Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1988.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Southern California, 1999. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1996. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Southern California, 1999. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

- / In the present diplomatic project is realised a process of measurements of the leakage current by the system of measurement that was manufactured by gentleman Sideraki, in the frames of his doctoral thesis. The measurements were realised in the substation 150 kV of Crete‟s system of transport and in the substation 150 kV of A.I.S. Linoperamaton. In the first chapter, is presented the phenomenon of the insulators‟ pollution, while it constitutes the prime cause of the leakage current. Here are presented the main causes of pollution, its unfavourable results as well as her ways of confrontation. There is an extensive report, in the use of multilateral insulators and multilateral coatings for the confrontation of the phenomenon of pollution. Particularly is stressed the hydrophobic characteristic of these materials which leads to the reduction of the quantity of pollution on the surface of the insulators. The second chapter, is a presentation of the work of various researchers over the world, in the effort of studying the leakage current and its connection with the phenomena of ageing and flashover. Also there are mentioned the experimental provisions that they used in the frames of their studies and are reported the mainer conclusions to which they were led. Common point of their conclusions constitutes the make of ascertainment that the biggest price of the leakage current, constitutes an unreliable indicator of description of the distressed insulator‟s surface, since important information on the situation of the surface we draw also from the waveform of the leakage current. In the third chapter there is a concise presentation of Fourier„s theory and transforming, while an extensive report in the distinguishable Fourier transforming (DFT) is also mentioned. Finally, is presented the fast Fourier transforming (FFT), which constitutes an algorithm of fast calculation of distinguishable transformation Fourier and is used among others for the spectrum analysis of signals of distinguishable time. In the fourth chapter, is realised the treatment of measurements, with the use of Labview for the study of the leakage current in the field of frequency. Leakage current‟s waveforms are categorized, with criteria, the lack of linearity and the presence of discharges or not and conclusions are exported on these waveforms, from their spectrum analysis.

The aim of this master thesis is to evaluate the results of selective post-excavation grouting with polyurethane resin in the subway of Stockholm.Dripping and leakage of water into hard rock tunnels is a costly and commonly occurring problem. Water leakage does not only lead to damage to tunnel installation but may also affect the area above the tunnel due to lowering of the ground water table. To solve this problem there are several methods to prevent water entering the tunnel or to divert it. One of the preventing methods are to grout using polyurethane based resins.This thesis evaluates a drip sealing project where eight point leakages where grouted during November 2015. Drip mapping was carried out before and after the grouting to evaluate the change in leakage amount to determine whether the grouting methodology is suitable for future projects. The drip mapping was carried out during a year before the sealing attempt to investigate the leakages natural variation and with greater certainty being able to evaluate the leakage change after the grouting had been carried out.The evaluation of the grouting showed that none of the point leakages were sealed to 100 %. Only three of the leakages decreased, four increased and one showed no change. The natural variations during the evaluation period, during and after the grouting attempt indicates a natural rise in leakage amount induced by an increase in precipitation and rising seasonal trend.The change in leakage amount for every leakage point was compared to geological and hydrogeological parameters to be able to explain the cause of the results and to determine which conditions the methodology depends on. The correlation with original leakage amount, grouting volume and hydraulic aperture where the strongest and could best be explained by second degree polynomials. By using the equations for the polynomials an interval could be determined where the grouting methodology theoretically would lead to the greatest decrease in leakage amount. There are some uncertainty in the interpretation whether a natural signal in the grouting results led to a correlation due to an internal coupling between the parameters.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar a capacidade de selamento apical de três materiais retrobturadores em dentes submetidos à infiltração microbiana por Enterococcus faecalis. Além de analisar a ocorrência da infiltração microbiana em relação à variável tempo. Para tal, foram utilizados 45 incisivos superiores permanentes humanos extraídos, instrumentados com o sistema rotatório ProTaper Universal (MAILLEFER) e obturados pela técnica Híbrida de Tagger, com cimento endodôntico: AH Plus (DENTSPLY). A apicetomia foi realizada com a remoção de 3mm do terço apical e o retropreparo confeccionado com pontas ultrasônicas. As amostras foram subdivididas, aleatoriamente, em três grupos com 15 dentes cada, e dois grupos controles. Os materiais utilizados para a retrobturação foram MTA branco (ANGELUS), Sealer 26 (Dentsply), Palacos-R (HERAEUS KULZER). Foram confeccionados dispositivos para fixação dos dentes aos tubos Eppendorfs. As amostras foram inoculadas com cepas de E. faecalis e incubadas a 37C, por um período de 60 dias, para análise da presença de turvação do meio Enterococosel. Para a realização da análise estatística foram utilizados os seguintes testes: Quiquadrado pela correção de Yates, Prova Exata de Fisher e pela curva de sobrevivência com os testes Mantel-Cox e o Gehan-Breslow-Wilcoxon. Os resultados mostraram que todos os grupos nos quais foi realizada a obturação e a posterior retrobturação apresentaram infiltração. Comparando todos os grupos, houve diferença significativa entre o Palacos-R e o Sealer 26. Mas não houve diferença significativa entre o Palacos-R e o MTA e nem do MTA com o Sealer 26. Em relação aos materiais retrobturadores, o Palacos-R obteve a menor infiltração, seguido do MTA branco e do Sealer 26. / The objective of this study was to compare the apical sealing ability of three root-end filling materials in teeth submitted to the microbial leakage by Enterococcus faecalis. Besides analyzing the occurrence of the microbial leakage in relation to the variable time.For such, 45 incisiv permanent superior teeth extracted from humans were used, which were instrumented with ProTaper Universal system (MAILLEFER) and filled by the Hybrid of Tagger compaction technique, with endodontic sealer: AH Plus (DENTSPLY). The apices were resected with the removal of 3mm of the apical third and the root-end cavities prepared with ultrasonic tips. The samples were subdivided, randomly, in three groups with 15 teeth each, and two control groups. The materials used for the retrofilling were white MTA (ANGELUS), Sealer26 (DENTSPLY), Palacos-R (HERAEUS KULZER). Devices were made for fixation of the teeth to the Eppendorf tubes. The filling samples were inoculated with strains of E. faecalis and incubated at 37C, for a period of 30 days, for analysis of the presence of turbidity of Enterococosel medium. For the accomplishment of the statistical analysis the following tests were used: Quisquare by Yates correction, Fisher Exact Test and survival curve testing Mantel-Cox and the Gehan-Breslow-Wilcoxon. The results showed that all the groups in which the filling was accomplished and the subsequent retrofilling presented leakage. Comparing all the groups, it had significant difference between the Palacos-R and Sealer 26. But it did not have significant difference between the Palacos-R and the MTA and nor of the MTA with Sealer 26. In regard to only the root-end filling materials, Palacos-R obtained the smallest leakage, followed by white MTA and Sealer26.

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / O objetivo deste trabalho consistiu na análise da infiltração apical em dentes retrobturados por três materiais: MTA, iROOT SP e Endo CPM Sealer. Para tal, foram utilizados 51 dentes humanos extraídos, incisivos centrais superiores, que foram instrumentados manualmente com limas tipo K, pela técnica Crown-down, obturados com compactação lateral e, após serem apicectomizados a 3mm aquém do ápice foram submetidos à retrobturação, com os três materiais propostos. As amostras foram divididas, randomicamente, em três grupos: GI MTA, GII iROOT SP e GIII Endo CPM Sealer, cada grupo com 15 amostras. Os dentes foram inseridos em tubos de eppendorfs, e feitos a impermeabilização do remanescente radicular utilizando duas camadas de cianocrilato, epóxi, e outra camada de esmalte. Em cada eppendorf foi adicionado caldo TSB estéril e uma suspensão de Enterococcos faecalis e adaptado ao frasco de vidro com meio de cultura enterococcosel. A infiltração bacteriana foi verificada pela turvação do meio de cultura. Após a análise no período de 60 dias, podemos concluir que durante esse tempo ocorreram infiltrações no Grupo I, 43,75 % das amostras apresentaram turvamento do meio de cultura demonstrando persistência da infecção. Já no Grupo II, 31,25 % das amostras tiveram crescimento bacteriano. Por fim no Grupo III, 25,00 % houve a infiltração. Grupos controle positivo e negativo para crescimento bacteriano foram realizados (n=3, cada). Os cimentos testados comportaram-se de maneira semelhante frente à infiltração bacteriana durante o período testado. / The objective of this study consisted in the analysis of apical leakage in retrofilled teeth by three materials: MTA, iROOT SP and Endo CPM Sealer. 51 extracted human central incisors were instrumented manually with K-type files by Crown-down technique, filled by lateral compactation and apicectomyzed to 3mm below the apex. Then, teeth were retrofilling with the three proposed materials. The samples were divided, randomly, in three groups: GI - MTA, GII - iROOT SP and GIII - Endo CPM Sealer, each group with 15 samples. Teeth were inserted into eppendorf tubes, and the remaining root were sealed using two layers of cyanoacrylate, epoxy, and another layer of nail varnish. In each eppendorf tube were added sterile TSB broth and a suspension of Enterococcos faecalis. The body proof was adapted to a glass bottle with culture medium Enterococcosel. The bacterial leakage was checked by turbidity of the culture medium. After analysis within 60 days the bacterial leakage was recorded: the Group I showed infiltration in 43.75% of body proof, the Group II in 31.25% and Group III 25%. Positive and negative control groups for bacterial growth were performed (n = 3, each). We can conclude that the tested cements behave similarly to bacterial infiltration front during the period tested.

A systematic and detailed design, building and testing of a high-sensitivity real-time magnetovision imaging system for non-destructive testing (NDT) was the purpose of the research presented here. The magnetic imaging systems developed were all based on an ultra-high sensitivity Quantum Well Hall Effect (QWHE) sensors, denoted as the P2A, which is based on GaAs-InGaAs-AlGaAs 2DEG heterostructures. The research progressed from 0D (single sensor) to 1D (linear array) to 2D (two dimensional arrays) testing modalities. Firstly, the measurement of thermal and shot noises, drift, detection limit, and dynamic offset cancellation of the QWHE sensor were studied in detail to set the framework and limitations of the fundamental QWHE sensors before their eventual use in the imaging systems developed subsequently. The results indicate that the measured data agrees well with calculations for thermal and shot noise when the input bias current is < 3 mA. The measured drift voltages of various QWHE sensors (P2A and P3A) are less than 200 µV when the sensor bias voltage is less than or equal to 2 V. A 4-direction dynamic offset cancellation technique was developed and the results show that the offset equivalent magnetic field of the QWHE sensors can be reduced from ~ 1mT to readings equal to the Earth magnetic field (~ 50 µT). Secondly, a flexible 16 × 1 array and a 32 × 2 staggered array magnetic-field scanners were designed, built, and tested. The QWHE magnetometer had a field strength resolution of 100 nT, and a measurement dynamic range of 138 dB. The flexible 16 × 1 magnetic field scanner can be used to test uneven and/or curved surfaces. This gives the flexible magnetic field scanner better inspection capabilities in both welding hump and circular pipe samples. By the staggered arrangement of two sensor arrays, a 15.4 point per inch horizontal spatial resolution can be achieved for the staggered 32 × 2 magnetic field scanner. Both direct and alternating magnetic flux leakage (DC and AC MFL) tests with the QWHE magnetometer were accomplished to obtain graphical 2-dimensional magnetic field distributions. Both the shape and the location of defects can be identified. The results show that the sensor has high sensitivity and linearity in a wide frequency range which makes it an optimum choice for AC-MFL testing and both ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic materials can be investigated. Thirdly, real-time 8 × 8 and 16  16 QWHE array magnetic-field cameras were designed, built, and tested. These prototypes can measure static magnetic field strengths in a 2-dimensional plane. Different shapes of magnets and magnetic field polarities can all be identified by the 8 × 8 magnetic field camera. The camera has a resolution of 3.05 mT, and a dynamic range of 66 dB (the minimum and maximum fields measurable are 3.05 mT and 6.25 mT) and a real time magnetic field measurement rate of 13 frames per second (FPS). By contrast the1616 array magnetic field camera has an improved sampling rate of 600 frame per second and with the use of an interpolation technique, a spatial resolution of 40.6 point per inch can be achieved. The minimum and maximum detectable magnetic field for this magnetic field camera are 1.8 µT and 29.5 mT respectively leading to a record dynamic range of 84 dB for high quality imaging. Finally, a novel, hand held, magnetovision system based on the real-time 16 × 16 QWHE array magnetic-field camera was developed for improved DC and AC electromagnetic NDT testing. The system uses a new super heterodyne technique for data acquisition using the QWHE sensor as a multiplier. This is the first report of such a technique in Hall effect magnetometry. The experimental results of five case studies demonstrate that the defects location and shape can be successfully measured with MFL in DC and AC magnetic field configurations including depth profiling. The major advantages of this real-time magnetic-field camera are: (1) its ease to use as a MFL testing equipment in both DC and AC NDT testing, (2) its ability to provide 2D graphical images similar to Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) but without its inherent health and safety drawbacks, (3) its capability to test both ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic materials for deep defects below the surface using low frequency alternating magnetic fields, and (4) its ability to identify materials (metals) by alternating external magnetic field illuminations, which has considerable potential in several applications such as security checking and labelling, magnetic markers for analysis, bio-imaging detection, and medical treatments amongst others.