’. K.N. Daruwalla, the group leader, made this naturalistic temperament his Black Horse in riding the Odysseus journey of English literature by the Indians. This paper aims to explore the spirit of nature and naturalism in the poetry of K.N. Daruwalla
Modelling of the dynamic pressuremeter test in porous soil using analytical and numerical methods
No full textThe pressuremeter test is one of the most popular in-situ soil testing methods. Developed in the 1950s in France, the test has evolved throughout the past decades and was built into a cone resulting in a cone pressuremeter device (CPM). A proposed extension of the test involves time dependent pressurisation of the device resulting in wave propagation in the soil. Therefore, the dynamic behaviour can be determined. The possible applications of this extension include the response of an offshore monopole to dynamic loading and liquefaction analysis. The present research work deals with the modelling of the dynamic version of the pressuremeter test. The soil where the test was assumed to be conducted was saturated sand. Therefore, it was modelled as a porous medium, following the poroelastic theory by Biot (1956). The latter was based on the consolidation theory (Biot, 1941).Civil Engineering and GeosciencesGeoscience & Engineerin
Hybrid solution for the response of a rod with varying foundation stiffness subjected to a uniformly moving constant load
No full textAdditional ThesisCivil Engineering and GeosciencesStructural EngineeringStructural Mechanic
A Survey of Trans Fatty Acid Content in Commercial Edible Fats & Confections
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
A Critical Review on Trans Fatty Acids
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
Surface-wave retrieval using Seismic Interferometry by multi-dimensional deconvolution
No full textIn this thesis, seismic interferometry by multi dimensional deconvolution is used to retrieve the surface-wave response from a virtual source to a receiver by using the observations due to, often passive, noise sources located elsewhere. The virtual source response is used to retrieve the phase velocity, a property used for shallow subsurface velocity models.Applied Geophysics and PetrophysicsGeoscience & EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
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