A pele é constituída por duas camadas: a epiderme e a derme sendo que a camada mais superficial da epiderme, o estrato córneo, camada mais superficial da pele é responsável pela sua função de barreira. Os hidratantes são formulações destinadas a manter o conteúdo de água na pele, uma vez que a hidratação é essencial para manter a função barreira íntegra. Assim, emulsões fluídas e semi-fluídas como as nanoemulsões, que apresentam glóbulos na faixa de 20-200 nm estão sendo amplamente utilizadas como veículos em produtos cosméticos por apresentarem vantagens em relação às macroemulsões, como melhor espalhabilidade e penetração, além de possuírem uma maior estabilidade cinética. O emprego de óleos vegetais como constituintes das nanoemulsões tem sido cada vez mais notório, uma vez que esses óleos são capazes de repor as frações lipídicas da pele hidratando-a. Desta forma, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo obter e caracterizar nanoemulsões O/A a base de óleo de framboesa, maracujá e pêssego e avaliar as propriedades cosméticas da formulação. A atividade antioxidante dos óleos foi avaliada por meio do método do DPPH. O EHL da fase oleosa foi então determinado utilizando-se os tensoativos lipofílicos monolaurato de sorbitano e mono-oleato de sorbitano e os tensoativos hidrofílicos polissorbato 20 , polissorbato 80 e PEG 36 castor oil combinados entre si de modo a originar 5 sistemas binários. A nanoemulsão foi obtida pela metodologia EPI (Emulsion phase inversion), utilizando-se os tensoativos lipofílicos monooleato de sorbitano e PEG-15 castor oil e os tensoativos hidrofílicos PEG-30, PEG-36, PEG-40 e PEG-54 castor oil combinados entre si, e as características físico-químicas da nanoemulsão foram determinadas. A nanoemulsão estável e com menor tamanho de glóbulo foi aditivada de (i) lanolina etoxilada e (ii) lanolina acetilada em diferentes concentrações e as alterações nas características físico-quimicas das nanoemulsões foram avaliadas. As nanoemulsões aditivadas de lanolina acetilada e lanolina etoxilada foram submetidas a testes de estabilidade preliminar e acelerada e a avaliação da influência dos derivados de lanolina na hidratação, oleosidade, valor de pH cutâneo e formação de eritema foram avaliados. A mistura dos óleos apresentou maior atividade antioxidante que os óleos separadamente. O EHL requerido para a fase oleosa da emulsão foi igual a 9 e nanoemulsões com menor tamanho de glóbulos foram obtidas com o par de tensoativos monooleato de sorbitano e PEG 36 castor oil. A lanolina tanto etoxilada quanto acetilada provocou alterações nas propriedades físico-químicas da nanoemulsão inicial. Frente aos testes de estabilidade, a formulação aditivada de lanolina etoxilada mostrou-se mais estável que a formulação aditivada de lanolina acetilada. As nanoemulsões aditivadas de derivados de lanolina provocaram maior hidratação da pele e aumento da oleosidade quando comparada a nanoemulsão não aditivada, não havendo alteração no valor de pH cutâneo e formação de eritema quando as formulações (tanto aditivadas quanto não aditivada) foram aplicadas. / The skin consists of two layers: the epidermis and dermis. The most superficial layer of the epidermis, the stratum corneum is responsible for barrier function, so moisturizing formulations are designed to maintain the water content in the skin, since hydration is essential for maintaining the barrier function intact. Thus, fluid and semi-fluid emulsions as the nanoemulsions that present droplets in the range of 20-200 nm are widely used in cosmetics as vehicles because they present advantages over macroemulsões as better spreadability and penetration, and they have greater stability kinetics. The use of vegetable oils as components of the nanoemulsion has been increasingly clear, since these oils are able to replace the lipid fractions of skin moisturizing it, and they have other activities of cosmetic concern. Thus, this study aims to obtain and characterize O/W nanoemulsions composed by raspberry, passion fruit and peach oils and evaluate the cosmetic properties of the formulation. The antioxidant activity of the oils was evaluated by the DPPH method. The HLB of the oil phase was then determined using the lipophilic surfactants sorbitan monolaurate and sorbitan monooleate and the hydrophilic surfactants polysorbate 20, polysorbate 80 and PEG 36 castor oil combined among themselves in order to create five binary systems. The nanoemulsion was obtained by the methodology EPI (Emulsion phase inversion), using the lipophilic surfactants sorbitan monooleate, PEG-15 castor oil and hydrophilic surfactants PEG-30, PEG-36, PEG-40 and PEG-54 castor oil combined among themselves, and the physicochemical characteristics of the nanoemulsion was determined. The stable nanoemulsion and with smaller droplet size was additivated (i) ethoxylated lanolin and (ii) acetylated lanolin in different concentrations and changes in physico-chemical properties of nano-emulsions were evaluated. Nanoemulsions were tested for primary and accelerated stability and the influence of derived from lanolin in hydration, skin pH, oily skin and training erythema were evaluated. The mixture of the oils showed higher antioxidant activity than oils separately. The required HLB for the oil phase of emulsion was equal to 9 and nanoemulsion with smaller droplet size were obtained with the pair of surfactants sorbitan monooleate, PEG 36 castor oil. Ethoxylated an acetylated lanolin caused changes in physico-chemical properties of nanoemulsions. The formulation additivated of ethoxylated lanolin was more stable than the formulation additivated of acetylated lanolin front accelerated stability testing. Nanoemulsions additivated of lanolin derivatives caused a higher skin hydration and increase oily skin when compared to the nanoemulsion without additives, with no change in the value of skin pH and erythema formation when the formulations (both with additives and without additives) were applied.

This dissertation deals with three research topics; i) the catcher bearings life prediction method, ii) the Morton effect, and iii) the two dimensional modified Reynolds equation. Firstly, catcher bearings (CB) are an essential component for rotating machine with active magnetic bearings (AMBs) suspensions. The CB's role is to protect the magnetic bearing and other close clearance component in the event of an AMB failure. The contact load, the Hertzian stress, and the sub/surface shear stress between rotor, races, and balls are calculated, using a nonlinear ball bearing model with thermal growth, during the rotor drop event. Fatigue life of the CB in terms of the number of drop occurrences prior to failure is calculated by applying the Rainflow Counting Algorithm to the sub/surface shear stress-time history. Numerical simulations including high fidelity bearing models and a Timoshenko beam finite element rotor model show that CB life is dramatically reduced when high-speed backward whirl occurs. Secondly, the theoretical models and simulation results about the synchronous thermal instability phenomenon known as Morton Effect is presented in this dissertation. A transient analysis of the rotor supported by tilting pad journal bearing is performed to obtain asymmetric temperature distribution of the journal by solving variable viscosity Reynolds equation, energy equation, heat conduction equation, and equations of motion for rotor. The tilting pad bearing is fully nonlinear model. In addition, thermal mode approach and staggered integration scheme are utilized in order to reduce computation time. The simulation results indicate that the temperature of the journal varies sinusoidally along the circumferential direction and linearly across the diameter, and the vibration envelope increased and decreased, which considers as a limit cycle that is stable oscillation of the envelope of the amplitude of synchronous vibration. Thirdly, the Reynolds equation plays an important role to predict pressure distribution in the fluid film for the fluid film bearing analysis. One of the assumptions on the Reynolds equation is that the viscosity is independent of pressure. This assumption is still valid for most fluid film bearing applications, in which the maximum pressure is less than 1 GPa. In elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) which the lubricant is subjected to extremely high pressure, however, the pressure independent viscosity assumption should be reconsidered. With considering pressure-dependent viscosity, the 2D modified Reynolds equation is derived in this study. The solutions of 2D modified Reynolds equation is compared with that of the classical Reynolds equation for the plain journal bearing and ball bearing cases. The pressure distribution obtained from modified equation is slightly higher pressures than the classical Reynolds equations. / PDF file replaced 10-21-2012 at the request of the Thesis Office.

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A pele é constituída por duas camadas: a epiderme e a derme sendo que a camada mais superficial da epiderme, o estrato córneo, camada mais superficial da pele é responsável pela sua função de barreira. Os hidratantes são formulações destinadas a manter o conteúdo de água na pele, uma vez que a hidratação é essencial para manter a função barreira íntegra. Assim, emulsões fluídas e semi-fluídas como as nanoemulsões, que apresentam glóbulos na faixa de 20-200 nm estão sendo amplamente utilizadas como veículos em produtos cosméticos por apresentarem vantagens em relação às macroemulsões, como melhor espalhabilidade e penetração, além de possuírem uma maior estabilidade cinética. O emprego de óleos vegetais como constituintes das nanoemulsões tem sido cada vez mais notório, uma vez que esses óleos são capazes de repor as frações lipídicas da pele hidratando-a. Desta forma, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo obter e caracterizar nanoemulsões O/A a base de óleo de framboesa, maracujá e pêssego e avaliar as propriedades cosméticas da formulação. A atividade antioxidante dos óleos foi avaliada por meio do método do DPPH. O EHL da fase oleosa foi então determinado utilizando-se os tensoativos lipofílicos monolaurato de sorbitano e mono-oleato de sorbitano e os tensoativos hidrofílicos polissorbato 20 , polissorbato 80 e PEG 36 castor oil combinados entre si de modo a originar 5 sistemas binários. A nanoemulsão foi obtida pela metodologia EPI (Emulsion phase inversion), utilizando-se os tensoativos lipofílicos monooleato de sorbitano e PEG-15 castor oil e os tensoativos hidrofílicos PEG-30, PEG-36, PEG-40 e PEG-54 castor oil combinados entre si, e as características físico-químicas da nanoemulsão foram determinadas. A nanoemulsão estável e com menor tamanho de glóbulo foi aditivada de (i) lanolina etoxilada e (ii) lanolina acetilada em diferentes concentrações e as alterações nas características físico-quimicas das nanoemulsões foram avaliadas. As nanoemulsões aditivadas de lanolina acetilada e lanolina etoxilada foram submetidas a testes de estabilidade preliminar e acelerada e a avaliação da influência dos derivados de lanolina na hidratação, oleosidade, valor de pH cutâneo e formação de eritema foram avaliados. A mistura dos óleos apresentou maior atividade antioxidante que os óleos separadamente. O EHL requerido para a fase oleosa da emulsão foi igual a 9 e nanoemulsões com menor tamanho de glóbulos foram obtidas com o par de tensoativos monooleato de sorbitano e PEG 36 castor oil. A lanolina tanto etoxilada quanto acetilada provocou alterações nas propriedades físico-químicas da nanoemulsão inicial. Frente aos testes de estabilidade, a formulação aditivada de lanolina etoxilada mostrou-se mais estável que a formulação aditivada de lanolina acetilada. As nanoemulsões aditivadas de derivados de lanolina provocaram maior hidratação da pele e aumento da oleosidade quando comparada a nanoemulsão não aditivada, não havendo alteração no valor de pH cutâneo e formação de eritema quando as formulações (tanto aditivadas quanto não aditivada) foram aplicadas. / The skin consists of two layers: the epidermis and dermis. The most superficial layer of the epidermis, the stratum corneum is responsible for barrier function, so moisturizing formulations are designed to maintain the water content in the skin, since hydration is essential for maintaining the barrier function intact. Thus, fluid and semi-fluid emulsions as the nanoemulsions that present droplets in the range of 20-200 nm are widely used in cosmetics as vehicles because they present advantages over macroemulsões as better spreadability and penetration, and they have greater stability kinetics. The use of vegetable oils as components of the nanoemulsion has been increasingly clear, since these oils are able to replace the lipid fractions of skin moisturizing it, and they have other activities of cosmetic concern. Thus, this study aims to obtain and characterize O/W nanoemulsions composed by raspberry, passion fruit and peach oils and evaluate the cosmetic properties of the formulation. The antioxidant activity of the oils was evaluated by the DPPH method. The HLB of the oil phase was then determined using the lipophilic surfactants sorbitan monolaurate and sorbitan monooleate and the hydrophilic surfactants polysorbate 20, polysorbate 80 and PEG 36 castor oil combined among themselves in order to create five binary systems. The nanoemulsion was obtained by the methodology EPI (Emulsion phase inversion), using the lipophilic surfactants sorbitan monooleate, PEG-15 castor oil and hydrophilic surfactants PEG-30, PEG-36, PEG-40 and PEG-54 castor oil combined among themselves, and the physicochemical characteristics of the nanoemulsion was determined. The stable nanoemulsion and with smaller droplet size was additivated (i) ethoxylated lanolin and (ii) acetylated lanolin in different concentrations and changes in physico-chemical properties of nano-emulsions were evaluated. Nanoemulsions were tested for primary and accelerated stability and the influence of derived from lanolin in hydration, skin pH, oily skin and training erythema were evaluated. The mixture of the oils showed higher antioxidant activity than oils separately. The required HLB for the oil phase of emulsion was equal to 9 and nanoemulsion with smaller droplet size were obtained with the pair of surfactants sorbitan monooleate, PEG 36 castor oil. Ethoxylated an acetylated lanolin caused changes in physico-chemical properties of nanoemulsions. The formulation additivated of ethoxylated lanolin was more stable than the formulation additivated of acetylated lanolin front accelerated stability testing. Nanoemulsions additivated of lanolin derivatives caused a higher skin hydration and increase oily skin when compared to the nanoemulsion without additives, with no change in the value of skin pH and erythema formation when the formulations (both with additives and without additives) were applied.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to describe the influence of individual operating parameters on thickness and temperature distribution of elastohydrodynamic contact under high slip ratio. In this work, the distribution of the lubricant film thickness is determined by optical interferometry and the temperature mapping in EHL contact is realized by infrared microscopy. Two optical filters were used to separate the radiation of contact surfaces and oil. Temperature of disk surface was measured using a sapphire disk with chromium layer that shielded radiation from ball and oil. The experimental device was modified to simulate the conditions of the various vectors between entrainment and sliding speed. The results extend existing information about behavior of EHL contact under high slip ratio conditions.

The purpose of this thesis is to reveal production mechanisms of lubrication films between non-conformal surfaces in situations, when is not possible to designate lubrication regime as fully flooded elastohydrodynamic contact. Under certain conditions of lubrication volume, rolling speeds, temperatures, lubrication properties or loads could lubrication film decrease under values determined by fully flooded formulas. This regime is designated as starvation at it includes risk of increased wear. In this thesis the methodology and the new simulator of starving contact are described. Obtained film thickness results are compared with existing numerical models.

Currently tribological laboratories are looking for a new type of solid ingredients, to create a lubricating composition with minimal friction, heat resistant, with particles well dispersed in oils, sedimentation stable, improving the running properties and to minimize the concentration of solids. Nanodiamonds (DND) could exhibit the possible solution. These particles (in nanometers size) have very good physical and chemical properties, high hardness and resistance. The main advantages are effectiveness at low concentrations, compatibility with various types of oils or environmental safety (carbon additive, unlike metal) in a comparison with other types of additives. However, it is necessary to study these ingredients. The aim of research was to examine the influence of diamond nanoparticles on friction in a lubricated contact (elastohydrodynamic mode). Using tribological equipment, 3D optical profilometer and a microscope, we compared and evaluated using oil with diamond nanoparticles as well as without them. The research focused on the behavior of nanoparticles in contact and the effect they have on friction. To assess these properties of nanodiamonds, EHD optical tribometer was used (this is a device designed for the study of thin lubricating films). 3D optical profilometer and a microscope to assess the wear. And to determine the relationship between the coefficient of friction (COF) and time, Mini Traction Machine was used.

This thesis deals with the experimental study of the formation of the lubricating film used for sintered metal parts impregnated with oil. The thickness of the lubricating film in a line contact is measured by the method of optical interferometry of thin lubricating films. In this thesis, the effects of various operating parameters on the formation of the lubricating film are described. The usage of impregnated lubricant leads to insufficient supply of lubricant to the contact. Individual results are significantly influenced by the degree of flooding of the contact area.

<p>Positive displacement gear machines are widely used in a variety of industrial applications ranging from fuel injection applications to fluid handling systems to fluid power machinery. Simulation models for these machines are increasingly being developed with greater applicability and more accuracy to meet the industry needs. In this work, a research study is done on contact forces in positive displacement gear machines towards improving the accuracy of the simulation models, which can help gain insights on the underlying physics that govern the performance of the machines.</p> <p><br></p> <p>First, the importance of considering contact forces in simulating a positive displacement gear machine is addressed. For this purpose, an orbit motor reference unit is chosen. A multi-domain simulation tool to evaluate the performance of this reference unit, considering contact features, is developed. The approach for creating the simulation tool is based on coupling of different models: pre-processor tools are created that can provide information needed by fluid dynamic model; a 2D CFD model is created that can evaluate leakages through the lubricating gaps based on pressures from fluid dynamic model; and a fluid dynamic model that can accept inputs from other models and evaluate the primary flow of the unit using a lumped parameter approach. This approach allows an accurate prediction of performance characteristics of orbit unit and the results are compared with those of experiments in terms of flow rate (maximum deviation up to 2.5%) and torque (maximum deviation up to 10%). Variation of performance of the unit by modification of contact features is presented, thus drawing the importance of contact forces in simulating a positive displacement gear machine.</p> <p><br></p> <p>After presenting the importance of contact forces, emphasis is placed on creating an accurate model of the traction contact force, in terms of traction coefficient. The traction coefficient is evaluated  by solving a mixed thermal EHL system, for the case of lubricated non-conformal contacts, considering possible asperity effects and temperature change. A few required characteristics of the reference lubricant are obtained using experiments, along with asperity friction coefficient for the lubricant-solid combination for two different roughnesses. The solver is further validated, both in magnitude and trend, against experimental results for the variation of roughness and slide-to-roll ratio of the surfaces. The solver is further used to obtain curve-fit relations of the traction coefficient components with reasonable accuracy.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Lastly, the curve-fit relations of the traction coefficient are used to evaluate the meshing torque loss, and thus the hydro-mechanical efficiency for the case of two external gear machine units, having different gear flank roughnesses. The simulated hydro-mechanical efficiencies are further validated using the results from experiments, with a maximum deviation of up to 3%, but less than 0.5% deviation at many operating conditions. The experimentally obtained variation of hydro-mechanical efficiency with respect to gear flank roughness is captured in the simulations at majority of the operating conditions, thus laying emphasis on the importance of accurate contact force models.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The approaches followed in this work, along with the findings and proven accuracy with experiments, can be considered valuable and can be used to create simulation models that can capture the effects of interference/clearance and gear flank roughness on the performance of positive displacement gear units.</p>

ectroscopic reflectometry is measurement technique that enables the study of the thickness and refractive index of thin layers. This thesis deals with its use for the study of lubrication films within EHD contact and verifies a new approach suggested in recent publications. It is focused on the development of an optical arrangement and mathematical model for the lubrication film thickness measurement within the entire EHD contact. This technique brings the possibility to study the pressure distribution within the contact area through the evaluation of changes in lubricant refractive index.