Univ., Diss., 2006--Kassel

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 129 p. : ill., map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96).

Thesis (M. A.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Neil Jumonville, Florida State Universsity, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 27, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 93 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis describes the measurement of high g-forces, in the range of 400-800g's occurring in a spinal construct during the breaking of the set-screw head using a manual torquing instrument. The measurements were validated using a high speed camera. The design torque (11 N-m) required for breaking the set-screw was compared with the torque calculated from the distortion energy theory for material fracture (9.9 N-m) and an actual measurement using a torque wrench (11.3 N-m). A comparison between the manual and powered instruments showed a 27.68% reduction in g-forces and a 36.42% reduction in die-down time while using the powered instrument. 8.52% less energy was felt on the adjoining screw. The consistency in the powered instrument is higher because the standard deviation using the manual instrument is 8.46, compared to the powered instrument which was 8.31. Also 25g's was recorded on the surgeon's wrist and elbow. Based on previous work done, the external work done by the surgeon was about 60-120 KJ. The onset of fatigue was apparent in consecutive break events as illustrated by the change in EMG parameters over time.

Dam failure mechanism produces the rapidly varied unsteady flow situation and the appropriate analysis to determine the flow condition is necessary. Over the world, more than 80,000 dams were constructed. There have been more than 200 distinguished dam failures occurred within the twentieth century. The history of dam construction exists together with the probability of dam failure causing casualties and catastrophic situations. As climate change effect has caused the change in flow situations, the safety concern in the dam is also necessary. Casualties and damages due to dam break events depend upon the depth, flow velocity, population distribution as per geography and warning time related to the time to reach the peak flow to the downstream areas. Prediction of actual breaching scenario is not certain and is related to the geographical and geological features of the site, embankment type, type of breach, reservoir storage and flow conditions. Estimating the accurate breaching scenarios and modeling of the dam break situation to characterize the hydrodynamic risk is necessary. Among the numerous techniques of modeling dam break situation, this study focused on the use of HEC-RAS for analyzing the dam break situation. Most of the simulation of a dam break situation used one-dimensional analysis to solve flow conditions after the break of the dam. The Latest development of HEC-RAS 2D capabilities is also used in conjunction with 1D HEC-RAS dam break analysis to compare and explore both analysis capabilities of HEC-RAS. The effect of HEC-RAS simulation altering the breaching conditions is analyzed for the dam failure case of Big Bay dam located in Lamar County, Mississippi. The study area is chosen to obtain the simulation of piping dam failure, which was the real cause of the dam failure event. In addition, the overtopping failure parameters established by the different breaching regression equations were analyzed. Results obtained with both one- dimensional and two- dimensional analysis is compared along with the modeling procedure and concept of analysis. From the analysis, it is found that the time of peak water surface elevation and its magnitude is responsible in determining the extent of vulnerable areas to the dam break scenarios. The present study showed the variation in peak flow condition between different breach parameters. Breach bottom width found to be more sensitive parameters in dam failure events. HEC-RAS analysis is found to be suitable to predict the uncertain hydraulic behavior of dam break situation.

Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-02T00:02:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_11317_ALAN VICTOR FERREIRA MODOLO .pdf: 4918358 bytes, checksum: 4f9210c521179af173132f3ad0f9737f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-24 / Ao longo do último século, o Dam Break Flow vem sendo estudado por muitos autores. A compreensão deste tipo de fenômeno é de grande relevância, uma vez que envolve aplicações em barragens que oferecem múltiplos benefícios para a humanidade. Porém, o rompimento de uma dessas barragens pode trazer consequências indesejáveis e imensuráveis para a sociedade e para o setor de mineração, por exemplo. Neste trabalho estamos interessados em entender como o número de Froude e as propriedades não-newtonianas, particularmente a viscoplasticidade, afetam o perfil de interface do escoamento e a distância alcançada pelo material após o Dam Break Flow. Tais resultados são comparados com o deslocamento de um fluido newtoniano. Através de uma simples abordagem experimental, uma solução de material viscoplástico ou newtoniana incialmente armazenada em um reservatório é instantaneamente liberada. As imagens do escoamento são capturadas durante o teste de duas maneiras diferentes. Uma é feita utilizando uma câmera CCD e a outra é através da Velocimetria por Imagem de Partícula. A partir das imagens obtidas pela câmera CCD, obtém-se um mapa do escoamento, com as suas respectivas velocidades, nível de líquido, formato das interfaces ar-líquido e distância percorrida pelo material são observadas. Já os resultados obtidos com o PIV, são para determinar o campo de velocidade dos momentos iniciais do Dam Break Flow para os diferentes tipos de materiais estudados. Neste trabalho, é mostrado que a plasticidade do material tem total influência sobre a distância alcançada pelo escoamento e também resultam em instabilidades ao longo do mesmo. Foi ainda identificado que o fluido viscoplástico alcança velocidades iniciais maiores que o caso newtoniano. Porém, no decorrer do escoamento, decrescem rapidamente. Quando analisado o caso viscoplástico para um leito com rugosidade, nota-se que para uma superfície lisa, há deslizamento do material de forma significativa para altos valores de plasticidade. Através da análise com PIV, foi constatado que a velocidade de frente de onda é um pouco menor do que a velocidade máxima obtida pelo escoamento. Palavras chave: Dam Break Flow, material viscoplástico, PIV, plasticidade, deslizamento.

This thesis seeks to explore how geometry, music, and architecture can all interweave with each other. Music is based on the harmonic ratios of geometry. These relationships can also be used to inform the geometries of architecture. As with the aesthetics of music, architecture, too, is not an exact science that must follow rigid geometric rules. A work of music is made more beautiful when it smartly breaks the rules of order and gracefully bends the rules of harmony. Similarly, architecture can bend and break the rules. This is an academic exploration of creating a building form that starts with the rigid set of rules of harmonic geometry, but bends and breaks them by passing them through a filter of perspective to derive a new set of rules. / Master of Architecture

Den första februari år 2015 infördes, i linje med motsvarande reglering i engelska Takeover Code, ett förbud mot budrelaterade arrangemang i takeover-reglerna. Vilka avtal förbudet omfattar och i vilka fall dispens kan beviljas utreds i det här arbetet. Bland annat på grund av dess nära relation till den svenska regleringen har dess engelska förebild getts en central roll i analysen. Några av de viktigaste slutsatserna är att irrevocables inte torde omfattas av förbudet och att vissa krav för hur budrelaterade arrangemang får utformas torde gälla även i de situationer då dispens enligt kommentaren till förbudet kan beviljas.

Fundamentado na mecânica da fratura, o conceito do Leak-Before-Break (LBB) \"Vazamento Antes da Falha\" considera que um vazamento proveniente de uma trinca pode ser detectado antes de alcançar um tamanho crítico que implique na falha da tubulação, ou seja, a análise do LBB demostra através de uma justificativa técnica que a probabilidade de ruptura da tubulação é extremamente baixa. Dentre os aspectos que envolvem a aplicação do LBB, os principais são: a definição das propriedades do material, que são extraídos através de ensaios à tração e à fratura; a análise do vazamento, que determina a taxa de vazamento devido à presença de uma trinca passante; e a análise que verifica se a trinca é estável considerando os modos de falha por rasgamento dúctil e por colapso plástico. Os materiais SA-508 Cl. 3, SA-106 Gr. B e SA-376-TP304 foram avaliados quanto aos seus desempenhos para o LBB. Utilizaram-se dados extraídos de casos da literatura para as propriedades dos materiais, e para a geometria e carregamentos da tubulação, todos correspondentes ao circuito primário de um reator PWR. Após aplicação do LBB, constatou-se que todos os três materiais atenderam os limites do estabelecidos na metodologia. Verificou-se que os materiais SA-508 Cl. 3 e SA-376-TP304 mostraram o melhor desempenho para falha por rasgamento dúctil e falha por colapso plástico, respectivamente, e o material SA-106 Gr. B teve o menor desempenho em ambos. Todos os três materiais apresentaram o colapso plástico como modo de falha mais provável. De uma forma generalizada, o material SA-376-TP304 obteve o melhor desempenho para o LBB dentre os três materiais avaliados neste trabalho. / Based on the fracture mechanics, the Leak-Before-Break (LBB) concept considers that a leakage from a crack can be detected before reaching a critical size that implies the pipe failure, that is, the LBB analysis demonstrates through a technical justification that the probability of pipe rupture is extremely low. Among the aspects that involve the application of LBB, the main ones are: the definition of the material properties, which are obtained through tensile and fracture tests; the leakage analysis, which determines the rate of leakage due to the presence of a through-wall crack; and the analysis that verifies if the crack is stable considering the failure modes by ductile tearing and plastic collapse. The materials SA-508 Cl. 3, SA-106 Gr. B and SA-376-TP304 were evaluated in relation to their performances for LBB. Data obtained from literature cases were used for the materials properties, and for the geometry and loadings of the pipe, all corresponding to the primary circuit of a PWR reactor. After application of the LBB, it was verified that all three materials met the limits established in the methodology. The materials SA-508 Cl. 3 and SA-376-TP304 showed the best performance for ductile tearing failure and plastic collapse failure, respectively, and the material SA-106 Gr. B material had the lowest performance in both. All three materials presented plastic collapse as the most likely failure mode. In general, the material SA-376-TP304 obtained the best performance for the LBB among the three materials evaluated in this work.