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Real Danger (real + danger)
Selected AbstractsDangers relating to fires in carbon-fibre based composite materialFIRE AND MATERIALS, Issue 4 2005Tommy Hertzberg Abstract Inhalable carbon fibres have been suspected to pose similar threats to human health as asbestos fibres. It is well-known that fibres having a diameter of less than 3 µm might be inhaled and transported deep into the human respiratory system. Some composite materials use carbon fibres as structural reinforcement. These fibres do not pose any risks as such as they are firmly connected to the laminate and surrounded by a polymer matrix. Also, these fibres typically have diameters >6 µm and thus, are not inhalable. However, if the material is exposed to a fire, the carbon material might be oxidized and fractionated and thereby, inhalable fibres might be generated into the fire smoke. The capability of carbon fibre-based composite material to produce dangerous inhalable fibres from different combustion scenarios has been investigated. It was found that the risk of fires generating inhalable carbon fibres is related to the surface temperature, the oxygen level and the airflow field close to the material surface. The temperatures necessary for oxidation of the carbon fibre is so high that it is possible that only a flashover situation will pose any real danger. Other possible danger scenarios are highly intense fires (e.g. a liquid fuel fire), or situations where structural damage is part of the fire scenario. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] The Space-Time of Pre-emption: An Interview with Brian MassumiARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Issue 5 2010Charles Rice Abstract The philosopher BrianMassumi is known for his explorations of experience, art, media theory and politics and has recently turned his attention to understanding the impact that sustained fear has on perception in a post-9/11 world. In an interview with guest-editor CharlesRice, Massumi defines threat by distinguishing it from real danger and how it manifests itself in both civil and military spaces of pre-emptive action that are primed to the possibilities of attack. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Head Banging: Engineering Neutrality + the Parametric CeilingARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Issue 6 2009Francesca Hughes Abstract Through the work of Unit 15 at the Architectural Association in London, Francesca Hughes and Noam Andrews have been exploring the limits of parametric systems. Here Francesca Hughes questions whether parametricism has now hit a ,developmental ceiling'. What are the full cultural implications of the promised instantaneity of completed components in architectural production? Where does the ,strange engineered neutrality' of ,optimisation' take us? Is there a real danger that an ambivalence to context is returning us to the tabula rasa of Modernism?. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Still crazy after all these years: "the paranoid style in American politics"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDIES, Issue 2 2006Victor Wolfenstein Abstract In the US, the 9/11 attacks resulted in the instantaneous crystallization of a paranoid group formation, functioning as defense , not against the real dangers of the situation , but rather against an underlying, identity-shattering state of psychotic panic. This regressed collective emotional state was exploited by the Bush regime to initiate the war in Iraq, a war that plays out internationally the Ur-Fascistic tendencies that late capitalistic systems have difficulty containing. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | ||||||||||