Effects of temperature in relation to sheet metal stamping

The demand to reduce the use of lubricants and increase tool life in sheet metal stamping has resulted in increased research on the sliding contact between the tool and the sheet materials. Unlubricated sliding wear tests for soft carbon steel sliding on D2 tool steel were performed using a pin-on-disk tribometer. The results revealed that temperature has an influencing role in the wear of tool steel and that material transfer between tool and sheet can be minimized at a certain temperature range in sheet metal stamping.

The role of hegemony in secessionist movements : the case study of the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria

The aim of the article is to analyse the secessionist phenomenon by applying the concept of hegemony. Based on critical realist interpretations of the concept, it is argued that hegemonic practice incorporates both inter-subjective and structural aspects. The inter-subjective aspect of hegemony places emphasis on the relations between social groups and the way hegemonic practice leads social agents towards political projects that secure consensus in favour of the interest of particular elites. The structural character of hegemonic practice is evident in the reproduction of social conditions and values that underlie the relations between social agents both globally and domestically. Accordingly, the inter-subjective character of secession as hegemonic practice is evident in the organization of social agents towards a political option (territorial separatism) to the extent that it serves the goals of certain elites. The sturctural aspect of secessionist practice is hegeminic because it reproduces international structures that tend to associate political organization with ethnicity at the state level. The analysis then turns to the case study of Transnistria in Moldova as an empirical illustration of the two tendencies of hegemonic practice in secessionist politics leading ot useful conclusions both for the case study in particular and the study of secession in general. 

Negotiating sustainable peace in separatist context

This volume examines the various aspects of territorial separatism, focusing on how and why separatist movements arise.

Introduction: territorial separatism in context

This volume examines the various aspects of territorial separatism, focusing on how and why separatist movements arise.

Conclusion

This volume examines the various aspects of territorial separatism, focusing on how and why separatist movements arise.

Secessionist aspects to the Buddhist-Muslim sectarian conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar

This volume examines the various aspects of territorial separatism, focusing on how and why separatist movements arise.

Territorial separatism in global politics : causes, outcomes and resolution

This volume examines the various aspects of territorial separatism, focusing on how and why separatist movements arise.