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The study of stolen love : Iṟaiyanār kaḷaviyal. With Commentary by Nakkīraṉār (Revised edition)
No full textOriginal edition published by Scholars Press, 1997.International audienceThe Study of Stolen Love, with Nakkīrar’s commentary, is the earliest Tamil prose work still in existence, and its influence remains clear and strong today. The work consists of three strands: A series of ancient Tamil sutras, Nakkīrar’s explication of those sutras, and the elegantly beautiful ancient court poems he has chosen to illustrate his points. In so doing he lays out the prescribed conventions that govern the composition and appreciation of akam, or “interior” poems—often called ‘love’ poems—and their literary contexts, as well as the critical apparatus that has structured commentaries by classical Tamil scholars down through the centuries, including the current era. This translation was done collaboratively by David C. Buck and the late K. Paramasivam, and originally published in 1997. The revised edition revisits notes from the first edition, and includes a new Introduction that brings the work up to date and places the Tamil original more firmly in its historical context.The Study of Stolen Love, avec le commentaire de Nakkīrar, est le plus ancien ouvrage en prose tamoule connu à ce jour et son influence demeure aujourd’hui encore évidente et forte. L’œuvre est constituée de trois éléments, les sutras en tamoul ancien, leur explication par Nakkīrar et les très beaux poèmes de cour anciens qu’il a choisis en illustration de son propos. Ce faisant, il établit les bases des conventions imposées qui règlent la composition et l’évaluation des poèmes d’akam, ou ‘intérieur’ – souvent appelés poèmes ‘d’amour’ –, et leurs contextes littéraires, aussi bien que tout l’appareil critique qui a structuré les commentaires des savants tamouls classiques à travers les siècles, y compris la période contemporaine. Cette traduction a été faite en collaboration par David C. Buck et le regretté K. Paramasivam et publiée dans sa version originale en 1997. Cette édition révisée a corrigé les notes de la première édition et comprend une introduction nouvelle qui met l’ouvrage à jour et intègre plus précisément l’original tamoul dans son contexte historique
Dr. Paramasivam harumkan nama Malaysia di Mauritius
Get PDFPORT LOUIS (Mauritius), 18 Mac - Profesor Madya Dr. Paramasivam Muthusamy, pensyarah daripada Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) telah menerima Anugerah Khas Sijil Pengiktirafan Mauritius daripada Perdana Menteri Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth dalam satu Majlis Sambutan Ulangtahun ke-80 Mauritius Tamil League malam tadi
Dr. Paramasivam terima anugerah atas usaha promosi bahasa Tamil
Get PDFAFRIKA SELATAN – Prof. Madya Dr. M. Paramasivam dari Fakulti Bahasa Moden dan Komunikasi (FBMK), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) menerima Sijil Penghargaan atas sumbangannya dalam memberi tunjuk ajar dan mempromosi Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya Tamil di Afrika Selatan
Data for: Structural and electrical characteristics of nanocrystalline La2Sn2O7 pyrochlore
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Protective design agaist dispropotionate collapse of RC and Steel framed buildings
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The Murrah building collapse: a reassessment of the transfer girder
No full textThe bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building caused a progressive collapse that consumed nearly one half of the building, killing 168 people. The use of a transfer girder along the front face of the building is often cited as the prime reason for the severity of the incident, although this paper provides evidence that suggests the transfer girder may not have been responsible. A method of predicting column failures due to blast is introduced and used to accurately predict the column failure pattern observed during the forensic investigation. The frame was adjusted with the transfer girder replaced with a conventional beam column arrangement. The failure pattern of the reconfigured building indicates that the extent of the collapse would be largely unchanged. This finding has important implications for the design of buildings that may be subjected to accidental or malicious damage. It is argued that the other buildings have demonstrated an ability to survive similar incidents and that the Murrah Building was vulnerable because it combined a glazed façade with open plan architecture, in addition to lacking alternative load paths capable of redistributing loads after multiple column failure
Performance Study of BLDC Motor Used in Wireless Medical Applications
No full textWireless network technology has created a new era of living, starting from day-to-day house hold appliances to space applications, wireless communication has its place. Especially in medical electronics wireless communication, has taken the patient monitoring and clinical diagnosis to next level, capsule endoscopy, remote repository system and gastrointestinal tract exploration are some samples. In most of these applications the wireless communication is used to control the position of the Brushless DC (BLDC) motor placed in these devices to move it to acquire the required data or control the speed of the motor. This paper deals with the study of the performance such BLDC motor employed in medical analyzer. The BLDC motor transfer function model is obtained from the motor parameters and analyzed with various soft computing algorithms, to understand which algorithm gives effective performance metrics
The prevention of disproportionate collapse using catenary action
No full textDisproportionate collapse occurs when the removal of load bearing members (one or more columns, or load bearing walls) causes localized structural damage which leads to further loss of load bearing members and, ultimately, to the collapse of whole or part of the structure. The accidental load, carried by the removed column can be transferred to nearby columns either by beam action or by catenary action. Simple connections such as fin plate, double angle web cleat and flexible end plate connections are routinely assumed to be compliant with the tying force design method, which aims to ensure that column loads are redistributed via catenary action in the event of damage. This is feasible only if the joints have sufficient ductility as well as tensile strength. Semi-rigid and rigid connections redistribute the column loads through beam action, provided that the connections have sufficient rotation capacity. This investigation demonstrates that the beam-column joints (simple and semi-rigid connections) in many designs have insufficient ductility to successfully bridge damaged columns. In simple (nominally pinned) connections, a couple can develop between beam flange and column due to insufficient joint ductility. The resulting prying action is shown to cause early joint fracture and subsequently to lead to progressive failure. In semi-rigid connections, the beam remains elastic and the con-nections plastify, leading to early joint failure
Blast loading on concrete framed structures
No full textDisproportionate collapse occurs when the removal of load bearing members (one or more columns, or load bearing walls) results in localized structural damage which leads to further loss of load bearing members and, ultimately, to the collapse of whole or part of the structure. It is often necessary to design critical load bearing elements to resist the effects of blast if a structure is considered at risk from attack. This necessitates the estimation of blast load and its effects on load bearing elements. This paper discusses the assessment of blast load and its effect on building frames. It also briefly introduces a method for evaluating the strength of reinforced concrete structures, subjected to intense blast loading. As a case study, the Murrah Building collapse is considered, in which direct blast pressure resulted in the brisance failure of a column and the shearing of two columns. This local failure of load bearing elements resulted in a progressive collapse that destroyed half the floor area of the building, with the loss of 168 lives. This building frame reanalyzed without the use of a transfer girders that have been cited as partly responsible for the extent of the collapse
Estimating safe scaled distances for columns subjected to blast
Get PDFThis paper is concerned with determining the minimum stand-off distance required to prevent column failures in reinforced concrete framed buildings. This is of interest because column failures can initiate progressive collapse resulting in mass casualties. A technique is developed to determine the critical range at which failure will occur for a given weight of explosives and thus provide a safe scaled distance. The method is used to carry out a parametric study of a range of reinforced concrete columns of variable dimensions and strengths. The corresponding data were used to predict safe scaled distances for columns (with and without clearing). These values can be used to estimate the minimum stand-off distance required to prevent progressive collapses of buildings that may be subjected to deliberate blast loading
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