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It's been over thirty-five years since the irrepressible Fraggles first hit the screen in the beloved children's television hit Fraggle Rock. Created by the legendary Jim Henson, along with Michael K. Frith, Jerry Juhl, Duncan Kenworthy, and Jocelyn Stevenson, Fraggle Rock remains a favorite of fans to this day. This delightful volume tells the incredible story of the bighearted show that helped instill open-minded values in a whole generation of viewers. Fraggle Rock: The Ultimate Visual History follows the show's creation, from early concepts to the incredible puppetry that brought the...

Stiffened steel plates have been used for many years especially in the fields of bridges, ships and towers. They are very efficient components of a structure, having both a high strength - to -weight ratio and a pleasing appearance. However, in some cases they have a tendency to buckle in one mode or even two simultaneous modes. In existing codes of practice designers have been supplied with many comprehensive rules so that they can calculate failure loads (collapse conditions) and the loads at which first yield occurs (serviceability conditions). A key calculation in each of these...

This text explains how the car, as a structure, behaves in various types of accidents. To understand this phenomenon, both the special features of car structures and the elementary physics of collisions are explained. These ideas are then applied to roll-overs, side impacts, head-on collisions etc, allowing the reader to analyze accidents. Soon it becomes apparent to readers that the international rules for the design of domestic car structures are inadequate in many respects. The book explains why racing drivers survive the severest of accidents but many ordinary motorists do not survive...