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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Two problems in mathematical physics: Villani's conjecture and trace inequality for the fractional Laplacian.

Einav, Amit 07 September 2011 (has links)
The presented work deals with two distinct problems in the field of Mathematical Physics. The first part is dedicated to an 'almost' solution of Villani's conjecture, a known conjecture related to a Statistical Mechanics model invented by Kac in 1956, giving a rigorous explanation of some simple cases of the Boltzmann equation. In 2003 Villani conjectured that the time it will take the system of particles in Kac's model to equilibrate is proportional to the number of particles in the system. Our main result in this part is a proof, up to an epsilon, of that conjecture, showing that for all practical purposes we can consider it to be true. The second part of the presentation is based on a joint work with Prof. Michael Loss and is dedicated to a newly developed trace inequality for the fractional Laplacian, connecting between the fractional Laplacian of a function and its restriction to intersection of hyperplanes. The newly found inequality is sharp and the functions that attain equality in it are completely classified.
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An NFFT based approach to the efficient computation of dipole-dipole interactions under different periodic boundary conditions

Nestler, Franziska 11 June 2015 (has links) (PDF)
We present an efficient method to compute the electrostatic fields, torques and forces in dipolar systems, which is based on the fast Fourier transform for nonequispaced data (NFFT). We consider 3d-periodic, 2d-periodic, 1d-periodic as well as 0d-periodic (open) boundary conditions. The method is based on the corresponding Ewald formulas, which immediately lead to an efficient algorithm only in the 3d-periodic case. In the other cases we apply the NFFT based fast summation in order to approximate the contributions of the nonperiodic dimensions in Fourier space. This is done by regularizing or periodizing the involved functions, which depend on the distances of the particles regarding the nonperiodic dimensions. The final algorithm enables a unified treatment of all types of periodic boundary conditions, for which only the precomputation step has to be adjusted.
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Parameter tuning for the NFFT based fast Ewald summation

Nestler, Franziska 23 March 2015 (has links) (PDF)
The computation of the Coulomb potentials and forces in charged particle systems under 3d-periodic boundary conditions is possible in an efficient way by utilizing the Ewald summation formulas and applying the fast Fourier transform (FFT). In this paper we consider the particle-particle NFFT (P2NFFT) approach, which is based on the fast Fourier transform for nonequispaced data (NFFT) and compare the error behaviors regarding different window functions, which are used in order to approximate the given continuous charge distribution by a mesh based charge density. While typically B-splines are applied in the scope of particle mesh methods, we consider for the first time also an approximation by Bessel functions. We show how the resulting root mean square errors in the forces can be predicted precisely and efficiently. The results show that if the parameters are tuned appropriately the Bessel window function can keep up with the B-spline window and is in many cases even the better choice with respect to computational costs.
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Análise numérica bidimensional de interação fluido-estrutura: uma formulação posicional baseada em elementos finitos e partículas / Two-dimensional fluid-structure interaction numerical analysis: a positional formulation based on finite elements and particles

Giovane Avancini 09 April 2018 (has links)
Problemas envolvendo interação entre fluido e estrutura são desafiadores para a engenharia e, ao mesmo tempo em que abrangem dois meios com características físicas distintas, demandam uma descrição matemática para cada um deles que seja compatível, de forma a permitir o acoplamento. Assim, este trabalho apresenta uma formulação em descrição Lagrangeana para análises dinâmicas de sólidos, fluidos incompressíveis e interação fluido-estrutura (IFE). Nos problemas de IFE é comum a estrutura apresentar grandes deslocamentos, o que torna imprescindível considerar o efeito da não-linearidade geométrica. Levando isso em consideração, é empregada uma formulação do método dos elementos finitos (MEF) baseada em posições, cuja aplicação em análises dinâmicas de estruturas em regime de grandes deslocamentos vem se mostrando bastante robusta. Já no âmbito da dinâmica dos fluidos, sabe-se que uma descrição Lagrangeana acaba por eliminar os termos convectivos das equações de Navier-Stokes, dispensando o uso de métodos estabilizantes nessas equações. Por outro lado, a dificuldade é então transferida para o uso de técnicas eficientes de remesh, preservação da qualidade da malha e de identificação do contorno, uma vez que os fluidos podem deformar-se indefinidamente quando submetidos a forças de cisalhamento. Assim, uma combinação do método dos elementos finitos e do método de partículas é utilizada, onde as forças de interação entre as partículas de fluido são calculadas por meio de uma malha de elementos finitos que é renovada para cada passo de tempo. Por meio de técnicas que reconstroem automaticamente o contorno, é possível simular problemas de superfície livre que sofram severas alterações e, até mesmo, uma eventual separação de partículas do domínio inicial, representando, por exemplo, a formação de gotas. Por fim, o sistema de acoplamento entre o fluido e o sólido é simplificado devido a ambos os domínios serem descritos através de um referencial Lagrangeano, não necessitando de métodos para a adaptação da malha do fluido de modo a acompanhar o movimento da estrutura. / Problems involving fluid-structure interaction are challenging for engineering and, while involving two different materials with distinct physical properties, they require a compatible mathematical description for both solid and fluid domain in order to allow the coupling. Thus, this work introduces a formulation, under Lagrangian description, for the solution of solid, incompressible fluid dynamics and fluid-structure interaction (FSI). In FSI problems, the structure usually presents large displacements thus making mandatory a geometric non-linear analysis. Considering it, we adopt a position based formulation of the finite element method (FEM) which has been shown to be very robust when applied to large displacement solid dynamics. For the fluid mechanics problem it is well known that a Lagrangian description eliminates the convective terms from the Navier-Stokes equations and thus, no stabilization technique is required. However, the difficulty is then transferred to the need of efficient re-meshing, mesh quality and external boundary identification techniques, since the fluid presents no resistance to shear stresses and may deform indefinitely. In this sense, we employ a combination of finite element and particle methods in which the particle interaction forces are computed by mean of a finite element mesh which is re-constructed at every time step. Free surface flows are simulated by a boundary recognition technique enabling large domain distortions or even the particles separation from the main domain, representing for instance a water drop. Finally, the fluid-structure coupling is simplified due to the Lagrangian description adopted for both materials, with no need for extra adaptive mesh-moving technique for the fluid computational domain to follow the structure motion.
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Desenvolvimento de um sistema para simulação do escoamento fluidos não-newtonianos na engenharia civil por meio do método de partículas Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS). / Development of a simulation system for non-newtonian flows in civil engineering using the Moving Particle Semi-implicit method.

Motezuki, Fabio Kenji 07 December 2018 (has links)
O concreto é um dos materiais de construção civil mais versáteis, podendo se adaptar a formas diversas quando em seu estado fresco e resistindo a grandes cargas de compressão em seu estado rígido. No entanto, em estruturas mais densamente armadas ou com geometrias mais complexas, pode-se apresentar dificuldades para a moldagem, causando falhas no preenchimento da forma, o que reduz a capacidade resistente da peça e sua vida útil. Neste trabalho foi utilizado o método de partículas lagrangeanas Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) como base para um simulador para o estudo do comportamento do escoamento de pastas e argamassas cujo comportamento pode se aproximado por modelos reológicos como Bingham e Herschel-Bulkley. Foram propostos módulos para a simulação da viscosidade não-newtoniana, variação térmica no processo de cura e modelagem de turbulência. Para modelar a variação de viscosidade de um fluido não-newtoniano foi utilizado o modelo de Herschel-Bulkley. O modelo de Herschel-Bulkley possui uma singularidade para taxas de deformação muito pequenas, que resulta em valores de viscosidade infinitas, dificuldade contornada pela solução proposta por Papanastasiou (1987). Na modelagem térmica foram analisados dois modelos de dissipação, sendo um original do método e outro calculado por meio do divergente do gradiente utilizando os modelos de partículas e que teria melhores resultados para o cálculo da dissipação térmica. Também foi modelada a convecção térmica, utilizando para isso a hipótese de Boussinesq. A reação de hidratação do concreto foi modelada utilizando uma equação do tipo Hill para representar a elevação de temperatura obtida por meio um ensaio adiabático. Para complementar as simulações, foi utilizado o modelo de turbulência Detached Eddy Simulation (DES), baseado no método Large Eddy Simulation (LES), que utiliza um modelo de parede para simular a interação do fluido. Para a implementação deste modelo de turbulência foi proposto um algoritmo para o cálculo da distância da partícula de fluido à parede. Este algoritmo utiliza estruturas de dados já existentes no método de partículas de modo que sua execução requer muito menos recursos que a busca binária. Apesar do trabalho ter se guiado pela simulação do concreto fresco, que é um material particularmente complexo, outros escoamentos encontrados na engenharia civil também podem ser beneficiados pelo método, como os estudos do escoamento em sistemas prediais de água e esgoto, do escoamento e prevenção de erosão em rios e córregos, do escorregamento de encostas, dos reatores para depuração de esgotos, entre outros. / The concrete is one of the more versatile civil construction materials, it can adapt to various forms when in its fresh state while resisting to high compression loads in its rigid state. However, in some cases like densely reinforced concrete structures and complex geometry concrete structures can present issues to the casting, and failure in proper form filling can occur. These failures can reduce the resistance and the lifetime of the structure. This work used a simulator based on the lagrangean particle method called Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) to study the concrete behavior in its distinctive characteristics. Also, this work proposed modules to simulate the non-Newtonian viscosity, the thermal process of concrete cure and to model the turbulent flow. To model the variation of viscosity of a non-Newtonian fluid, the Herschel-Bulkley model, which relates the shear stress with the strain rate, was applied. The Herschel-Bulkley model has a singularity at low strain rates, which results in infinite viscosities. To overcome this issue, Papanastasiou (1987) proposed a modification in the model in order to eliminate the singularity. For the thermal modeling, two models for thermal dissipation were compared, the original method and other calculated from the divergence of gradient using the differential operators for the particle model and that could present improved results for the thermal dissipation calculation. Also, the thermal convection was modeled using the Boussinesq hypothesis. The hydration reaction of the concrete was modeled using a Hill type equation to reproduce the temperature elevation. In addition, a Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) based turbulence model with a simple wall model in the interaction of wall and fluid was applied in the simulations. To improve the turbulence model, an algorithm to calculate the distance between fluid and the nearest wall particle was proposed. The algorithm uses already calculated information from particles so that the execution requires much less resources than a binary search. Although the work has been focused on to the modeling of fresh concrete simulation, which is a particularly complex material, other flows found in civil engineering can also be benefited by the method, such as studies of drainage in water and sewage systems, drainage and prevention of erosion into rivers and streams, prevention and damage mitigation of landslides, reactors for sewage treatment among many others.
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Desenvolvimento de um sistema para simulação do escoamento fluidos não-newtonianos na engenharia civil por meio do método de partículas Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS). / Development of a simulation system for non-newtonian flows in civil engineering using the Moving Particle Semi-implicit method.

Fabio Kenji Motezuki 07 December 2018 (has links)
O concreto é um dos materiais de construção civil mais versáteis, podendo se adaptar a formas diversas quando em seu estado fresco e resistindo a grandes cargas de compressão em seu estado rígido. No entanto, em estruturas mais densamente armadas ou com geometrias mais complexas, pode-se apresentar dificuldades para a moldagem, causando falhas no preenchimento da forma, o que reduz a capacidade resistente da peça e sua vida útil. Neste trabalho foi utilizado o método de partículas lagrangeanas Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) como base para um simulador para o estudo do comportamento do escoamento de pastas e argamassas cujo comportamento pode se aproximado por modelos reológicos como Bingham e Herschel-Bulkley. Foram propostos módulos para a simulação da viscosidade não-newtoniana, variação térmica no processo de cura e modelagem de turbulência. Para modelar a variação de viscosidade de um fluido não-newtoniano foi utilizado o modelo de Herschel-Bulkley. O modelo de Herschel-Bulkley possui uma singularidade para taxas de deformação muito pequenas, que resulta em valores de viscosidade infinitas, dificuldade contornada pela solução proposta por Papanastasiou (1987). Na modelagem térmica foram analisados dois modelos de dissipação, sendo um original do método e outro calculado por meio do divergente do gradiente utilizando os modelos de partículas e que teria melhores resultados para o cálculo da dissipação térmica. Também foi modelada a convecção térmica, utilizando para isso a hipótese de Boussinesq. A reação de hidratação do concreto foi modelada utilizando uma equação do tipo Hill para representar a elevação de temperatura obtida por meio um ensaio adiabático. Para complementar as simulações, foi utilizado o modelo de turbulência Detached Eddy Simulation (DES), baseado no método Large Eddy Simulation (LES), que utiliza um modelo de parede para simular a interação do fluido. Para a implementação deste modelo de turbulência foi proposto um algoritmo para o cálculo da distância da partícula de fluido à parede. Este algoritmo utiliza estruturas de dados já existentes no método de partículas de modo que sua execução requer muito menos recursos que a busca binária. Apesar do trabalho ter se guiado pela simulação do concreto fresco, que é um material particularmente complexo, outros escoamentos encontrados na engenharia civil também podem ser beneficiados pelo método, como os estudos do escoamento em sistemas prediais de água e esgoto, do escoamento e prevenção de erosão em rios e córregos, do escorregamento de encostas, dos reatores para depuração de esgotos, entre outros. / The concrete is one of the more versatile civil construction materials, it can adapt to various forms when in its fresh state while resisting to high compression loads in its rigid state. However, in some cases like densely reinforced concrete structures and complex geometry concrete structures can present issues to the casting, and failure in proper form filling can occur. These failures can reduce the resistance and the lifetime of the structure. This work used a simulator based on the lagrangean particle method called Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) to study the concrete behavior in its distinctive characteristics. Also, this work proposed modules to simulate the non-Newtonian viscosity, the thermal process of concrete cure and to model the turbulent flow. To model the variation of viscosity of a non-Newtonian fluid, the Herschel-Bulkley model, which relates the shear stress with the strain rate, was applied. The Herschel-Bulkley model has a singularity at low strain rates, which results in infinite viscosities. To overcome this issue, Papanastasiou (1987) proposed a modification in the model in order to eliminate the singularity. For the thermal modeling, two models for thermal dissipation were compared, the original method and other calculated from the divergence of gradient using the differential operators for the particle model and that could present improved results for the thermal dissipation calculation. Also, the thermal convection was modeled using the Boussinesq hypothesis. The hydration reaction of the concrete was modeled using a Hill type equation to reproduce the temperature elevation. In addition, a Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) based turbulence model with a simple wall model in the interaction of wall and fluid was applied in the simulations. To improve the turbulence model, an algorithm to calculate the distance between fluid and the nearest wall particle was proposed. The algorithm uses already calculated information from particles so that the execution requires much less resources than a binary search. Although the work has been focused on to the modeling of fresh concrete simulation, which is a particularly complex material, other flows found in civil engineering can also be benefited by the method, such as studies of drainage in water and sewage systems, drainage and prevention of erosion into rivers and streams, prevention and damage mitigation of landslides, reactors for sewage treatment among many others.
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Resolução numérica de escoamentos compressíveis empregando um método de partículas livre de malhas e o processamento em paralelo (CUDA) / Numerical resolution of compressible flows employing a mesfree particle method and CUDA

Josecley Fialho Góes 25 August 2011 (has links)
Os métodos numéricos convencionais, baseados em malhas, têm sido amplamente aplicados na resolução de problemas da Dinâmica dos Fluidos Computacional. Entretanto, em problemas de escoamento de fluidos que envolvem superfícies livres, grandes explosões, grandes deformações, descontinuidades, ondas de choque etc., estes métodos podem apresentar algumas dificuldades práticas quando da resolução destes problemas. Como uma alternativa viável, existem os métodos de partículas livre de malhas. Neste trabalho é feita uma introdução ao método Lagrangeano de partículas, livre de malhas, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) voltado para a simulação numérica de escoamentos de fluidos newtonianos compressíveis e quase-incompressíveis. Dois códigos numéricos foram desenvolvidos, uma versão serial e outra em paralelo, empregando a linguagem de programação C/C++ e a Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), que possibilita o processamento em paralelo empregando os núcleos das Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) das placas de vídeo da NVIDIA Corporation. Os resultados numéricos foram validados e a eficiência computacional avaliada considerandose a resolução dos problemas unidimensionais Shock Tube e Blast Wave e bidimensional da Cavidade (Shear Driven Cavity Problem). / The conventional mesh-based numerical methods have been widely applied to solving problems in Computational Fluid Dynamics. However, in problems involving fluid flow free surfaces, large explosions, large deformations, discontinuities, shock waves etc. these methods suffer from some inherent difficulties which limit their applications to solving these problems. Meshfree particle methods have emerged as an alternative to the conventional grid-based methods. This work introduces the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), a meshfree Lagrangian particle method to solve compressible flows. Two numerical codes have been developed, serial and parallel versions, using the Programming Language C/C++ and Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA). CUDA is NVIDIAs parallel computing architecture that enables dramatic increasing in computing performance by harnessing the power of the Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). The numerical results were validated and the speedup evaluated for the Shock Tube and Blast Wave one-dimensional problems and Shear Driven Cavity Problem.
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Modelling of wave impact on offshore structures

Abdolmaleki, Kourosh January 2007 (has links)
[Truncated abstract] The hydrodynamics of wave impact on offshore structures is not well understood. Wave impacts often involve large deformations of water free-surface. Therefore, a wave impact problem is usually combined with a free-surface problem. The complexity is expanded when the body exposed to a wave impact is allowed to move. The nonlinear interactions between a moving body and fluid is a complicated process that has been a dilemma in the engineering design of offshore and coastal structures for a long time. This thesis used experimental and numerical means to develop further understanding of the wave impact problems as well as to create a numerical tool suitable for simulation of such problems. The study included the consideration of moving boundaries in order to include the coupled interactions of the body and fluid. The thesis is organized into two experimental and numerical parts. There is a lack of benchmarking experimental data for studying fluid-structure interactions with moving boundaries. In the experimental part of this research, novel experiments were, therefore, designed and performed that were useful for validation of the numerical developments. By considering a dynamical system with only one degree of freedom, the complexity of the experiments performed was minimal. The setup included a plate that was attached to the bottom of a flume via a hinge and tethered by two springs from the top one at each side. The experiments modelled fluid-structure interactions in three subsets. The first subset studied a highly nonlinear decay test, which resembled a harsh wave impact (or slam) incident. The second subset included waves overtopping on the vertically restrained plate. In the third subset, the plate was free to oscillate and was excited by the same waves. The wave overtopping the plate resembled the physics of the green water on fixed and moving structures. An analytical solution based on linear potential theory was provided for comparison with experimental results. ... In simulation of the nonlinear decay test, the SPH results captured the frequency variation in plate oscillations, which indicated that the radiation forces (added mass and damping forces) were calculated satisfactorily. In simulation of the nonlinear waves, the waves progressed in the flume similar to the physical experiments and the total energy of the system was conserved with an error of 0.025% of the total initial energy. The wave-plate interactions were successfully modelled by SPH. The simulations included wave run-up and shipping of water for fixed and oscillating plate cases. The effects of the plate oscillations on the flow regime are also discussed in detail. The combination of experimental and numerical investigation provided further understanding of wave impact problems. The novel design of the experiments extended the study to moving boundaries in small scale. The use of SPH eliminated the difficulties of dealing with free-surface problems so that the focus of study could be placed on the impact forces on fixed and moving bodies.
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Desenvolvimento de um simulador numérico empregando o método Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics para a resolução de escoamentos incompressíveis. Implementação computacional em paralelo (CUDA) / Numerical modelling of incompressible flows with the smoothed particles hydrodynamics method. Implementation of parallel numerical algorithms using CUDA

Marciana Lima Góes 30 August 2012 (has links)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvido um simulador numérico baseado no método livre de malhas Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) para a resolução de escoamentos de fluidos newtonianos incompressíveis. Diferentemente da maioria das versões existentes deste método, o código numérico faz uso de uma técnica iterativa na determinação do campo de pressões. Este procedimento emprega a forma diferencial de uma equação de estado para um fluido compressível e a equação da continuidade a fim de que a correção da pressão seja determinada. Uma versão paralelizada do simulador numérico foi implementada usando a linguagem de programação C/C++ e a Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) da NVIDIA Corporation. Foram simulados três problemas, o problema unidimensional do escoamento de Couette e os problemas bidimensionais do escoamento no interior de uma Cavidade (Shear Driven Cavity Problem) e da Quebra de Barragem (Dambreak). / In this work a numerical simulator was developed based on the mesh-free Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method to solve incompressible newtonian fluid flows. Unlike most existing versions of this method, the numerical code uses an iterative technique in the pressure field determination. This approach employs a differential state equation for a compressible fluid and the continuity equation to calculate the pressure correction. A parallel version of the numerical code was implemented using the Programming Language C/C++ and Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) from the NVIDIA Corporation. The numerical results were validated and the speed-up evaluated for an one-dimensional Couette flow and two-dimensional Shear Driven Cavity and Dambreak problems.
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Desenvolvimento de um simulador numérico empregando o método Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics para a resolução de escoamentos incompressíveis. Implementação computacional em paralelo (CUDA) / Numerical modelling of incompressible flows with the smoothed particles hydrodynamics method. Implementation of parallel numerical algorithms using CUDA

Marciana Lima Góes 30 August 2012 (has links)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvido um simulador numérico baseado no método livre de malhas Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) para a resolução de escoamentos de fluidos newtonianos incompressíveis. Diferentemente da maioria das versões existentes deste método, o código numérico faz uso de uma técnica iterativa na determinação do campo de pressões. Este procedimento emprega a forma diferencial de uma equação de estado para um fluido compressível e a equação da continuidade a fim de que a correção da pressão seja determinada. Uma versão paralelizada do simulador numérico foi implementada usando a linguagem de programação C/C++ e a Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) da NVIDIA Corporation. Foram simulados três problemas, o problema unidimensional do escoamento de Couette e os problemas bidimensionais do escoamento no interior de uma Cavidade (Shear Driven Cavity Problem) e da Quebra de Barragem (Dambreak). / In this work a numerical simulator was developed based on the mesh-free Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method to solve incompressible newtonian fluid flows. Unlike most existing versions of this method, the numerical code uses an iterative technique in the pressure field determination. This approach employs a differential state equation for a compressible fluid and the continuity equation to calculate the pressure correction. A parallel version of the numerical code was implemented using the Programming Language C/C++ and Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) from the NVIDIA Corporation. The numerical results were validated and the speed-up evaluated for an one-dimensional Couette flow and two-dimensional Shear Driven Cavity and Dambreak problems.

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