Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlyssonRFB.pdf: 2167882 bytes, checksum: 8299a168b4ffa71ad51d65356a2a5ae5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-21 / The advantage in using vegetable fibres in place of synthetic fibres such as glass fibre, for reinforcements in composites are: biodegradability, low cost, low density, good tenacity, good thermal properties, low energy content and reduced use of instruments for its treatment or processing. Even though, problems related to low mechanical performance of some of the natural fibres, has caused difficulty in their direct application in structural elements. The use of alternative materials like hybrid composites has been encouraged, thus trying to better the structural performance of the composites with natural fibres. This work presents a comparative study of the strength and stiffness of hybrid composites with orthopthalic polyester matrix reinforced with E-fibre glass, jute and curau?. The experimental part includes uniaxial tension and three point bending tests to determine the mechanical properties of the final product. The hybrid composite was manufactured in a local industry and was in the form of laminates. All the samples were projected to withstand the possible structural applications as reservoirs and pipes. CH (laminated hybrid composite with glass and curau? fibres). The results obtained show clearly the influence of the hybridization in all the types tested and indicate a good mechanical performance of the composite with glass/curau? fibres in relation to the composite with glass fibres. Aspects in relation to the interfaces glass/curau? composites besides the fracture characteristics for all loading types were also analysed / As vantagens do uso de fibras vegetais sobre as fibras sint?ticas, como as fibras de vidro, no refor?o de comp?sitos s?o: biodegradabilidade, baixo custo, baixa densidade, boa tenacidade, boas propriedades t?rmicas e uso reduzido de instrumentos para o seu tratamento ou processamento. Por?m, problemas relacionados com o baixo desempenho mec?nico de algumas fibras naturais, t?m dificultado seu uso direto em elementos estruturais. Neste sentido, o aparecimento de materiais alternativos, como os comp?sitos h?bridos, vem sendo incentivado buscando-se melhorar o desempenho estrutural dos comp?sitos com fibras naturais. O presente trabalho de investiga??o apresenta um estudo comparativo da resist?ncia e rigidez de comp?sito de matriz poli?ster ortoft?lica refor?ada com fibras de vidro-E e h?brido com fibras naturais de curau?. A investiga??o experimental inclui testes de absor??o de umidade, tra??o uniaxial e de flex?o-em-tr?s-pontos para a determina??o das propriedades mec?nicas do produto final. Os comp?sitos de fibra de vidro e h?bridos s?o de fabrica??o industrial e foram desenvolvidos na forma de laminados. Todos foram projetados para atender poss?veis aplica??es estruturais como reservat?rios e tubula??es: Laminados de fibras de vidro (CV) e h?bridos (CH) (comp?sito laminado h?brido de fibras de vidro/curau?). Os refor?os utilizados nos comp?sitos foram na formas de tecidos aleat?rios (vidro-E) e mechas de fios cont?nuos (curau?). Os resultados obtidos mostram claramente a influ?ncia da hibridiza??o e meios de absor??o de umidade e indicam um bom desempenho mec?nico do comp?sito curau?/vidro. Tamb?m foram analisados aspectos referentes ? interface curau?/vidro e as caracter?sticas finais da fratura para todos os tipos de carregamentos estudados

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LeonardoPSR.pdf: 5835314 bytes, checksum: 12deb1964ac794f5dcc1b8fb3ba5e4c9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-12-26 / The advantages of the use of vegetable fibers on the synthetic fibers, such as glass fibers, in the reinforcements in composites are: low cost, low density, good tenacity, good thermal properties and reduced use of instruments for their treatment or processing. However, problems related to poor performance of some mechanical natural fibers, have hindered its direct use in structural elements. In this sense, the emergence of alternative materials such as hybrids composites, involving natural and synthetic fibers, has been encouraged by seeking to improve the performance of structural composites based only on natural fibers. The differences between the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of these fibers, especially facing the adverse environmental conditions such as the presence of moisture and ultraviolet radiation, is also becoming a concern in the final response of these composites. This piece of research presents a comparative study of the strength and stiffness between two composite, both of ortoftalic polyester matrix, one reinforced with fibers of glass-E (CV) and other hybrid reinforced with natural fibers of curau? and fiberglass-E (CH). All the comparative study is based on the influence of exposure to UV rays and steam heated water in composites, simulating the aging environment. The conditions for the tests are accelerated through the use of the aging chamber. The composites will be evaluated through tests of uniaxial static mechanical traction and bending on three points. The composite of glass fiber and hybrid manufacturing industry are using the rolling manual (hand lay-up) and have been developed in the form of composites. All were designed to meet possible structural applications such as tanks and pipes. The reinforcements used in composites were in the forms of short fiber glass-E quilts (450g/m2 - 5cm) of continuous wires and fuses (whose title was of 0.9 dtex) for the curau? fibers. The results clearly show the influence of aging on the environmental mechanical performance of the composite CV and CH. The issues concerning the final characteristics of the fracture for all types of cargoes studied were also analyzed / As vantagens do uso de fibras vegetais sobre as fibras sint?ticas, como as fibras de vidro, no refor?o de comp?sitos s?o: baixo custo, baixa densidade, boa tenacidade, boas propriedades t?rmicas e uso reduzido de instrumentos para o seu tratamento ou processamento. Por?m, problemas relacionados com o baixo desempenho mec?nico de algumas fibras vegetais, t?m dificultado seu uso direto em elementos estruturais. Neste sentido, o aparecimento de materiais alternativos, como os comp?sitos h?bridos, envolvendo fibras sint?ticas e naturais, vem sendo incentivado buscando-se melhorar o desempenho estrutural dos comp?sitos a base s? de fibras vegetais. As diferen?as entre as propriedades f?sicas, qu?micas e mec?nicas dessas fibras, principalmente frente ?s condi??es ambientais adversas, como a presen?a de umidade e radia??o ultravioleta, vem se tornando uma preocupa??o a mais na resposta final desses comp?sitos. No presente trabalho de investiga??o apresenta-se um estudo comparativo da resist?ncia e rigidez entre dois comp?sitos, ambos de matriz poli?ster ortoft?lica, sendo um refor?ado com fibras de vidro-E (CV) e o outro h?brido refor?ado com fibras vegetais de curau? e fibra de vidro-E (CH). Todo o estudo comparativo teve como base a influ?ncia da exposi??o ? raios UV e vapor d ?gua aquecido nos comp?sitos, simulando o envelhecimento ambiental. As condi??es de ensaios s?o aceleradas atrav?s do uso da c?mara de envelhecimento. Os comp?sitos ser?o avaliados atrav?s de ensaios mec?nicos est?ticos de tra??o uniaxial e flex?o em tr?s pontos. Os comp?sitos de fibra de vidro e h?bridos s?o de fabrica??o industrial utilizando o processo de lamina??o manual (hand lay-up) e foram desenvolvidos na forma de comp?sitos. Todos foram projetados para atender poss?veis aplica??es estruturais, como reservat?rios e tubula??es. Os refor?os utilizados nos comp?sitos foram na formas de mantas de fibras vidro-E curtas (450g/m2 5cm) e mechas de fios cont?nuos (cujo t?tulo foi de 0,9 dtex) para as fibras de curau?. Os resultados obtidos mostram claramente a influ?ncia do envelhecimento ambiental no desempenho mec?nico dos comp?sitos CV e CH. Tamb?m foram analisados aspectos referentes ?s caracter?sticas finais da fratura para todos os tipos de carregamentos estudados

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:58:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AnaCMCB_DISSERT.pdf: 5204946 bytes, checksum: 70bedde30acbc8578034105c8c4fc24e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-25 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The utilization of synthetic fibers for plastic reinforcement is more and more frequent and this growing interest requires that their mechanic behavior under the most variable conditions of structural applications be known. The use of such materials in the open and exposed to the elements is one of them. In this case, it becomes extremely necessary to study their mechanical properties (strength, stiffness) and the mechanism of fracture by which the environment aging them out. In order to do that, the material must be submitted to hot steam and ultraviolet radiation exposure cycles, according to periods of time determined by the norms. This study proposal deals with the investigation of accelerated environmental aging in two laminated polymeric composites reinforced by hybrid woven made up of synthetic fibers. The configurations of the laminated composites are defined as: one laminate reinforced with hybrid woven of glass fibers/E and Kevlar fibers/49 (LHVK) and the other laminate is reinforced with hybrid tissue of glass fibers/E and of carbon fibers AS4 (LHVC). The woven are plane and bidirectional. Both laminates are impregnated with a thermofix resin called Derakane 470-300 Epoxy Vinyl-Ester and they form a total of four layers. The laminates were industrially manufactured and were made through the process of hand-lay-up. Comparative analyses were carried out between their mechanical properties by submitting specimen to uniaxial loading tractions and three-point flexion. The specimen were tested both from their original state, that is, without being environmentally aging out, and after environmental aging. This last state was reached by using the environmental aging chamber / O interesse na utiliza??o dos pl?sticos refor?ados por fibras sint?ticas ? cada vez mais crescente e esse grande interesse na utiliza??o dos mesmos faz com que seja necess?rio o conhecimento do comportamento mec?nico desses materiais sob as mais variadas condi??es de aplica??o estrutural. Dentre estas pode ser destacada a aplica??o desses materiais em situa??es em o elemento encontra-se exposto ? intemp?rie, e nesse caso os estudos das propriedades mec?nicas (resist?ncia, rigidez) al?m do mecanismo fratura frente ao envelhecimento ambiental s?o de extrema necessidade. Para tanto, submeter o material ? per?odos c?clicos de exposi??o ao vapor aquecido e ? de radia??o ultravioleta, por tempo definido em norma, se faz necess?rio. A presente proposta de trabalho de investiga??o consiste no estudo do envelhecimento ambiental acelerado em dois laminados comp?sitos polim?ricos refor?ados por tecidos h?bridos ? base de fibras sint?ticas. As configura??es dos laminados comp?sitos s?o definidas como: um laminado refor?ado com tecido h?brido de fibras de vidro/E e de fibras kevlar/49 (LHVK) e outro laminado refor?ado com tecido h?brido de fibras de vidro/E e de fibras de carbono AS4 (LHVC). Os tecidos s?o dos tipos planos e bidirecionais. Ambos os laminados foram impregnados a base de resina termofixa Derakane 470-300 Ep?xi Vinil-Ester e constitu?dos com quatro camadas no total. Os laminados t?m fabrica??o industrial e foram obtidos atrav?s do processo de lamina??o manual (Hand-lay-up). Foram realizados estudos comparativos entre as propriedades mec?nicas sob a a??o dos carregamentos de tra??o uniaxial e flex?o em tr?s pontos, nas condi??es dos corpos de prova sem o efeito do envelhecimento ambiental (estado original) e sob o efeito desse envelhecimento (estado envelhecido). O envelhecimento ambiental foi acelerado atrav?s do uso da c?mara de envelhecimento

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:07:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JorgeFSO_TESE.pdf: 9384301 bytes, checksum: 94f6528a142b55c3b875e331722c4d8d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-09 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / As most current studies, reinforced plastics have been, in recent years, a viable alternative in building structural elements of medium and large, since the lightness accompanied by high performance possible. The design of hybrid polymer composites (combination of different types of reinforcements) may enable structural applications thereof, facing the most severe service conditions. Within this class of composite materials, reinforced the underlying tissues hybrid high performance are taking space when your application requires high load bearing and high rigidity. The objective of this research work is to study the challenges in designing these fabrics bring these materials as to its mechanical characterization and fracture mechanisms involved. Some parameters associated with the process and / or form of hybridization stand out as influential factors in the final performance of the material such as the presence of anisotropy, so the fabric weave, the process of making the same, normative geometry of the specimens, among others. This sense, four laminates were developed based hybrid reinforcement fabrics involving AS4 carbon fiber, kevlar and glass 49-E as the matrix epoxy vinyl ester resin (DERAKANE 411-350). All laminates were formed each with four layers of reinforcements. Depending on the hybrid fabric, all the influencing factors mentioned above have been studied for laminates. All laminates were manufactured industrially used being the lamination process manual (hand-lay-up). All mechanical characterization and study of the mechanism of fracture (fracture mechanics) was developed for laminates subjected to uniaxial tensile test, bending in three and uniaxial compression. The analysis of fracture mechanisms were held involving the macroscopic, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy / Conforme estudos mais atuais, os pl?sticos refor?ados v?m sendo, nos ?ltimos anos, uma alternativa vi?vel na constru??o de elementos estruturais de m?dio e grande porte, desde que a leveza acompanhada de alto desempenho seja poss?vel. A concep??o de comp?sitos polim?ricos h?bridos (combina??o entre tipos diferentes de refor?os) pode possibilitar aplica??es estruturais dos mesmos, frente ?s mais adversas condi??es de servi?os. Dentro dessa classe de materiais comp?sitos, os refor?ados a base de tecidos h?bridos de alto desempenho v?m tomando espa?o quando a sua aplica??o requer alto suporte de carga e alta rigidez. O objetivo desse trabalho de investiga??o ? o estudo da influ?ncia que esses tecidos trazem na concep??o desses materiais quanto a sua caracteriza??o mec?nica e mecanismos de fratura envolvidos. Alguns par?metros associados ao processo e/ou forma de hibridiza??o se destacam como fatores influenciadores no desempenho final do material tais como a presen?a de anisotropia, forma da trama tecido, processo de confec??o dos mesmos, geometria normativa dos corpos de prova, entre outros. Neste sentido, quatro laminados comp?sitos foram desenvolvidos ? base de tecidos de refor?os h?bridos envolvendo fibras de carbono AS4, kevlar 49 e vidro-E e como matriz a resina ep?xi ?ster vin?lica (DERAKANE 411-350). Todos os laminados comp?sitos foram constitu?dos com quatro camadas de refor?os. Dependendo do tipo de tecido h?brido, todos os fatores influenciadores acima mencionados foram estudados para os laminados. Todos os laminados foram fabricados industrialmente sendo empregado o processo de lamina??o manual (hand-lay-up). Todo o estudo da caracteriza??o mec?nica e do mecanismo de fratura (fratura mec?nica) foi desenvolvido para os laminados submetidos aos ensaios mec?nicos de tra??o uniaxial, flex?o em tr?s e compress?o uniaxial. As an?lises dos mecanismos de fratura foram realizadas envolvendo a macroscopia, microscopia ?tica e eletr?nica de varredura

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:54:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DiogoPFP_Tese.pdf: 4402228 bytes, checksum: 17eacb6b5f1731f405518c976d32f701 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The objective of this thesis is proposes a method for a mobile robot to build a hybrid map of an indoor, semi-structured environment. The topological part of this map deals with spatial relationships among rooms and corridors. It is a topology-based map, where the edges of the graph are rooms or corridors, and each link between two distinct edges represents a door. The metric part of the map consists in a set of parameters. These parameters describe a geometric figure which adapts to the free space of the local environment. This figure is calculated by a set of points which sample the boundaries of the local free space. These points are obtained with range sensors and with knowledge about the robot s pose. A method based on generalized Hough transform is applied to this set of points in order to obtain the geomtric figure. The building of the hybrid map is an incremental procedure. It is accomplished while the robot explores the environment. Each room is associated with a metric local map and, consequently, with an edge of the topo-logical map. During the mapping procedure, the robot may use recent metric information of the environment to improve its global or relative pose / Esta tese tem o objetivo de propor uma metodologia para constru??o de um mapa h?brido de um ambiente interno. A parte topol?gica da representa??o trata das rela??es de conectividade existentes entre as salas e corredores, sendo assim um grafo que representa a topologia do ambiente global. A parte m?trica consiste em armazenar um conjunto de par?metros que descreve uma figura geom?trica plana que melhor se ajusta ao espa?o livre local. Esta figura ? calculada atrav?s do conhecimento de pontos, ou amostras, dos limites do espa?o livre. Estes pontos s?o obtidos com sensores de dist?ncia e a informa??o ? complementada com a estimativa da pose do rob?. Uma vez que estes pontos est?o determinados, o rob? ent?o aplica uma ferramenta baseada na transformada generalizada de Hough para obter a figura em quest?o. O processo de constru??o do mapa ? incremental e totalmente realizado enquanto o rob? explora o ambiente. Cada sala ? representada por este mapa local e cada n? do grafo que representa a topologia do ambiente est? associado a este mapa. Durante o mapeamento o rob? pode utilizar as informa??es rec?m-adquiridas do ambiente para obter uma melhor estimativa de sua pose global ou relativa a uma sala ou corredor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:58:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseAMN_DISSERT.pdf: 2578831 bytes, checksum: 78ca7925672b7876fad1b54e774b3827 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-30 / With the objective to promote sustainable development, the fibres found in nature in abundance, which are biodegradable, of low cost in comparison to synthetic fibres are being used in the manufacture of composites. The mechanical behavior of the curau? and pineapple leaf fibre (PALF) composites in different proportions, 25% x 75% (P1), 50% x 50% (P2) e 75% x 25% (P3) were respectively studied, being initially treated with a 2% aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide. Mechanical analyses indicated that with respect to studies of traction, for the combination of P1 and P3, better results of 22.17 MPa and 16.98 MPa, were obtained respectively, which are higher than that of the combination P2. The results of the same pattern were obtained for analysis of bending resistance where P1 is 1.21% and P3 represents 0.96%. In the case of resistance to bending, best results were obtained for the combination P1 at 49.07 MPa. However, when Young's modulus values were calculated, the values were different to the pattern of the results of other tests, where the combination P2 with the value of 4.06 GPa is greater than the other combinations. This shows that the PALF had a greater influence in relation to curau? fibre. The analysis of the results generally shows that in combinations of two vegetable fibers of cellulosic origin, the fiber which shows higher percentage (75%) is the best option than to the composition of 50%/50%. In the meantime, according to the results obtained in this study, in the case where the application should withstand bending loads, the better composition would be 50%/50% / Com o objetivo de promover o desenvolvimento sustent?vel, as fibras encontradas em abund?ncia na natureza, que s?o biodegrad?veis e de baixo custo quando comparado com as fibras sint?ticas, vem sendo utilizadas na aplica??o de produ??o de comp?sitos. Neste trabalho foi analisado o comportamento mec?nico ? partir do ensaio de tra??o e flex?o, em um comp?sito h?brido tendo como matriz uma resina sint?tica ortoft?lica refor?ada com fibras de curau? e fibras da folha de abacaxizeiro (PALF), nas propor??es de 25% x 75% (P1), 50% x 50% (P2) e 75% x 25% (P3), respectivamente, com as fibras de curau? e as fibras da folha do abacaxizeiro sendo tratadas quimicamente por uma solu??o aquosa de hidr?xido de s?dio (NaOH) com 8% de concentra??o. As an?lises mec?nicas indicaram que com rela??o aos estudos de tra??o, para a combina??o P1 e P3, foram obtidas melhores resultados de 22,17 MPa e 16,98 MPa, respectivamente, que ? maior que da outra combina??o de P2. Os resultados do mesmo padr?o foram obtidos para an?lise de flex?o onde P1 ? 1,21% e P3 de 0,96% que s?o maiores do que o resultado obtido da combina??o P2. No caso de resist?ncia ? flex?o, melhores resultados foram obtidos para a combina??o P1 de 49,07 MPa. Mas, quando foi calculado o m?dulo de Young, os valores foram diferentes do padr?o dos resultados dos outros testes realizados, com a combina??o P2 com o valor de 4,06 GPa que ? maior que das outras combina??es. Isto mostra que as fibras PALF tiveram uma influ?ncia maior com rela??o ? fibra de curau?. A an?lise dos resultados em geral demonstra que nas combina??es de duas fibras vegetais celul?sicas, uma ou a outra fibra com porcentagem maior (75%) ? a melhor op??o do que na composi??o de 50%/50%, entretanto no caso onde a aplica??o ser? para suportar cargas de flex?o, a melhor composi??o seria 50%/50%

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:58:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RaphaelSF_DISSERT.pdf: 3572126 bytes, checksum: c44c0bf716695541147f2e019fde49de (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-12 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The growing demand in the use of hybrid composite materials makes it essential a better understanding of their behavior face of various design conditions, such as the presence of geometric discontinuities in the cross section of structural elements. This way, the purpose of this dissertation is a study of the mechanical response (strength and stiffness), modes (characteristics) of fracture and Residual Strength of an hybrid polymeric composite with and without a geometric discontinuity in its longitudinal section (with a reduction in the cross section) loaded by uniaxial tension. This geometric discontinuity is characterized by central holes of different diameters. The hybrid composite was fabricated as laminate (plate) and consisting of ortho-tereftalic polyester matrix reinforced by 04 outer layers of Jute fibers bidirectional fabrics and 01 central layer of E-glass bidirectional fabric. The laminate was industrially manufactured (Tecniplas Nordeste Ind?stria e Com?rcio Ltda.), obtained by the hand lay-up technique. Initially, a study of the volumetric density of the laminate was made in order to verify its use in lightweight structures. Also were performed comparative studies on the mechanical properties and fracture modes under the conditions of the specimens without the central hole and with the different holes. For evaluating the possible influence of the holes in the structural stability of the laminate, the Residual Strength of the composite was determined for each case of variation in hole diameter. As a complementary study, analyses of the macroscopic final fracture characteristic of the laminates were developed. The presence of the central hole of any sizes, negatively changed the ultimate tensile strength. Regarding the elastic modulus, moreover, the difference found between the specimens was within the range of tests displacement, showing the laminate stability related to the stiffness / A crescente demanda na utiliza??o dos materiais comp?sitos h?bridos torna imprescind?vel uma melhor compreens?o do seu comportamento frente ?s mais diversas condi??es de projeto, como a presen?a de descontinuidades geom?tricas nos elementos estruturais. Nesse sentido, a proposta desta disserta??o ? um estudo envolvendo a resposta mec?nica (resist?ncia e rigidez), os modos (caracter?sticas) da fratura e Resist?ncia Residual de um laminado comp?sito h?brido de matriz polim?rica com e sem presen?a de descontinuidade geom?trica em sua se??o longitudinal (com redu??o da se??o transversal), sob a a??o de tra??o uniaxial. Essa descontinuidade geom?trica ? caracterizada por furos centrais de diferentes di?metros. O laminado comp?sito h?brido foi confeccionado na forma de placa e composto por matriz poli?ster orto-tereft?lica refor?ada por 04 camadas externas de tecidos bidirecionais de fibras de juta e 01 camada central de tecidos bidirecionais de fibras de vidro-E. O laminado foi fabricado industrialmente (Tecniplas Nordeste Ind?stria e Com?rcio Ltda.), obtido atrav?s do processo de lamina??o manual (hand lay-up). Inicialmente, foi feito um estudo da densidade volum?trica do laminado, de modo a comprovar sua aplica??o em estruturas leves. Foram realizados estudos comparativos entre as propriedades mec?nicas nas condi??es dos corpos de prova sem o furo e com os diferentes di?metros do furo. Para a avalia??o de poss?vel influ?ncia da presen?a dos furos centrais na estabilidade estrutural do laminado, a Resist?ncia Residual foi determinada para cada caso de varia??o do di?metro do furo. Como estudo complementar, an?lises macrosc?picas da caracter?stica de fratura final dos laminados foram desenvolvidas. A presen?a do furo central, independente do di?metro, influiu de forma danosa, principalmente na resist?ncia ?ltima ? tra??o. Quanto ao m?dulo de elasticidade, por outro lado, a diferen?a encontrada entre os corpos de prova apresentou-se dentro da faixa da dispers?o dos ensaios, mostrando estabilidade com rela??o ? rigidez do laminado

Submitted by Luis Ricardo Andrade da Silva (lrasilva@uefs.br) on 2016-03-01T21:58:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 disserta??o.pdf: 1075417 bytes, checksum: 1ac0911a0f45578306a02c8eae7a090f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-01T21:58:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 disserta??o.pdf: 1075417 bytes, checksum: 1ac0911a0f45578306a02c8eae7a090f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-17 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / With the popularity of devices that are able to annotate data with spatial information (latitude and longitude), the processing of spatial queries has received a lot of attention from the research community recently. In this dissertation, we study a new query type named Top-k Spatial Keyword Preference Query that selects objects of interest based on the textual relevance of other spatio-textual objects in their spatial neighborhood. This work introduces this new query type, presents three algorithms for processing the query efficiently and performs an experimental evaluation using real databases to study the performance of the proposed algorithms. / Com a popularidade de dispositivos capazes de anotar dados com coordenadas espaciais (latitude e longitude), o processamento de consultas espaciais tem recebido bastante aten??o da comunidade cient?fica recentemente. Esta disserta??o apresenta uma nova consulta, chamada Consulta Espacial Preferencial por Palavra-chave, que seleciona objetos de interesse de acordo com a relev?ncia textual de outros objetos espa?o-textuais presentes na sua vizinhan?a espacial. Este trabalho introduz esta nova consulta, apresenta tr?s algoritmos para process?-la de forma eficiente e avalia o desempenho dos algoritmos propostos atrav?s de um estudo experimental, utilizando bases de dados reais.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:31:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Diego Cesar Valente e Silva.pdf: 2949032 bytes, checksum: 9f8f72c0ab49b16ab87dbd229e5acc93 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-09 / This work presents an experimental investigation on the implementation of wireless sensor networks (IEEE 802.15.4) over fiber optics. Such investigation was performed with the utilization of IEEE 802.15.4 transceivers, an optical fiber infrastructure inside a field-trial network, called KyaTera Network, and directly modulated lasers and photodiodes designed for usual lab applications. The analysis comprised optical and electrical signal-to-noise ratio meausermentes and packet error rate evaluation under different conditions of transmission (e.g., payload length and time between consecutive frames). Results indicate that the RF signals of the sensor network may be properly propagated through unamplified optical links of up to 100 km or for longer distances with the use of optical amplifiers. / Esse trabalho apresenta uma investiga??o experimental da implementa??o de redes de sensores (IEEE 802.15.4) sobre fibras ?pticas. Tal investiga??o foi realizada com a utiliza??o de transceptores IEEE 802.15.4, de uma infra-estrutura de fibras ?pticas localizada dentro uma rede experimental, chamada Rede KyaTera, e de lasers com modula??o direta e foto-diodos projetados para opera??es usuais em laborat?rios. A an?lise compreendeu medidas a raz?o sinal-ru?do ?ptica e el?trica e a avalia??o da taxa de erro de quadros sob diferentes condi??es de transmiss?o (p. ex., tamanho de payload e intervalo de tempo entre quadros sucessivos). Os resultados indicam que os sinais de RF da rede de sensores podem ser propagados adequadamente, sem amplifica??o ?pticapor, em enlaces de at? 100 km ou por dist?ncias ainda maiores, com a utiliza??o de amplificadores ?pticos.