Limträbågar med lång spännvidd har ofta ett väldigt högt och slankt tvärsnitt. Detta medför risk för vippningsinstabilitet. En jämnsymmetrisk belastning av bågen ställer oftast inte till något problem, men då bågen belastas osymmetriskt uppkommer stora böjmoment som ökar risken för instabilitet markant. Raka balkar som belastas med punktlaster eller utbredda laster får ett tryck i balkens överkanGlulam arches with long span often have a very high and slender cross-section. This may cause lateral torsional buckling of the arch. A symmetrical loading doesn’t usually become a problem, but if the arch is loaded asymmetrical there will be large bending moments that increases the risk of instability significantly. Straight beams that are subjected to point loads or distributed loading will be s

Since a ship is movable and on the same time a very high-priced asset, a ship owner in debt may be very tempted to move it outside a creditor´s reach. Fortunate for the creditor it exist a legal mechanism that hinders this, it is referred to as “arrest of ship”. The purpose of this paper is to outline the current legal position in Sweden regarding arrest of ships and to discuss the specific proble

As the global economy expands, international carriage of goods is playing a more and more important role all over the world. Interdependence of shipping with other commercial activities including insurance is one of the features of international carriage of goods. In the present international business climate, insurance contract is an effective method through which one recovers losses from underwr

Syftet med examensarbetet är att fånga den diskussion som förs om princip- och regelbaserade regelverk, vilken konkretiseras genom en utvärdering av svensk normgivning. En tvärsnittsdesign och en kvantitativ forskningsstrategi har använts i uppsatsen, med ett deduktivt förhållningssätt till teorin. För att analysera resultatet har en univariat analysmetod använts. Uppsatsens teoretiska perspekt

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur målkonflikter mellan ett statligt ägt företag och dess intressenter hanteras. Till hjälp använder vi oss av intressentmodellen och applicerar denna på vårt valda företag.

Purpose: This thesis provides insights in the perceived values and the level of involvement associated with buying organic food among occasional organic consumers in Sweden. Methodology: Based on the framework of the actors approach and using an abductive methodological perspective, this thesis has been constructed with a qualitative research strategy, and carried out through in-depth interviews.

Abstract: Since 9/11 a lot of attention has been paid to fragile states and state failure has also become an issue for the EU. EU elites frequently refer to the EU as a ‘force for good in the world’. There is an extensive academic debate about what kind of power the EU is in world politics, and whether it can be described as a distinct normative power. In this comparative study of ten fragile stat

In response to the challenges that modern societies pose for citizen participation in representative democracies, theories of participatory democracy are experiencing a revival. Whereas the means suggested to reach the participatory end are numerous, focus is on the local level and its potential to serve as a breeding ground for the enhancement of political citizen participation. For the same reas

Att veckohandla är inte den enklaste vardagssysslan i dagens moderna samhälle. I livsmedelsbutiker bombarderas man av en mängd olika kommunikativa budskap, märkningar och symboler som indikerar vilka varor som innehåller minst socker, minst fett eller som odlats under rättvisa arbetsvillkor. Olika symboler och produktmärkningar i livsmedelsbutiker kommunicerar om det finns risker i de livsmedel so

Seasonal forecasting is not an easy task to deal with. A number of large scale atmospheric phenomena, e.g. Northern Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Scandinavia (SCA) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) affect the climate in Sweden and the effect on rivers is an integration of all the complex inter-relation among all these atmospheric phenomena. In this Master thesis, the river discharge from 107 st

The pressure on businesses to act ethically and to get involved in the development area has increased. At the same time, the strength of sportsas a vehicle for development is highlighted from various worldly respected leaders and organizations. The research maps the emerging field of businesses responsibility, development andsport in Kenya. Fifteen companies, which operate in the Kenyan market, ar

Regionalism, that has been always with us in different forms throughout the history and emerged as an alternative theory after the end of Cold War, enables us to explain new world order. Since the end of WWII, there are two types of regionalism explaining the dynamics of regional formations. The one that came into question from the end of WWII till end of Cold War is names as ‘old’ regionalism and

This essay analyzes several characters, events and dilemmas in Drew Karpyshyn's Mass Effect-trilogy using the moral philosophical theory called 'the principle of equal interests', a theory developed by Australian philosohper Peter Singer. The aim of these analyses is to demonstrate that the novels are written in such a way that the dilemmas presented are morally ambigious, and as such

Detta examensarbete i miljörätt behandlar avfallsproblematiken, närmare bestämt vem regleringen av omhändertagande av avfall riktar sig till. Avfallsregleringen vänder sig mot tre adressater&semic kommuner, producenter och privatpersoner. Vem som ansvarar för avfallet beror på avfallets art. Kommunen ansvarar för insamling och omhändertagande av hushållsavfall. Producenter ansvarar för avfall