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Attitude control remains one of the top engineering challenges faced by small satellite mission planning and design. Conventional methods for attitude control include propulsion, reaction wheels, magnetic torque coils, and passive stabilization mechanisms, such as permanent magnets that align with planetary magnetic fields. Drawbacks of these conventional attitude control methods for small satellites include size, power consumption, dependence on external magnetic fields, and lack of full control authority. This research investigates an alternative, novel approach to attitude-control method for small satellites, utilizing the noncommutative property of rigid body rotation sequences. Piezoelectric bimorph actuators are used to induce sinusoidal small-amplitude satellite oscillations on two of the satellites axes. While zero net change occurs on these signaled axes, the third axis can develop an average angular rate. This noncommutative attitude control methodology has several advantages over conventional methods, including scalability, power consumption, and operation outside of Earth's magnetic field. This research looks into the feasibility of such a system, and lays the foundation for a simple control system architecture.

Depuis 45 Ma, le continent asiatique se déforme sous l'effet de la collision continentale de l'Inde. L'épaississement crustal et l'extrusion de blocs le long de grands décrochements sont considérés comme les deux principaux mécanismes accommodant la déformation. Par ailleurs, des observations structurales suggèrent la présence de rotations de blocs autour d'axes verticaux au niveau des syntaxes Est et Ouest himalayennes et dans une zone allant de l'Afghanistan au Baïkal. L'étude des relations entre épaississement, décrochement et rotations de blocs qui constitue l'objet de ce travail, est un des points importants pour la compréhension de la cinématique Tertiaire de l'Asie. Les mécanismes de déformation et la cinématique T ertiaires de l'Ouest de l'Asie Centrale ont été abordés par le biais du paléomagnétisme et de la géologie structurale. La présente étude a été réalisée dans la dépression Tadjik et le Tien Shan Kirghiz, situés respectivement au nord-ouest et au nord de la syntaxe Ouest- Himalayenne et du Pamir. L'étude paléomagnétique permet de mettre en évidence deux domaines distincts de rotations de part et d'autre de la faille décrochante dextre de Talass-Fergana qui traverse le Tien Shan de part en part. A l'Est de cette faille, les bassins Cénozoïques du Tien Shan présentent une rotation faible ou nulle par rapport à l'Asie stable. A l'inverse, à l'Ouest, les rotations antihoraires sont significatives, de 1'0rdre de 20° dans le bassin de Fergana, de 15 à 50° dans la dépression Tadjik. L'étude structurale montre que le contexte cinématiq ue régional . combine chevauchement et décrochement sénestre. La déformation et la rotation des bassins de type compressifs est principalement localisée dans la couverture sédimentaire, à l'opposé des zones faillées d'échelle crustale qui les limitent. La cinématique Tertiaire du Tien Shan et de la dépression Tadjik apparaît fortement associée au poinçonnement vers le Nord du Pamir par rapport à l'Asie. La faille de Talass-Fergana est une discontinuité majeure à l'Ouest de laquelle la déformation est accommodée par de l'épaississement, du décrochement et des rotations de blocs.

Este trabalho aborda um dos tipos construtivos mais empregados em lajes de edificações no Brasil, que são as lajes com nervuras pré-moldadas com armação treliçada. O objetivo principal do trabalho é contribuir na avaliação da continuidade estrutural relativa aos momentos fletores negativos nos apoios destas lajes. Para a realização deste trabalho, as lajes em concreto pré-moldado formadas por vigota com armação treliçada foram analisadas segundo modelos teóricos e experimentais. Na análise teórica, a consideração da não-linearidade física do concreto é realizada a partir do uso da relação momento x curvatura proposta pelo código modelo CEB-90 em conjunto com a técnica do carregamento incremental. Os resultados do modelo teórico são confrontados com os resultados obtidos em ensaios experimentais de faixas de lajes contínuas dimensionadas com diferentes graus de redistribuição dos momentos fletores negativos. Nas análises realizadas observa-se que: a) o modelo teórico apresenta bons resultados comparados aos resultados experimentais, b) as lajes apresentam boa capacidade de rotação plástica, c) com alta taxa de armadura negativa não ocorre redistribuição de esforços, d) as flechas praticamente independem da taxa de armadura negativa e e) a força última é praticamente independente do grau de redistribuição adotado no dimensionamento. / This work deal with an usual type of slab in Brazil: slabs made by precast joist with lattice reinforcement. The goal of this work is the structural analysis of bending moments in the supports of slabs made by this kind of precast element. Theoretical and experimental models analyze this type of slab. In the theoretical analysis, the non-linear concrete behavior is done by moment x curvature relationship of Model Code CEB-90 add incremental load technique. The theoretical model is compared with experimental results of continuous strip slabs designed with different degrees of bending moment redistribution. In these analysis had been noted: a) the theoretical model presents good results compared with the experimental results, b) the slabs present good plastic rotation capacity, c) with high negative reinforcement ratio in the support does not happen moment redistribution, d) the displacement is practically independent of negative reinforcement ratio and e) the ultimate load is practically independent of redistribution degree idealized in the design.

Nesta dissertação apresentamos uma sequência de atividades não tradicionais, com foco no ensino e na aprendizagem de Geometria, em particular no que se refere às Isometrias no Plano, elaboradas para alunos de Ensino Fundamental, e o resultado de sua aplicação a oito turmas de 9o ano, como forma de desenvolver habilidades de raciocínio desses alunos. Utilizamos para esse experimento o Design Experiment, experimento de ensino fundamentado no aprimoramento contínuo, e a teoria de Van Hiele baseada na tese de doutorado de Adela Jaime-Pastor (1993), com uma série de atividades elaboradas e aplicadas pela professora/pesquisadora envolvendo as translações e as reflexões, através das fases de aprendizagem e níveis de raciocínio que os alunos desenvolvem com a aplicação dessa teoria. Esse experimento foi dividido em dois momentos, aplicação com quatro turmas de 9o ano em 2015 e aplicação com outras quatro turmas de 9o ano em 2016, subdivididos em outras duas situações, atividades sobre translações e atividades sobre reflexões. Os dados desse experimento foram obtidos através das produções dos alunos, que trabalharam em duplas, em sala de aula, registrados por meio de fotos, vídeos e áudios gravados pela própria pesquisadora. Também utilizamos as bonecas de papel de Brigitte Servatius (1997), com as quais foram trabalhadas translações e reflexões. Os alunos participantes do experimento finalizaram-no com noções sólidas das características das isometrias e um visível progresso em seu nível de conhecimento. A forma como as atividades foram realizadas trouxeram reflexos na rotina desses estudantes em sala de aula, tornando evidente que a busca por situações que despertem o interesse dos alunos de forma inovadora pode gerar melhores resultados e a motivação de uma contínua aprendizagem. / In this dissertation we present a sequence of non-traditional activities, focusing on the teaching and learning of Geometry, in particular regarding the Isometrics in the Plan, elaborated for elementary school students, and the result of its application to eight classes of 9th grade , As a way to develop students\' reasoning skills. We used for this experiment the Design Experiment, a teaching experiment based on continuous improvement, and Van Hiele\'s theory based on Adela Jaime-Pastor\'s (1993) doctoral thesis, with a series of activities elaborated and applied by the teacher/researcher involving the translations and the reflections, through the phases of learning and levels of reasoning that the students develop with the application of this theory. This experiment was divided in two moments, application with four classes of 9th grade in 2015 and application with four other groups of 9th grade in 2016, subdivided into two other situations, activities on translations and activities on reflections. The data of this experiment were obtained through the productions of the students, who worked in doubles, in the classroom, recorded through photos, videos and audios recorded by the researcher herself. We also used the paper dolls of Brigitte Servatius (1997), with which we worked on translations and reflections. The students participating in the experiment finalized it with solid notions of the characteristics of the isometries and a visible progress in their level of knowledge. The way the activities were carried out brought reflexes to the routine of these students in the classroom, making it evident that the search for situations that arouse the students\' interest in an innovative way can generate better results and the motivation of continuous learning.

This thesis provides the deliberations about the implementation of Gentleman-Kung systolic array for QR decomposition using Givens Rotations within the context of radar signal processing. The systolic array of Givens Rotations is implemented and analysed using a massively parallel processor array (MPPA), Ambric Am2045. The tools that are dedicated to the MPPA are tested in terms of engineering efficiency. aDesigner, which is built on eclipse environment, is used for programming, simulating and performance analysing. aDesigner has been produced for Ambric chip family. 2 parallel matrix multiplications have been implemented to get familiar with the architecture and tools. Moreover different sized systolic arrays are implemented and compared with each other. For programming, ajava and astruct languages are provided. However floating point numbers are not supported by the provided languages. Thus fixed point arithmetic is used in systolic array implementation of Givens Rotations. Stable and precise numerical results are obtained as outputs of the algorithms. However the analysis results are not reliable because of the performance analysis tools.

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2016-10-19T12:48:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Alexandre Rodrigues de Assis.pdf: 4979327 bytes, checksum: 5e0ad89b3f3293076de6fcf16e11f879 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-19T12:48:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Alexandre Rodrigues de Assis.pdf: 4979327 bytes, checksum: 5e0ad89b3f3293076de6fcf16e11f879 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-30 / The continuous and accentuated development of the digital technologies has provided challenging situations in the educational field. In this context, the use of mobile devices can represent a beneficial time for reflections on the creation of favorable environments for mathematical learning. Particularly the touchscreen devices can contribute to the formation of a new learning space. This research aimed to design, implement and analyze isometries activities using tablet on an ongoing teachers training - in Normal Mode - in Middle Level. The research with characteristics of Design was guided by the following questions: i) how are the touchscreen performances in the resolution of the proposed tasks?; and ii) how do the students handle doing rotations in GeoGebra touch and in Geometric Constructer? As data collection instruments were used (a) researcher records, (b) students' records for the proposed activities, (c) icons sheet, (d) recording audio and video, and (e) recording of touches made in tablet screen using Screen Recorder Pro. The study field was conducted with 10 students of the 1st year in a public school in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. Besides theoretical reflections we conducted the analysis of episodes that emerged from implementations with GeoGebra touch and Geometric Constructer. By a survey with characteristics of Design and marked theoretical referential in vigotskianas conceptions, we conducted theoretical reflections about the gestures and touchscreen manipulation and we illustrate the analysis of interactions that emerged from implementations with GeoGebra touch and Geometric Constructer. The results indicate that the use of tablets, linked to the development of tasks considering the specificities of the software contributes to the construction of mathematical concepts and cognitive development. The analysis also revealed that touchscreen manipulation contributed to perform rotations using two or three fingers and performances that refer to the composition of isometric transformations, providing the (re)construction of meanings. / O cont?nuo e acentuado desenvolvimento das tecnologias digitais tem propiciado situa??es desafiadoras no ?mbito educacional. Nesse ?mbito, o uso de aparatos m?veis pode representar um momento prof?cuo para reflex?es sobre a cria??o de ambientes favor?veis ao aprendizado matem?tico. Particularmente, os dispositivos touchscreen podem contribuir para a constitui??o de um novo espa?o de aprendizagem. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivos elaborar, implementar e analisar atividades de isometrias, utilizando tablet, em um curso de forma??o de professores - na Modalidade Normal - em N?vel M?dio. A pesquisa com caracter?sticas de Design foi orientada pelos seguintes questionamentos: i) como s?o as performances de touchscreen na resolu??o das tarefas propostas?; e ii) como os discentes manipulam fazendo rota??es no GeoGebra touch e no Construtor Geom?trico? Como instrumentos de coleta de dados foram utilizados (a) registros do pesquisador, (b) registros dos alunos para as atividades propostas, (c) folha de ?cones, (d) grava??es em ?udio e em v?deo, e (e) grava??o dos toques realizados na tela do tablet utilizando Screen Recorder Pro. O trabalho de campo foi desenvolvido com 10 alunos do 1? ano em uma escola p?blica estadual da regi?o metropolitana no Rio de Janeiro. Al?m de reflex?es te?ricas realizamos a an?lise de epis?dios que emergiram de implementa??es com o GeoGebra touch e Construtor Geom?trico. Mediante uma pesquisa com caracter?sticas de Design e referencial te?rico balizado em concep??es vigotskianas, realizamos reflex?es te?ricas acerca dos gestos e manipula??es touchscreen e ilustramos a an?lise de intera??es que emergiram de implementa??es com o GeoGebra touch e Construtor Geom?tricor. Os resultados indicam que o uso de tablets, vinculada ? elabora??o de tarefas considerando as especificidades do software, contribui para constru??o de conceitos matem?ticos e desenvolvimento cognitivo. As an?lises tamb?m revelaram que manipula??es touchscreen contribuiram para realizar rota??es utilizando dois ou tr?s dedos e performances que remetem ? composi??o de transforma??es isom?tricas, propiciando a (re)elabora??o de significados

La thèse s'inscrit dans le développement de systèmes d'instrumentation pour les structures intelligentes du génie civil. Elle dresse un panorama des capacités d'un nouveau capteur pour l'évaluation dynamique des ouvrages : l'Extensomètre à fibre optique de Longue Base de mesure Continûment Attaché (ELB-CA). Un modèle analytique complet de la mesure des capteurs est déterminé et appliqué au cas des poutres d'Euler-Bernoulli. Les divers traitements et études (par exemple par analyse en ondelettes) réalisés sur les réponses numériques et expérimentales de l'ELB-CA ont permis de dégager quelques caractéristiques des ELB-CA. Certaines sont spécifiques à la base de mesure du capteur : filtrage de modes pour le contrôle des structures et détection de défauts à partir de la courbure modale. D'autres, comme la détection de non-linéarités géométriques ou l'obtention de formes modales différentes, sont liées au type de mesure réalisée et peuvent s'appliquer à tous les extensomètres.

du fait de l'explosion actuelle des télécommunications, les opérateurs sont victimes d'une crise de croissance les obligeant à installer toujours plus de relais, à découper les cellules (zone de couverture d'un relais) en micro-cellules dans les grandes villes, afin de faire face à la demande toujours grandissante de communications. Les concepteurs des nouveaux réseaux de transmission sont donc constamment à la recherche d'une utilisation plus efficace des ressources disponibles

<p>This thesis provides the deliberations about the implementation of Gentleman-Kung systolic array for QR decomposition using Givens Rotations within the context of radar signal </p><p>processing. The systolic array of Givens Rotations is implemented and analysed using a massively parallel processor array (MPPA), Ambric Am2045. The tools that are dedicated to the MPPA are tested in terms of engineering efficiency. aDesigner, which is built on eclipse environment, is used for programming, simulating and performance analysing. aDesigner has been produced for Ambric chip family. 2 parallel matrix multiplications have been implemented </p><p>to get familiar with the architecture and tools. Moreover different sized systolic arrays are implemented and compared with each other. For programming, ajava and astruct languages are provided. However floating point numbers are not supported by the provided languages. </p><p>Thus fixed point arithmetic is used in systolic array implementation of Givens Rotations. Stable and precise numerical results are obtained as outputs of the algorithms. However the analysis </p><p>results are not reliable because of the performance analysis tools.</p>