Inaug.--Diss.--Göttingen. / Vita.

Inaug.--Diss.--Göttingen. / Vita.

Issued also as Proefschrift, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. / "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [234]-237.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Appendix A is English translation of Kisō no keifu by Tsuji Nobuo. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 420-425).

Thesis (M.A.)--Western Washington University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references. Also issued online.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 50-75). Also available in print.

The in-plane vibration of a plate with an elliptic hole is studied. It is shown that standing waves whose wavelength is the same order of magnitude as the size of the hole are theoretically capable of causing microcracks which have been observed experimentally. Several approaches were used including reduction of the mixed boundary value problem to a Fredholm equation, and to a matrix eigenvalue problem. Contour curves of various stresses and displacements were obtained numerically. A new technique was developed for the solution of the wave equation appropriate for boundary conditions on an elliptical surface. / Ph. D.

published_or_final_version / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts

Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli by Ronald Firbank and Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf both liberate the text from the expected form to engage emotional awareness and instigate reform of societal standards. Employing Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of the carnivalesque and grotesque realism as a means to create this perspective is unconventional; nevertheless, Firbank, predominantly misunderstood, and Woolf, more regarded but largely misinterpreted, both address sexuality and religion to parody what they believe to be the retrogression of civilization by narrating christenings, pageants, and other forms of carnival. Both novels forefront nonconformity, and the conspicuous influence of debasement is identified as a form of salient renewal. Christopher Ames, Melba-Cuddy Keane, and Alice Fox have already expressed remarkable insight into Woolf; unfortunately not a single scholar has approached Firbank’s text in this manner, and this essay discusses the value of both authors in the aspect of Bakhktin’s theories. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection