A produção agropecuária tem grande importância na economia do Brasil e a ovinocultura se destaca no Rio Grande do Sul (RS), estado que com pouco menos de quatro milhões de cabeças atualmente possui o maior rebanho ovino brasileiro. Dentre os problemas que prejudicam a ovinocultura, muitos estão diretamente relacionados com pobres condições de bem-estar animal (BEA) e estresse. A dor associada a processos inflamatórios é uma causa frequente de estresse e comprometimento do BEA. Essa situação é observada em rebanhos ovinos acometidos pela podridão dos cascos (PC, footrot) e descrita no primeiro artigo. Em dois rebanhos ovinos acometidos pela PC foram avaliados os escores de lesões podais e comparados com a temperatura da pele do espaço interdigital dos cascos. Foi observada diferença significativa (P<0,05) entre a temperatura de cascos sadios e acometidos pela doença nos dois rebanhos, no entanto não foi observada diferença de temperatura entre pés com lesões de diferentes graus de severidade. Nos animais de um dos rebanhos foram avaliadas a frequência respiratória (FR), frequência cardíaca (FC) e temperatura retal (TR) como indicadores de estresse causado pela doença. Não foi observada diferença estatística de FR, FC e TR entre ovinos sadios e acometidos pela PC. A termografia infravermelha se mostrou uma ferramenta capaz de auxiliar o diagnóstico de lesões de PC em ovinos, no entanto não foi útil para predizer a severidade da lesão. No segundo artigo são abordadas as condições de alojamento dos ovinos em um parque de exposições. Foram feitas 1097 observações em 60 ovinos de 11 raças no Parque Estadual de Exposições Assis Brasil no período de 30 de agosto a quatro de setembro de 2011. Foram medidas a temperatura (T°C) e a umidade relativa do ar (UR) bem como a temperatura do olho (TO) usando uma câmera infravermelha, além da frequência respiratória (FR) por inspeção do animal. As variáveis climáticas mudaram ao longo do dia e ao longo do período de observação. Houve diferença significativa entre as raças, especialmente nos períodos da tarde e noite quando a temperatura do ar foi mais alta e os animais estiveram fora da sua zona de conforto. Houve correlação alta positiva entre a temperatura do ar e parâmetros fisiológicos dos animais e intermediária negativa com a umidade relativa do ar. A raça Santa Inês foi a melhor adaptada às condições de estresse térmico, enquanto animais lanados foram menos adaptados. Cada raça respondeu de uma forma diferente, dado mostrado com limites de temperatura e umidade para cada raça. Sugerimos que condições ambientais controladas no galpão de alojamento possam garantir conforto climático aos animais, principalmente durante a tarde e à noite quando o estresse foi maior. / Livestock production is very important for Brazilian economy, and the sheep industry stands out in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Despite the reduction of the flock of 14 million sheep in the 1970s to just under four million today, the state still has the largest sheep flock in Brazil. Among the problems that affect the sheep industry, many are directly related to poor conditions of animal welfare. Pain associated with inflammation is a frequent cause of stress and impairment of animal welfare in extensive farming systems. This situation is observed in sheep flocks affected by footrot and described in the first study. Footrot is a contagious disease of sheep that causes severe economic losses to producers and compromises the welfare of animals. In two sheep flocks affected by footrot, animals were evaluated and foot scores compared with the temperature of interdigital skin of the hooves. Significant difference (P <0.05) was found between the temperature of hooves healthy and affected by the disease in herds, but there was no difference in temperature of different foot scores. Animals were assessed for respiratory rate (RR), heart rate (HR) and rectal temperature (RT) as indicators of stress caused by the disease. There was no statistical difference in RR, HR and TR between healthy and affected sheep. It was shown that infrared thermography is a useful tool to aid in the diagnosis of lesions of footrot in sheep, but is not useful to predict the severity of the injury. In the second study, agricultural fairs environment and sheep welfare are discussed. Observations (1097) were made on 60 sheep from 11 breeds in the State Exhibition Park Assis Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, from August 30 to September 4, 2011. We measured the temperature and relative humidity of the air as well as eye temperature using an infrared camera, and respiratory rate by inspection of the animal. The climatic conditions changed throughout the day and during the observation period. There were significant differences between breeds, especially during the afternoon and evening when the air temperature was higher, and when sheep suffered more heat stress. High positive correlations were found between air temperature and physiological parameters of animals but negative and intermediate with relative humidity. The Santa Ines sheep were best adapted to stress, while wool animals were less well adapted. Each breed responded differently, as shown with ranges of temperature and humidity for each breed. We suggest that environmental conditions in the shed where the animals are housed should be controlled to ensure comfort.

Delamination and cracks within the multilayer structure are typical failure modes observed in microelectronic and micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) devices and packages. As destructive detection methods consume large numbers of devices during reliability tests, non-destructive techniques (NDT) are critical for measuring the size and position of internal defects throughout such tests. There are several established NDT methods; however, some of them have significant disadvantages for detecting defects within multilayer structures such as those found in MEMS devices. This thesis presents research into the application of transient infrared thermography as a non-destructive method for detecting and measuring internal defects, such as delamination and cracks, in the multilayer structure of MEMS devices. This technique works through the use of an infrared imaging system to map the changing temperature distribution over the surface of a target object following a sudden change in the boundary conditions, such as the application of a heat source to an external surface. It has previously been utilised in various applications, such as damage assessment in aerospace composites and verification of printed circuit board solder joint manufacture, but little research of its applicability to MEMS structures has previously been reported. In this work, the thermal behaviour of a multilayer structure containing defects was first numerically analysed. A multilayer structure was then successfully modelled using COMSOL finite element analysis (FEA) software with pulse heating on the bottom surface and observing the resulting time varying temperature distribution on the top. The optimum detecting conditions such as the pulse heating energy, pulse duration and heating method were determined and applied in the simulation. The influences of thermal properties of materials, physical dimensions of film, substrate and defect and other factors that will influence the surface temperature gradients were analytically evaluated. Furthermore, a functional relationship between the defect size and the resulting surface temperature was obtained to improve the accuracy of estimating the physical dimensions and location of the internal defect in detection. Corresponding experiments on specimens containing artificially created defects in macro-scale revealed the ability of the thermographic method to detect the internal defect. The precision of the established model was confirmed by contrasting the experimental results and numerical simulations.

Cette étude présente une analyse mécanique et énergétique de la fatigue des matériaux métalliques à grand et très grand nombre de cycles. Des bilans d'énergie en fatigue sont réalisés à partir de techniques d'imagerie quantitatives. Les sources de chaleur sont déterminées à partir des champs de température mesurés par caméra infrarouge. Les champs cinématiques sont obtenus en utilisant une technique de corrélation d'image numérique et permettent d'estimer l'énergie de déformation mise en jeu. Un premier objectif est d'analyser la pertinence énergétique des concepts de limite de fatigue et d'état cyclique stabilisé. Un deuxième objectif est de comparer les champs de dissipation à l'échelle mésoscopique aux distributions de bandes de glissement. Enfin, la comparaison d'essais de fatigue conventionnelle (30-50 Hz) et ultrasonique (20 kHz) permet d'analyser les effets de la fréquence sur le comportement dissipatif du matériau. / This work presents a mechanical and energy analysis of metallic materials during high and very high cycle fatigue tests. Energy balances are derived from quantitative imaging techniques. Heat sources are estimated from temperature fields measured by an infrared camera. Kinematic fields are obtained by using digital image correlation techniques and used to compute the deformation energy. A first aim is to analyse the energy relevance of the concepts of fatigue limit and stabilzed cyclic behavior. A second aim is to compare dissipation fields at mesoscale with the microstrural distribution of slip bands. Finally, conventional (30-50 Hz) and ultrasonic (20kHz) fatigue tests are used to analyse the frequency effect on the dissipative behavior of the material.

In this work, unmanned aerial vehicle-based non-destructive testing methods for concrete structures are evaluated and developed. There exists a need for improved infrastructure inspection techniques with increased expediency. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are highly mobile and have shown promise towards achieving this directive, but more work is required to adapt traditional NDT methods to be UAV-compatible. To this end, concrete sounding techniques were evaluated with a quantitative acoustic frequency analysis procedure on a series of concrete slabs. One such method was adapted for use with a UAV and was used to detect subsurface voids in one of the concrete samples and offer a means of depth estimation. This work was complemented with experiments concerning UAV-based visual and infrared imaging techniques already in practice for UAV-based concrete inspection. Together, findings indicate the strengths and weaknesses of the NDTs tested and suggest further improvements for UAV-based NDTs and inspection strategies moving forward. Development of a novel sensor platform for UAV-based measurement, as well as results of an actual bridge inspection using infrared and optical methods demonstrate the present capabilities of the UAV-based instrumentation. / Graduate / 2019-07-03

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A produção agropecuária tem grande importância na economia do Brasil e a ovinocultura se destaca no Rio Grande do Sul (RS), estado que com pouco menos de quatro milhões de cabeças atualmente possui o maior rebanho ovino brasileiro. Dentre os problemas que prejudicam a ovinocultura, muitos estão diretamente relacionados com pobres condições de bem-estar animal (BEA) e estresse. A dor associada a processos inflamatórios é uma causa frequente de estresse e comprometimento do BEA. Essa situação é observada em rebanhos ovinos acometidos pela podridão dos cascos (PC, footrot) e descrita no primeiro artigo. Em dois rebanhos ovinos acometidos pela PC foram avaliados os escores de lesões podais e comparados com a temperatura da pele do espaço interdigital dos cascos. Foi observada diferença significativa (P<0,05) entre a temperatura de cascos sadios e acometidos pela doença nos dois rebanhos, no entanto não foi observada diferença de temperatura entre pés com lesões de diferentes graus de severidade. Nos animais de um dos rebanhos foram avaliadas a frequência respiratória (FR), frequência cardíaca (FC) e temperatura retal (TR) como indicadores de estresse causado pela doença. Não foi observada diferença estatística de FR, FC e TR entre ovinos sadios e acometidos pela PC. A termografia infravermelha se mostrou uma ferramenta capaz de auxiliar o diagnóstico de lesões de PC em ovinos, no entanto não foi útil para predizer a severidade da lesão. No segundo artigo são abordadas as condições de alojamento dos ovinos em um parque de exposições. Foram feitas 1097 observações em 60 ovinos de 11 raças no Parque Estadual de Exposições Assis Brasil no período de 30 de agosto a quatro de setembro de 2011. Foram medidas a temperatura (T°C) e a umidade relativa do ar (UR) bem como a temperatura do olho (TO) usando uma câmera infravermelha, além da frequência respiratória (FR) por inspeção do animal. As variáveis climáticas mudaram ao longo do dia e ao longo do período de observação. Houve diferença significativa entre as raças, especialmente nos períodos da tarde e noite quando a temperatura do ar foi mais alta e os animais estiveram fora da sua zona de conforto. Houve correlação alta positiva entre a temperatura do ar e parâmetros fisiológicos dos animais e intermediária negativa com a umidade relativa do ar. A raça Santa Inês foi a melhor adaptada às condições de estresse térmico, enquanto animais lanados foram menos adaptados. Cada raça respondeu de uma forma diferente, dado mostrado com limites de temperatura e umidade para cada raça. Sugerimos que condições ambientais controladas no galpão de alojamento possam garantir conforto climático aos animais, principalmente durante a tarde e à noite quando o estresse foi maior. / Livestock production is very important for Brazilian economy, and the sheep industry stands out in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Despite the reduction of the flock of 14 million sheep in the 1970s to just under four million today, the state still has the largest sheep flock in Brazil. Among the problems that affect the sheep industry, many are directly related to poor conditions of animal welfare. Pain associated with inflammation is a frequent cause of stress and impairment of animal welfare in extensive farming systems. This situation is observed in sheep flocks affected by footrot and described in the first study. Footrot is a contagious disease of sheep that causes severe economic losses to producers and compromises the welfare of animals. In two sheep flocks affected by footrot, animals were evaluated and foot scores compared with the temperature of interdigital skin of the hooves. Significant difference (P <0.05) was found between the temperature of hooves healthy and affected by the disease in herds, but there was no difference in temperature of different foot scores. Animals were assessed for respiratory rate (RR), heart rate (HR) and rectal temperature (RT) as indicators of stress caused by the disease. There was no statistical difference in RR, HR and TR between healthy and affected sheep. It was shown that infrared thermography is a useful tool to aid in the diagnosis of lesions of footrot in sheep, but is not useful to predict the severity of the injury. In the second study, agricultural fairs environment and sheep welfare are discussed. Observations (1097) were made on 60 sheep from 11 breeds in the State Exhibition Park Assis Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, from August 30 to September 4, 2011. We measured the temperature and relative humidity of the air as well as eye temperature using an infrared camera, and respiratory rate by inspection of the animal. The climatic conditions changed throughout the day and during the observation period. There were significant differences between breeds, especially during the afternoon and evening when the air temperature was higher, and when sheep suffered more heat stress. High positive correlations were found between air temperature and physiological parameters of animals but negative and intermediate with relative humidity. The Santa Ines sheep were best adapted to stress, while wool animals were less well adapted. Each breed responded differently, as shown with ranges of temperature and humidity for each breed. We suggest that environmental conditions in the shed where the animals are housed should be controlled to ensure comfort.

A produção agropecuária tem grande importância na economia do Brasil e a ovinocultura se destaca no Rio Grande do Sul (RS), estado que com pouco menos de quatro milhões de cabeças atualmente possui o maior rebanho ovino brasileiro. Dentre os problemas que prejudicam a ovinocultura, muitos estão diretamente relacionados com pobres condições de bem-estar animal (BEA) e estresse. A dor associada a processos inflamatórios é uma causa frequente de estresse e comprometimento do BEA. Essa situação é observada em rebanhos ovinos acometidos pela podridão dos cascos (PC, footrot) e descrita no primeiro artigo. Em dois rebanhos ovinos acometidos pela PC foram avaliados os escores de lesões podais e comparados com a temperatura da pele do espaço interdigital dos cascos. Foi observada diferença significativa (P<0,05) entre a temperatura de cascos sadios e acometidos pela doença nos dois rebanhos, no entanto não foi observada diferença de temperatura entre pés com lesões de diferentes graus de severidade. Nos animais de um dos rebanhos foram avaliadas a frequência respiratória (FR), frequência cardíaca (FC) e temperatura retal (TR) como indicadores de estresse causado pela doença. Não foi observada diferença estatística de FR, FC e TR entre ovinos sadios e acometidos pela PC. A termografia infravermelha se mostrou uma ferramenta capaz de auxiliar o diagnóstico de lesões de PC em ovinos, no entanto não foi útil para predizer a severidade da lesão. No segundo artigo são abordadas as condições de alojamento dos ovinos em um parque de exposições. Foram feitas 1097 observações em 60 ovinos de 11 raças no Parque Estadual de Exposições Assis Brasil no período de 30 de agosto a quatro de setembro de 2011. Foram medidas a temperatura (T°C) e a umidade relativa do ar (UR) bem como a temperatura do olho (TO) usando uma câmera infravermelha, além da frequência respiratória (FR) por inspeção do animal. As variáveis climáticas mudaram ao longo do dia e ao longo do período de observação. Houve diferença significativa entre as raças, especialmente nos períodos da tarde e noite quando a temperatura do ar foi mais alta e os animais estiveram fora da sua zona de conforto. Houve correlação alta positiva entre a temperatura do ar e parâmetros fisiológicos dos animais e intermediária negativa com a umidade relativa do ar. A raça Santa Inês foi a melhor adaptada às condições de estresse térmico, enquanto animais lanados foram menos adaptados. Cada raça respondeu de uma forma diferente, dado mostrado com limites de temperatura e umidade para cada raça. Sugerimos que condições ambientais controladas no galpão de alojamento possam garantir conforto climático aos animais, principalmente durante a tarde e à noite quando o estresse foi maior. / Livestock production is very important for Brazilian economy, and the sheep industry stands out in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Despite the reduction of the flock of 14 million sheep in the 1970s to just under four million today, the state still has the largest sheep flock in Brazil. Among the problems that affect the sheep industry, many are directly related to poor conditions of animal welfare. Pain associated with inflammation is a frequent cause of stress and impairment of animal welfare in extensive farming systems. This situation is observed in sheep flocks affected by footrot and described in the first study. Footrot is a contagious disease of sheep that causes severe economic losses to producers and compromises the welfare of animals. In two sheep flocks affected by footrot, animals were evaluated and foot scores compared with the temperature of interdigital skin of the hooves. Significant difference (P <0.05) was found between the temperature of hooves healthy and affected by the disease in herds, but there was no difference in temperature of different foot scores. Animals were assessed for respiratory rate (RR), heart rate (HR) and rectal temperature (RT) as indicators of stress caused by the disease. There was no statistical difference in RR, HR and TR between healthy and affected sheep. It was shown that infrared thermography is a useful tool to aid in the diagnosis of lesions of footrot in sheep, but is not useful to predict the severity of the injury. In the second study, agricultural fairs environment and sheep welfare are discussed. Observations (1097) were made on 60 sheep from 11 breeds in the State Exhibition Park Assis Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, from August 30 to September 4, 2011. We measured the temperature and relative humidity of the air as well as eye temperature using an infrared camera, and respiratory rate by inspection of the animal. The climatic conditions changed throughout the day and during the observation period. There were significant differences between breeds, especially during the afternoon and evening when the air temperature was higher, and when sheep suffered more heat stress. High positive correlations were found between air temperature and physiological parameters of animals but negative and intermediate with relative humidity. The Santa Ines sheep were best adapted to stress, while wool animals were less well adapted. Each breed responded differently, as shown with ranges of temperature and humidity for each breed. We suggest that environmental conditions in the shed where the animals are housed should be controlled to ensure comfort.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:26:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:00:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Neste trabalho foi desenvolvido um software que calcula, de forma automatizada, o valor da difusividade térmica em função da temperatura em materiais. A técnica de Termografia no Infravermelho foi utilizada para a aquisição dos dados de distribuição de temperatura em função do tempo, os quais foram utilizados para ajustar uma função de temperatura encontrada por meio da equação de calor homogênea, aplicando as condições de contorno do problema. Para isso, uma câmera termográfica operando no infravermelho distante (8 m - 9 m) foi calibrada para captar temperaturas entre 185º C e 1300º C, e aquisição com frequência de 300 Hz. Foram empregadas como material de avaliação, 10 amostras de esmalte e 10 amostras de dentina, com dimensões de 4 x 4 x 2 mm, obtidas de dentes incisivos inferiores bovinos, as quais foram irradiadas de forma pontual com o laser pulsado de Er:Cr;YSGG (l = 2,78 m), por 10 segundos. Durante as irradiações, foi efetuado o registro das temperaturas atingidas nas amostras que começou 2 segundos antes da irradiação e continuou por mais 2 segundos após o término daquelas. Após as irradiações, as sequências de imagens térmicas digitalizadas obtidas foram processadas no software desenvolvido durante este trabalho, que gerou um arquivo com os dados da difusividade térmica em função da temperatura atingida, assim como forneceu os valores da difusividade térmica para o intervalo de decaimento da temperatura após cada pulso laser. O resultado médio de difusividade térmica obtido para o esmalte dental neste trabalho foi 0,0084±0,001 cm2/s para a região de temperatura de 220-550ºC. Este valor é aproximadamente constante até a temperatura de 550 ºC. O valor médio de difusividade térmica obtido para a dentina foi de 0,0015 0,0004 cm2/s na região de temperatura de 300-360 ºC, porém a difusividade térmica para a dentina aumenta para temperaturas mais altas. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, pode-se concluir que o uso da termografia no infravermelho, associado ao software desenvolvido, apresenta-se como um método eficiente para a determinação dos valores de difusividade térmica em função da temperatura de diferentes materiais. / Dissertacao (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

The goal of this thesis is to develop an algorithm to process infrared images and achieve automatic identification of moving subjects with fever. The identification is based on two main features: the distinction between the geometry of a human face and other objects in the field of view of the camera, and the temperature of the radiating object. Infrared thermography is a remote sensing technique used to measure temperatures based on emitted infrared radiation. Applications include fever screening in major public places such as airports and hospitals. Current accepted practice of screening requires people to stay in a line and temperature measurements are carried out for one person at a time. However in the case of mass screening of moving people the accuracy of the measurements is still under investigation. An algorithm constituting of image processing to threshold objects based on the temperature, template matching and hypothesis testing is proposed to achieve automatic identification of fever subjects. The algorithm was first tested on training data to obtain a threshold value (used to discriminate between face and non face shapes) corresponding to a false detection rate of 5%, which in turn corresponds to 85% probability of detection using Neyman-Pearson criterion. By testing the algorithm on several simulated and experimental images (which reflect relevant scenarios characterizing crowded places) it is observed that it can be beneficially implemented to introduce automation in the process of detecting moving subjects with fever.

Aerospace structural components made from polymer matrix composites (PMCs) offer numerous advantages. Their high stiffness and high strength combined with low densities enable lower fuel consumption coupled with higher payloads. As a result, PMCs provide an important economic advantage over typical metallic airframes. Textile reinforcements for PMCs are made by assembling reinforcement fibres, typically carbon. Then, the textile reinforcements are typically cut into smaller pieces, stacked, draped and assembled into a dry assembly called a preform, the shape of which generally approaches that of the PMC part to be made. This manufacturing process is labour intensive and expensive. Novel thick, net-shape, drapable, high vf textile reinforcements used toward manufacturing aerospace PMCs are being developed at the University of Ottawa. The technology enables the manufacturing of flat, drapable multilayered near net-shape preforms. The bending and in-plane shear behaviours of such novel thick reinforcement textiles was investigated to understand and define the behaviour of such thick fabric reinforcements when formed into required shapes. A bending apparatus was developed for investigating the bending behaviour of these novel thick reinforcement fabrics and an articulated frame shear rig was used for investigating the in-plane shear behaviour. A non-destructive inspection method using infrared imaging was used for investigating and identifying flaws and defects in these thick, dry textile reinforcements, aiming at increasing the quality and reproducibility of the final PMC parts made from these reinforcements.