All materials in dust form pose an increased risk of accidental deflagration, or explosion. For workplace safety, this risk of deflagration for a solid particulate sample is characterized through specialized dust explosibility testing systems. These systems disperse a cloud of powder inside a spherical chamber via a pressure gradient, where a timed ignition occurs. The accuracy of measurements taken during this process are predicated upon the assumption that the cloud of powder is uniformly distributed during the ignition period. Metal additive manufacturing (AM) is a rapidly expanding technology that, in some cases, involves heavy metal powders that do not disperse well in standard explosibility testing vessels. Consequently, there is a need to validate explosibility data for heavy metal powder blends to ensure that the dust sample is adequately dispersed in the chamber at the time of ignition. This thesis provides a method for employing optical dust probes to determine the concentration of a tungsten metal AM powder cloud inside an enclosed vessel. Optical dust probes are devices that measure light transmission through an attenuating medium, in this case a cloud of powder, and utilize Bouguer-Beer-Lambert (BBL) law to determine the concentration of particles. This thesis summarizes and synthesizes the assumptions and limitations of BBL law when used with optical dust probes, drawing from multiple published works with varying applications. The bounds of the average extinction efficiency are discussed, especially with respect to when the extinction paradox can be applied. Ultimately, it is determined that the BBL law can only be applied in this study to determine extinction coefficients, and that calculating a specific mass concentration value is theoretically misguided without specific modifications to the experimental setup. The extinction coefficients measured via an optical dust probe and a separate image analysis method are compared. Although no correlation could be established due to the limitations of this experimental setup, specific modifications are suggested that would enable this methodology to be used in future applications.

O objetivo principal deste trabalho é aplicar complexos de cobre(II), níquel(II), zinco(II) e nióbio(V) como fontes de metais em banhos de eletrodeposição. Os íons metálicos foram coordenados aos ligantes íon oxalato, íon citrato, etilenodiamina (EDA) ou tetraetilenopentamina (TEPA), os quais são aditivos orgânicos típicos em banhos de eletrodeposição. Os complexos foram caracterizados por análise elementar, espectroscopias nas regiões do infravermelho e ultravioleta-visível e voltametria cíclica. Foram realizadas eletrólises em presença de dois complexos de coordenação em ausência de quantias adicionais de aditivos, usando aço 1010 como substrato a pH = 4.5 (H2SO4/Na2SO4), resultando em depósitos com dois elementos metálicos. Os depósitos apresentaram aspectos morfológicos com boas qualidades e sem falhas. Em adição, os depósitos foram analisados por EDX, reflectância difusa e espectroscopia de raio-X e também foram realizadas medidas de curvas de polarização. Os depósitos obtidos a partir dos complexos gerados ex-situ mostraram morfologias melhores do que depósitos obtidos de soluções preparadas com os sais dos metais na presença dos aditivos, mediante as mesmas condições de trabalho. É sugerido que os metais de partida, coordenados a aditivos influenciam o processo de eletrodeposição, propiciando depósitos com potenciais de corrosão deslocados por até +200 mV em 0.5 mol.L-1 NaCl (1 mV.s-1). / The main goal of this work is to use copper(II), nickel(II), zinc(II) and niobium(V) complexes as metal plating source in electrodeposition baths. The metal ions were coordinated with oxalate, citrate, ethylenediamine (EDA) or tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) as ligands, which are typical organic additives in electroplating. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopies and cyclic voltammetry. The electrolyses in presence of two coordination complexes in the baths were carried out in absence of extra amount of additive, using 1010 steel as substrate at pH = 4.5 (H2SO4/Na2SO4). Deposits with two metal elements from the ex-situ generated complexes showed good quality morphologic aspect without crashes. Further, the deposits were analyzed by EDX, diffuse reflectance and X-ray spectroscopy and polarization curves were recorded. The deposits showed better morphologies than deposits obtained from the metal salt solutions in presence of additives under similar conditions. It is suggestive that the starting metal plating coordinated with additives influences the electrodeposition processes, affording deposits with corrosion potentials shifted over +200 mV in 0.5 mol.L-1 NaCl (1 mV.s-1).

O objetivo principal deste trabalho é aplicar complexos de cobre(II), níquel(II), zinco(II) e nióbio(V) como fontes de metais em banhos de eletrodeposição. Os íons metálicos foram coordenados aos ligantes íon oxalato, íon citrato, etilenodiamina (EDA) ou tetraetilenopentamina (TEPA), os quais são aditivos orgânicos típicos em banhos de eletrodeposição. Os complexos foram caracterizados por análise elementar, espectroscopias nas regiões do infravermelho e ultravioleta-visível e voltametria cíclica. Foram realizadas eletrólises em presença de dois complexos de coordenação em ausência de quantias adicionais de aditivos, usando aço 1010 como substrato a pH = 4.5 (H2SO4/Na2SO4), resultando em depósitos com dois elementos metálicos. Os depósitos apresentaram aspectos morfológicos com boas qualidades e sem falhas. Em adição, os depósitos foram analisados por EDX, reflectância difusa e espectroscopia de raio-X e também foram realizadas medidas de curvas de polarização. Os depósitos obtidos a partir dos complexos gerados ex-situ mostraram morfologias melhores do que depósitos obtidos de soluções preparadas com os sais dos metais na presença dos aditivos, mediante as mesmas condições de trabalho. É sugerido que os metais de partida, coordenados a aditivos influenciam o processo de eletrodeposição, propiciando depósitos com potenciais de corrosão deslocados por até +200 mV em 0.5 mol.L-1 NaCl (1 mV.s-1). / The main goal of this work is to use copper(II), nickel(II), zinc(II) and niobium(V) complexes as metal plating source in electrodeposition baths. The metal ions were coordinated with oxalate, citrate, ethylenediamine (EDA) or tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) as ligands, which are typical organic additives in electroplating. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopies and cyclic voltammetry. The electrolyses in presence of two coordination complexes in the baths were carried out in absence of extra amount of additive, using 1010 steel as substrate at pH = 4.5 (H2SO4/Na2SO4). Deposits with two metal elements from the ex-situ generated complexes showed good quality morphologic aspect without crashes. Further, the deposits were analyzed by EDX, diffuse reflectance and X-ray spectroscopy and polarization curves were recorded. The deposits showed better morphologies than deposits obtained from the metal salt solutions in presence of additives under similar conditions. It is suggestive that the starting metal plating coordinated with additives influences the electrodeposition processes, affording deposits with corrosion potentials shifted over +200 mV in 0.5 mol.L-1 NaCl (1 mV.s-1).

This thesis deals vith the design of welding torch holder using topology optimization and lattice structure. The objective of this thesis is gaining knowledge about topology optimization in different software and aplication of methods to that part. Conclusion of this thesis is about production design and economic evaluation.

<p>U disertaciji su predstavljena istraživanja uticajnih parametara u procesu izrade alata za utiskivanje tehnikom aditivne proizvodnje, tačnije tehnikom deponovanja istopljenog materijala (FDM). Izrađena je kontrolna grupa alata za utiskivanje konvencionalnom tehnikom hemijskog nagrizanja i SLA tehnikom 3D štampe. Cilj istraživanja je definisanje optimalnih procesnih parametara izrade alata za<br />utiskivanje FDM tehnikom štampe. Ustanovljena je metodologija za karakterizaciju proizvodnih parametara koja se može primeniti na ostale tehnike aditivne proizvodnje. Analizom dobijenih rezultata i zaključaka istraživanja ustanovljena su ograničenja i mogućnosti zamene konvencionalnih alata za utiskivanje alatima izrađenim tehnikama 3D štampe.</p> / <p>The study of the influencing parameters in the production process of embossing dies using Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) additive manufacturing technique, was investigated in this dissertation. Embossing dies, produced using conventional chemical etching and vat photopolymerization technique, were developed as a control group. This research aims to define the optimal process parameters of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) in embossing dies manufacturing. A new methodology for the characterisation of production parameters, which can be applied to other additive production techniques, has been established. By analysing the results and the conclusions of this research, the possibility of replacing<br />conventional embossing dies produced using 3D printing techniques has been established as well as its limitations.</p>

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Resumo: O experimento teve por objetivo avaliar a influência dos aditivos fitogênicos (AF) e ácidos orgânicos (AO), isolados ou associados, sobre a metabolizabilidade dos nutrientes da dieta bem como, avaliar o desempenho e características de carcaça de frangos de corte. Foram realizados dois ensaios em delineamento inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 2 x 2 + 1 com cinco tratamentos sendo constituídos de dieta controle (DC); DC + AF; DC + AO; DC + AF + AO; DC + avilamicina + monensina sódica. No experimento I foram realizados dois ensaios de metabolismo para determinar os coeficientes de metabolizabilidade dos nutrientes da dieta nas fases inicial e crescimento, utilizando 125 frangos de corte machos. No experimento II foram utilizados 2520 pintos de um dia de idade alojados em 40 unidades experimentais e, avaliou-se o desempenho e características de carcaça. Os aditivos fitogênicos e ácidos orgânicos isolados ou associados melhoram a metabolizabilidade dos nutrientes da dieta e substituem os antibióticos melhoradores de desempenho. O uso de ácidos orgânicos isoladamente ou associados aos aditivos fitogênicos em dietas de frangos de corte melhoram o desempenho das aves em relação a dietas isentas de antibióticos melhoradores de crescimento aos 42 dias de idade. Aditivos fitogênicos e ácidos orgânicos isolados e associados proporcionam melhores características de carcaça / Abstract: The experiment evaluated the influence of isolated or associated phytogenics additive (FA) and organic acids (OA) on nutrient metabolization, performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. Two experiments were conducted in a completely randomized design with 2 x 2 + 1 factorial arrangement of treatments. There were five treatments described as follows: control diet (CD), CD+FA, CD+OA, CD+FA+OA and CD + avilamicin + monesin sodium. In the first experiment a total of 125 male broilers were divided in two metabolism trials to determine the coefficients of metabolizability of the nutrients of starter and grower diets. In the second experiment, 2520 one-day-old chicks were housed in 40 experimental units to evaluate the performance and carcass characteristics. The phytogenics additive and organic acids, isolated or combined, improve the nutrient metabolization of the diet and replace the antibiotics for growth promotion. The use of isolated organic acids or combined with phytogenics additive in diets for broilers improve the chicken performance compared with free growth promoter diets at 42 days old. Isolated or associated phytogenics additive (FA) and organic acids (OA) provided better carcass characteristics / Orientador: José Roberto Sartori / Coorientador: Elisabeth Gonzales / Banca: Marcos Barcellos Café / Banca: Alfredo Sampaio Carrijo / Banca: Adriano Sakai Okamoto / Banca: Antonio Carlos Pezzato / Doutor

Orientador: Keith S. Brown / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T07:04:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ribeiro_DaniloBandini_M.pdf: 1560413 bytes, checksum: 25362ae9c6cf74ddd7a7472869b4c1a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Atualmente grande parte da Mata Atlântica do Estado de São Paulo encontra-se distribuída em fragmentos de diferentes tamanhos. Estudos anteriores indicam que a fragmentação florestal afeta a comunidade de borboletas podendo alterar sua composição e diversidade. Tendo em vista a importância de se conhecer a fauna destes remanescentes florestais, o presente trabalho teve por objetivo caracterizar a guilda de borboletas frugívoras de dez remanescentes florestais (11 a 83 hectares) no Alto Paraíba - SP e verificar se a diversidade deste grupo se distribui de maneira aleatória no tempo e no espaço. Os fragmentos encontram-se inseridos em uma matriz composta principalmente por campos ruderais, áreas de pecuária extensiva e áreas de silvicultura. As amostragens foram feitas mensalmente utilizando-se armadilhas modelo ¿Van Someren-Rydon¿. A cada mês as armadilhas permaneceram abertas no campo por oito dias consecutivos. Como isca foi utilizada uma mistura de banana com caldo de cana fermentada por 48h. A hipótese de que as borboletas frugívoras se distribuem aleatoriamente no tempo e no espaço foi testada através da partição temporal e espacial da diversidade total. Durante 13 meses foram amostradas 6488 borboletas frugívoras pertencentes a 73 espécies e cinco subfamílias. Segundo os estimadores de riqueza Chao 2 e Jacknife a guilda de borboletas frugívoras foi quase totalmente amostrada, e provavelmente o número de borboletas que estão presentes na comunidade e não foram amostradas está entre duas e 10 espécies (Chao 2 = 80,56 + 5,96; Jacknife = 83,89 + 3,46). Esta riqueza é equivalente à encontrada em ambientes com características semelhantes, porém com um menor grau de perturbação humana e fragmentação como a Serra do Japi -SP e a Reserva do Morro Grande ¿ SP, demonstrando que apesar do avançado processo de fragmentação na região do Alto Paraíba, os remanescentes florestais ainda retêm uma boa parte da riqueza que seria esperada para a região. Segundo as análises de similaridade, as comunidades dos fragmentos são muito parecidas entre si. Apesar desta grande semelhança, existem pequenas diferenças na composição de espécies das guildas que podem ser verificadas em testes mais sensíveis a estas diferenças como as análises de entorno e de partição de diversidade. As análises de entorno demonstraram que a composição e abundância das comunidades de borboletas frugívoras são fortemente determinadas pela vegetação que se encontra em seu entorno imediato (em um raio de 100m em torno da unidade amostral). A partição aditiva da diversidade mostrou que as borboletas se encontram mais agrupadas do que o esperado ao acaso tanto temporalmente como espacialmente, porém isto ocorre somente nas menores escalas analisadas. Provavelmente os recursos e condições favoráveis para a ocorrência destes insetos são distribuídos de forma agregada no tempo e no espaço, resultando na agregação das espécies e indivíduos. Estes resultados podem nortear a criação de protocolos mais eficientes que facilitem a produção de inventários de borboletas frugívoras e reiteram seu potencial como indicadores ambientais. Os padrões verificados neste estudo demonstram que a escala de paisagem não é a mais importante na estruturação da comunidade de borboletas frugívoras, mas sim os fatores locais, resultando em padrões mais consistentes observados nas menores escalas em ambas as abordagens utilizadas / Abstract: Most of the Atlantic Forest in the State of São Paulo occurs in fragments of various sizes. Previous studies indicate that forest fragmentation affects the butterfly community, changing its composition and diversity. In view of the importance of knowing the fauna of these forest remainders, the present work had the objective to characterize the assemblage of fruit-feeding butterflies of ten forest fragments (ranging from 11 to 83 hectares) in the Upper Paraíba River Basin - SP and verify if the diversity of this group is randomly distributed in time and space. The fragments are in a matrix composed of anthropogenic scrub, areas of extensive cattle pasture and areas of Eucalyptus plantation. The samplings were made monthly using "Van Someren-Rydon" traps. In each month the traps remained open in the field for eight consecutive days. A mixture of banana with sugar cane juice fermented for 48h was used as bait. The hypothesis that the fruit-feeding butterflies are randomly distributed in time and space was tested using additive partitioning of diversity. During 13 months 6488 individuals of 73 species and five subfamilies of fruit-feeding butterflies were sampled. According to the Chao 2 and Jacknife estimators the assemblage of fruit-feeding butterflies was almost totally sampled; the number of butterflies present in the community but not sampled is between two and 10 species (Chao 2 = 80.56 + 5.96; Jacknife = 83.89 + 3.46). These results are equivalent to those found in environments with similar characteristics but with less human disturbance and fragmentation, such as the Serra do Japi (SP) and the Reserva do Morro Grande (SP), showing that despite the extensive fragmentation of natural vegetation in the region of the Upper Paraíba River Basin - SP, the forest remants still retain much of the diversity expected in the region. Similarity analyses showed that the communities in the fragments are very similar to one another. Despite this great similarity, small differences in the composition of species assemblages can be verified in more sensible tests like the analysis of the surroundings and additive partitioning of diversity. Surroundings analysis showed that the composition and abundance of the assemblages are strongly determined by the vegetation of the immediate surroundings (radius of 100m around the sample unit). Additive partitioning of diversity showed that the butterflies species were more grouped than expected in space and time, principally at the small scales examined. Probably, the favorable resources and conditions for the occurrence of these insects are not randomly distributed in time and space, resulting in the aggregation of species and individuals. These results can guide the creation of more efficient protocols to help inventories of fruit-feeding butterflies, and reaffirm their potential as indicators. The patterns verified in this study show that the landscape scale is not the most important in determining the assemblage of fruit-feeding butterflies. Local factors give more consistent patterns, observed in the small scales in both analyses used. / Mestrado / Mestre em Ecologia

We address the problem of image denoising for additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN), Poisson noise, and Chi-squared noise scenarios. Thermal noise in electronic circuitry in camera hardware can be modeled as AWGN. Poisson noise is used to model the randomness associated with photon counting during image acquisition. Chi-squared noise statistics are appropriate in imaging modalities such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). AWGN is additive, while Poisson noise is neither additive nor multiplicative. Although Chi-squared noise is derived from AWGN statistics, it is non-additive. Mean-square error (MSE) is the most widely used metric to quantify denoising performance. In parametric denoising approaches, the optimal parameters of the denoising function are chosen by employing a minimum mean-square-error (MMSE) criterion. However, the dependence of MSE on the noise-free signal makes MSE computation infeasible in practical scenarios. We circumvent the problem by adopting an MSE estimation approach. The ground-truth-independent estimates of MSE are Stein’s unbiased risk estimate (SURE), Poisson unbiased risk estimate (PURE) and Chi-square unbiased risk estimate (CURE) for AWGN, Poison and Chi-square noise models, respectively. The denoising function is optimized to achieve maximum noise suppression by minimizing the MSE estimates. We have chosen the bilateral filter as the denoising function. Bilateral filter is a nonlinear edge-preserving smoother. The performance of the bilateral filter is governed by the choice of its parameters, which can be optimized to minimize the MSE or its estimate. However, in practical scenarios, MSE cannot be computed due to inaccessibility of the noise-free image. We derive SURE, PURE, and CURE in the context of bilateral filtering and compute the parameters of the bilateral filter that yield the minimum cost (SURE/PURE/CURE). On processing the noisy input with bilateral filter whose optimal parameters are chosen by minimizing MSE estimates (SURE/PURE/CURE), we obtain the estimate closest to the ground truth. We denote the bilateral filter with optimal parameters as SURE-optimal bilateral filter (SOBF), PURE-optimal bilateral filter (POBF) and CURE-optimal bilateral filter (COBF) for AWGN, Poisson and Chi-Squared noise scenarios, respectively. In addition to the globally optimal bilateral filters (SOBF and POBF), we propose spatially adaptive bilateral filter variants, namely, SURE-optimal patch-based bilateral filter (SPBF) and PURE-optimal patch-based bilateral filter (PPBF). SPBF and PPBF yield significant improvements in performance and preserve edges better when compared with their globally-optimal counterparts, SOBF and POBF, respectively. We also propose the SURE-optimal multiresolution bilateral filter (SMBF) where we couple SOBF with wavelet thresholding. For Poisson noise suppression, we propose PURE-optimal multiresolution bilateral filter (PMBF), which is the Poisson counterpart of SMBF. We com-pare the performance of SMBF and PMBF with the state-of-the-art denoising algorithms for AWGN and Poisson noise, respectively. The proposed multiresolution-based bilateral filtering techniques yield denoising performance that is competent with that of the state-of-the-art techniques.