Merkmale und Beweggrunde eines "flexiblen Menschen" herauszufinden hatte von Beginn meines Entschlusses, daruber zu promovieren, (anfangs unbewusst, spater bewusster) auch mit mir selbst zu tun, mit meinem eigenen nomadischen Lebensweg uber viele Stadte und Dorfer der Bundesrepublik. Eingeflossen sind Wertvorstellungen und Erfahrungen meiner Eltern, Margot und Wolfgang Schroder, aus ihrer eigenen Geschichte als aktive Mitstreiter in der Arbeiter- wegung in beiden deutschen Staaten, ebenso wie Denkanstoe von Wolf und Frigga Haug, sich die herrschende Wirklichkeit uber die "Philosophie der...

This book presents the latest findings in experimental plasticity, crystal plasticity, phase transitions, advanced mathematical modeling of finite plasticity and multi-scale modeling, as well as contemporary applications in material design and processing.

This bestselling German textbook, now available in English, presents undergraduates in mechanical and civil engineering with a clear knowledge of engineering mechanics. It covers numerous topics, and each chapter contains a variety of problems and solutions.

Ruralurban Territories in the Metropolitan Region Hamburg. Scenario drawing and pattern analysis are seen as evolving innovative tools for spatial characterisation and visioning. The design research shown in this book contributes to the project Regiobranding. Targeting three areas in the Metropolitan Region Hamburg, the project aims at regional visions for new rural-urban alliances in a deeply transforming spatial context. Scenarios and patterns are displayed as accelerators in knowledge and decision processes linked to the concept of Regiobranding to combine imagery, economic positioning,...

How can dynamic factors and dynamic phenomena outside of metropolitan cores be displayed for debates of territorial futures? Dynamics of Periphery showcases emerging creative and resilient habitat futures to develop concepts for metropolitan, urban, and rural networkswith a perspective not on urban margins, but on new centres for community. The atlas displays integrative process-design, pro-active context-building, and conceptual narratives as accelerators of change and new concepts in urbanism. These new concepts combine bottom-up and participatory approaches, the use of territorial capital,...