Simulating Destructive and Constructive Morphodynamic Processes in Steep Beaches

The morphodynamic responses of artificial embayed beaches to storm events

The morphological changes caused by storm events in two Barcelona beaches were recorded using video monitoring techniques during the period 2001–2006. Changes in shoreline position and configuration and submerged bar position and shape were analyzed during the 25 major storm events that occurred during the study period. Beach responses to storms were grouped into three categories: shoreline adv...

Phenomenology of love: The Destructive and Constructive Nature of Love

Love, this eminent humane experience, has been explored not only by writers and poets, but also by philosophers, psychologists and even experimental scientists. This paper aims to discuss a novel aspect in phenomenology of love, as the concept of destructive and constructive nature of love, which is to the best of our knowledge, presented for the first time. The fundamental idea of this paper w...

Towards constructive and destructive dynamic network configuration

Non-Destructive and Partially Destructive Determination of Residual Stress States with Steep Subsurface Gradients

X-ray residual stress analysis is a well established tool for the determination of nearsurface residual stress states. If a homogeneous, macroscopically isotropic polycrystalline material is investigated using the well established standard methods of X-ray residual stress analysis like the sin21C,-method [l], the DSlle-Hauk-method [2], or the q-integral method [3] which are summarized and syste...

Instability and Irrationality: Destructive and Constructive Services within Intelligent Environments

Does chance have a role in intelligent environments? In this work-inprogress paper we argue that chance and non-deterministic behaviour can play a fundamental and important role in intelligent environments. We discuss how this behaviour can be both destructive and constructive. Underpinning our ideas is the view that intelligent environments may be seen as a complex system of interacting servic...