Essays about: "military 1950"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words military 1950.

  1. 1. A Numerical Approach for Wind Tunnel Noise Control

    University essay from KTH/Marcus Wallenberg Laboratoriet MWL

    Author : Hampus Dall; Robert Palm; [2021]
    Keywords : Technical Acoustics; ANC; Active Noise Control; Superposition; Wind Tunnel; Wingsuit; Indoor Wingsuit; Higher Order Modal Acoustic Field Beyond Plane Wave Region; Numerical Acoustic Simulations; Teknisk Akustik; Aktiv Brusreducering; Superposition; Vindtunnel; Flygning med ekorrdräkt inomhus; Högre ordningens akustisk modanalys bortom planvågsteori; Numeriska akustiska simuleringar;

    Abstract : A wind tunnel from the 1950s located in Bromma, Stockholm, once used for military research is today used for commercial activities. Today the tunnel is used for indoor wingsuit flight and the facility has an interest in reducing the overall noise generated by the tunnel. Acoustic measurements indicate noise problems in the 50 Hz range. READ MORE

  3. 2. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pontus Viberg; [2019]
    Keywords : power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

    Abstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE

  4. 3. Drilling for time: ice cores and the synchronization of temporalities in glaciology, 1935-1978

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

    Author : Erik Isberg; [2018]
    Keywords : ice cores; Arctic science; temporalities; Environmental humanities; climate modelling; history of science; Willi Dansgaard; Anthropocene; synchronization; temporal regimes; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Since their emergence in the 1950’s, ice cores have ventured from being scientific objects of concern to a limited number of glaciologists to becoming one of the most iconic representations of anthropogenic climate change. This thesis aims to historicize the way in which ice cores became enrolled into climate discourse, particularly emphasizing the production and representation of temporalities of the global climate that the ice cores made possible. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring Structural Factors for Civilian Control over the Military

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Takuya Koimaru; [2016]
    Keywords : civil-military relations; civilian control over the military;

    Abstract : Many scholars have been arguing with possible driving factors for civilian control over the military for decades, however there has been no consensus as to concrete factors. So far, only empirical analysis has been dominant in this field of study, and no study has ever tested their validity from a global perspective through statistics. READ MORE

  6. 5. Distance Measurements Using Ultra Wideband

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH)

    Author : Md. Iqbal Hossain; [2012]
    Keywords : UWB; Master thesis;

    Abstract : Ultra wideband (UWB) is vastly under consideration of research industry that promises high data rata, low power consumption and economic solution. UWB was in use of military since 1950’s. In 2002 Federal communication commission (FCC) approved the use of 3.1-10. READ MORE