O presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a influência do efeito da corrosão no comportamento geotécnico de condutos enterrados através da utilização de ensaios em modelos reduzidos. Foram empregados diferentes padrões de corrosão, em que se variou o grau e a localização da corrosão. Os resultados do trabalho mostram as localizações mais danosas à estrutura, correlacionando resultados dos tubos corroídos com os de tubos intactos. O duto danificado desencadeou um carregamento assimétrico que deve ser considerado para a prevenção de possíveis deslocamentos. Finalmente, o trabalho avalia a influência conjunta da corrosão e da flexibilidade do conduto no comportamento mecânico das tubulações enterradas. De modo a permitir comparações para averiguar a validade do modelo laboratorial adotado, utilizaram-se simulações numéricas, que possibilitam o estudo do problema de forma mais abrangente. / This work evaluates the influence of corrosion effect on the geotechnical behavior of underground conduits. Small-scale tests were carried out on two different types of pipes, in which the degree and location of the corrosion were changed. The results show the most harmful corrosion locations relative to the intact conduits. The damaged conduits built in and located under asymmetric condition behave as if they were subjected to an asymmetric loading condition and this must be considered to the prevention of possible displacements. Finally, the work evaluates the joined influence of the corrosion and conduit\'s flexibility on the mechanical behavior of underground pipelines. To allow comparisons to inquire the validation of the adopted laboratorial model, numeric simulations were used, which enable the study of the problem considering other corrosion layouts.

Vazamentos decorrentes de acidentes envolvendo dutos constituem uma fonte potencial de contaminação das águas subsuperficiais, superficiais e dos componentes dos meios físico e biológico, em geral. Neste trabalho são analisados os problemas ambientais decorrentes de possíveis vazamentos dos produtos transportados no poliduto OSBRA, no trecho situado entre Porto Ferreira e Ribeirão Preto (SP). Este trecho está localizado em uma área de intensa ocupação agrícola, atravessando extensa área de recarga da Formação Botucatu e de basaltos fraturados pertencentes à Formação Serra Geral, além de vários canais de drenagem. Todas estas áreas estão, portanto, sujeitas à contaminação em caso de acidentes envolvendo o duto. Neste trabalho são apontados os principais agentes deflagadores de possíveis acidentes no trecho e analisados os diferentes contextos de contaminação de acordo com as características do meio físico e do produto liberado. / Leakage from pipeline constitute a potential source of groundwater and surface water contamination as well as to geological and biological environment components. In this research the environmental problems due to leaking of petroleum products transported by OSBRA pipeline, which runs between Porto Ferreira and Ribeirão Preto (SP), are analyzed. It is located in an area of intense agricultural management, crossing large and recharge area of Botucatu Formation and fractured basaltic rocks from Serra Geral Formation. All these areas are, therefore, subject to the contamination in case of accidents involving the pipeline. The aim of this research is to analyze the agents responsible by the accidents and to determine the different types of contamination according to the main characteristic of the environment and spill material.

This thesis presents the ADT transverse instability detection system, the next generation of instability detection in the LHC at CERN, Geneva. The system is presented after a thorough study of underlying causes for instabilities in high energy particle accelerators, current parallel programming paradigms, the available hardware and software at CERN and possible instability detection techniques. The requirements for the system involve handling vast amounts of data which need to be analyzed in real-time and in this data detect rapid amplitude growth while limiting the computational resources required to a minimum. The result of this thesis was a system that could generate a trigger when an instability was detected, which was used to save data from observation instruments around the LHC. A fixed display in the CERN control centre was also created which allows scientists and operators at CERN to monitor the oscillation amplitude of all particle bunches. The conclusion is that the complete system will be a valuable asset at CERN to help further develop the LHC.

This study is an industrial project commissioned by British Gas plc. (UK) to investigate the state of in-service naturally aged polyethylene (PE) buried pipes and to define procedures or techniques available to facilitate the condition assessment programme of PE pipelines systems. The primary goal of this study was to establish a better understanding of the ageing process in commercial piping materials and to understand its effect on long term integrity of PE pipeline systems. Eltex, Rigidex and Aldyl A are trade names of the PE gas grade resins used in this study and they represent the range of pipe materials used in the transport of potable water and gas in the UK. Sections of pipes used in this project were supplied by British Gas plc. in the form of unaged pipes and pipes which were aged in-service. Laboratory based accelerated ageing of the pipe resin samples was also carried out. The ageing regimes considered were water ageing at 23°C, air-oven ageing at 80°C, water ageing at 80 C, vacuum ageing at 80°C and in-service aged samples. Compression moulded plaques were produced as reference material. By utilising specific instrumentation and designs, several reliable procedures were developed to produce specimens directly from pipes. The feasibility of using micro-samples instead of large samples was demonstrated. A methodology was developed to retrieve disk samples using electrofusion "tapping-tee" saddles. Appropriate test specimens were designed for chemical and physical evaluations. This sampling method negates the need for excavating large sections of pipe material for the purpose of condition assessment. Reliable micro and macro-sampling test methods were developed and established as techniques for the condition assessment programme. Characterisation techniques included: (i) differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to measure (from the same specimen) both the degree of crystallinity and the oxidation induction time (OIT), (ii) HPLC analysis was used to quantify additives concentrations, (iii) Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to monitor the carbonyl index and to identify a pipe resin type from site, (iv) micro- and macro-tensile and fatigue tests to assess the changes in the mechanical properties as function of ageing. The fatigue test procedure was developed to produce brittle fracture at laboratory scale within a shorter period of time as compared to existing procedures such as the hydrostatic test. A reference data-base was created using the above identified tools and the criteria and methodology for carrying out site condition assessment inspection was compiled. The fundamental mechanisms of chemical and physical ageing were studied along with the possibility of their effect on the mechanical properties of PE pipes.

The workflow of different game modelling artists is explored, with the goal of creating a melee weapon designed for games. A low polygon weapon was created using the research into the most common components from professional workflows of creating game models. One of the goals for the paper was to obtain a greater understanding of professional workflows when creating models for games. Other goals were to utilize the research and design a finished game model from concept to end product.

When developing applications in Direct3D today, developers can choose between using the fixed function pipeline and the programmable pipeline. The programmable pipeline is more flexible than the fixed function pipeline, but what is the price for high flexibility? Is high flexibility desired at any cost? How is the choice of pipeline affecting performance? The purpose of this master thesis is to evaluate the performance of the two pipelines. This will be achieved by developing a benchmark program, which measures performance when various graphical effects are tested. The results of the evaluation will hopefully help developers to decide which pipeline to use, in terms of performance. In the end we will see that the fixed function pipeline is faster than the programmable pipeline in all our tests.

This report documents implementation details, results, benchmarks and technical discussions for the work carried out within a master’s thesis at Linköping University. Within the master’s thesis, the field of software rendering is explored in the age of parallel computing. Using the Open Computing Language, a complete graphics pipeline was implemented for use on general processing units from different vendors. The pipeline is tile-based, fully-configurable and provides means of rendering visually compelling images in real-time. Yet, further optimizations for parallel architectures are needed as uneven work loads drastically decrease the overall performance of the pipeline.

Research suggests that there still exists a disproportionate number of Black males who have contact with juvenile justice systems across this nation (Nance, 2016). The disproportionate placement of students of color, specifically, Black American males in alternative schools, serves as the gateway to the school-to-prison-pipeline (Pelzer, 2012). This study examined the lived educational experiences of two Black American juvenile males, who enrolled in an alternative school in the Southeast. This study incorporated phenomenological and narrative methods and provides rich, descriptive analyses of the participants’ experiences while attending an alternative school. Findings from this study revealed instability among the participants’ home life and education, encounters with law enforcement and an early age, varying experiences attending an alternative school, and feelings of uncertain hope displayed by the participants regarding their future lives.

The population of girls being incarcerated continues to grow amid the decline of boy offenders. While society has seen an increase in violent offenses perpetrated by these girls, the majority are still detained on status offenses or for non-violent crimes. For many girls, school is a place to seek solace and safety. Yet, for a growing population of girls, the bond they once shared with school is disintegrating. This disconnect has proven to be a critical turning point in their lives. The purpose of this study is to give girls who have been removed from the general education setting a platform to share their educational experiences.

The repair welding of main steam pipelines, which involves the welding of new material onto service-exposed material, are investigated. This paper investigates the literature and experimental work surrounding this subject. The introduction provides a background to the applicable welding technology. In section two the heat-affected zone is discussed with emphasis on the residual stresses that develop in this zone. The mechanical properties of the heat-affected zone are also investigated. This includes the tensile, toughness and hardness properties as well as inspecting the relevant microstructures. The effect of post weld heat treatment on these properties is also investigated. Section three investigates the phenomenon of creep. Not only is this important due to the high temperatures at which these pipelines operate, but creep is also associated with some failures of these weld during post weld heat treatment. The creep properties of the heat-affected zone are investigated in detail with the use of weld simulation. Sections four and five detail reasons for weld failure after welding due to hydrogen and reheat cracking. Hydrogen cracking is investigated with the use of slow strain rate tensile tests during cathodical charging the specimen with hydrogen. The phenomenon of reheat cracking is investigated with the use of high temperature tensile tests as well as a novel approach in which the stress relief of a welded joint is simulated while measuring crack growth and stress relieved. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / gm2014 / Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering / Unrestricted