This thesis deals with the effect of pressure coupling on the
stresses in shells having geometric discontinuities. The problems
are, 1) cylinder with an axially symmetric thickness change and
2) cylinder with a hemispherical end closure. Solutions to the
above problems are based on differential equations that included the
straightening...
Based on the author's ethnographic research at the Karakuwa fishing community in Japan, this thesis explains a cultural process of the local people's synthesis of the values they place on nature and their everyday behavior in a modern industrial world. Explicated by ethnographic narrative, this study focuses on a revitalization...