Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Better comprehension of the Urban Heat Island study requires information on the natural as well as built characteristics of the environment at high spatial resolution. Sky View Factor (SVF) has been distinguished as a significant parameter for Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification based on environmental characteristics that influence the urban climate at finer spatial scales. The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate currently available data sources and methods for deriving continuous SVF estimates. The specific objectives were to summarize the characteristics of currently available digital surface models (DSMs) of the study region and to compare the results of using these models to estimate SVF with three different raster-based algorithms: Horizon Search Algorithm in R-programming (Doninck, 2018), Relief Visualization Toolbox (RVT) (Žiga et al., 2016), and the Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor (UMEP) plugin in QGIS (Lindberg, et al., 2018).

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-06-14T20:19:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 EriemAllyneMedeirosAzevedo_DISSERT.pdf: 6333576 bytes, checksum: 4fb198cb10ff3117dbd15b989910b143 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-06-15T23:30:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 EriemAllyneMedeirosAzevedo_DISSERT.pdf: 6333576 bytes, checksum: 4fb198cb10ff3117dbd15b989910b143 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-15T23:30:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EriemAllyneMedeirosAzevedo_DISSERT.pdf: 6333576 bytes, checksum: 4fb198cb10ff3117dbd15b989910b143 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-17 / Embora que eficiente do ponto de vista t?cnico, as camadas de argamassa que constituem o revestimento tradicional de alvenaria (chapisco, embo?o e reboco) apresentam-se em contradi??o com as novas tecnologias construtivas e m?todos mais eficientes de consumo e racionaliza??o da obra. Do ponto de vista ambiental, o aproveitamento de res?duos em novos comp?sitos para a constru??o civil tem sido uma vertente de estudos em crescimento na comunidade cient?fica, podendo vir a ser uma solu??o econ?mica, em alguns casos. Assim sendo, essa pesquisa prop?e o desenvolvimento de uma argamassa para Revestimento Decorativo Monocamada (RDM), para aplica??o em fachadas, produzida em canteiro, incorporando res?duo de vidro temperado (RVT) na matriz ciment?cia, como substituto parcial do agregado. Para tanto, adotou-se a rela??o aglomerante/agregado de 1:6 (em volume), ?ndice de consist?ncia de 250mm ? 20, teores de substitui??o da areia por res?duo de vidro em 20%, 50% e 80%, e rela??o ?gua/cimento vari?vel em diversos tra?os. Foram utilizados dois aditivos, um polim?rico, ? base de estireno butadieno, e outro qu?mico, al?m da adi??o mineral de s?lica ativa e de pigmento inorg?nico nas cores vermelho, amarelo e azul. Foram realizados ensaios mec?nicos para a massa no estado fresco e endurecido, assim como para o revestimento aplicado sobre alvenaria, de modo a demonstrar a viabilidade do material. Al?m disso, verificou-se a adequabilidade do RDM ao ambiente constru?do, por meio de ensaios t?rmicos. Os resultados demonstram a exequibilidade do RDM proposto com valores expressivamente superiores, quando comparado ?s normatiza??es. Assim sendo, o estudo apresenta-se a comunidade cient?fica como um incentivo ao uso das inova??es tecnol?gicas na constru??o, aumentando o leque de alternativas dispon?veis para a produ??o habitacional, com a proposi??o de um material que alcan?a as funcionalidades pretendidas e obt?m ganho ambiental, podendo ser adotado em canteiros de obras, em contrapartida as argamassas industrializadas. / Although efficient from a technical point of view, mortar layers that make up the traditional masonry coating (slurry mortar, plaster and plaster) have to be in contradiction with the new construction technologies and more efficient methods of consumption and work rationalization. From an environmental point of view, the recovery of waste into new composites for the building has been a growing strand of studies in the scientific community, may prove to be a cost-effective solution in some cases. Thus, this research proposes the development of a mortar Decorative Coating Monolayer (RDM), for use in facades, produced on site, incorporating tempered glass waste (RVT) in the cement matrix, as a partial substitute for aggregate. Therefore, we adopted the binder respect / aggregate of 1: 6 (by volume), consistency index 250mm ? 20, sand substitution levels of glass waste 20%, 50% and 80% and relative water / cement varied in many traits. Two additives were used, a polymer, styrene-butadiene-based, and other chemical, besides mineral and silica fume inorganic pigment in colors red, yellow and blue. Mechanical tests were carried out on fresh pasta and hardened, as well as for the applied coating on masonry, so as to demonstrate the feasibility of the material. In addition, it verified the adequacy of the RDM built environment by means of thermal tests. The results demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed RDM with significantly higher values when compared to norms, especially the dash-added replacement content of 20% and addition of pigment in red. Therefore, the study shows the scientific community as an incentive to the use of technological innovations in construction, increasing the range of alternatives available for housing production, with the proposition of a material that achieves the desired functionality and obtain environmental gain, and may be adopted on construction sites as an alternative industrialized mortars.

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Mit verschiedenen experimentellen Methoden werden die strukturabhängigen Eigenschaften amorpher Zr-Al-Ni-Cu- und Ta-Si-N- Multikomponentenschichten untersucht. Aus Messungen der mechanischen Spannungen in amorphen Zr-Al-Ni-Cu-Schichten werden mit hoher Empfindlichkeit relative Volumenänderungen bestimmt, die bei Schichtwachstum, Relaxation und Kristallisation auftreten. Das Meßverfahren ermöglicht Untersuchungen der Spannungsrelaxation und Viskosität in der Nähe des Glasübergangs. Irreversible Spannungsrelaxationen unterhalb von Tg können mit der "Freie Volumen-Theorie" gedeutet werden. Als Ursache für eine schnelle Abnahme von Druckspannungen im Bereich des Glasübergangs wird dagegen ein Fließprozeß vorgeschlagen. Unmittelbar während der Kristallisation werden nur geringe Spannungsänderungen festgestellt. Aus Messungen der isothermen Spannungsrelaxation werden Viskositäten der amorphen Schichten bestimmt. Aus den Spannungsmessungen ergeben sich neue Erkenntnisse über das Relaxations- und Kristallisationsverhalten von Multikomponentengläsern. Es werden grundlegende Fragestellungen zu Entmischungs- und Kristallisationsvorgängen in amorphen Ta-Si-N-Schichten untersucht, die auch für technologische Anwendungen der Schichten als Diffusionsbarrieren relevant sind. ASAXS-, TEM- und XRD- Messungen ergeben, daß in amorphen Ta40Si14N46-Schichten bei Temperaturen zwischen 1073 K und 1273 K komplexe Prozesse, wie eine Phasenseparation und eine nachfolgende Nanokristallisation ablaufen. Diese Prozesse führen zu einer Bildung von Strukturen mit charakteristischen Ausdehnungen und wirken sich auf die mechanischen Spannungen aus. Durch die vorliegenden Ergebnisse wird gezeigt, daß die Stabilität der Diffusionsbarrieren bereits unterhalb der Kristallisationstemperatur durch die Entmischung und Nanokristallisation begrenzt ist.

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