Neste trabalho foi realizado um estudo da influencia das composições dos materiais de blindagem e variações nos espectros emitidos por equipamentos de raios X através da utilização de um programa computacional que utiliza a técnica de Monte Carlo. Foi determinada a fluência de fótons depois das blindagens, com geometrias realísticas de feixe primário, para espectros de energias utilizados na prática da radiologia diagnóstica, gerando, dessa maneira, um banco de dados representativos da transmissão média e fluência para os materiais estudados. Com o método proposto, busca-se analisar a influencia da composição da argamassa baritada, e do concreto em curvas de transmissão, bem como sua influencia na determinação da espessura de blindagem, e a influencia da alteração das características do espectro da radiação X na transmissão de fótons. A metodologia desse trabalho foi realizada em duas etapas distintas: a análise com dados de fluência e da transmissão com espectros monoenergéticos e polienergéticos, mantendo-se as mesmas configurações das geometrias internas de simulação, como por exemplo, a filtração total, o ripple e o ângulo efetivo do feixe, mas considerando um material de blindagem para o espectro monoenergético e três materiais para o espectro polienergético; a intercomparação entre o mesmo material de blindagem, através da alteração da filtração total, do ripple, e do ângulo de voo da geometria interna de simulação. Como resultado, foi possível analisar os dados simulados, apresentando diferenças aparentemente significativas entre os dados das transmissões médias de fótons, devido às diferentes composições, mas estas diferenças não são significativas a ponto de influenciarem nas estimativas das espessuras das blindagens na construção civil. Este trabalho também apresenta um banco de dados contendo as fluências de radiação X, depois das blindagens para as diferentes configurações de feixe e materiais da parede, e um banco de dados contendo as curvas e suas equações de ajuste das curvas de transmissão para os diferentes materiais estudados. A avaliação da alteração da transmissão em função de variações no espectro de emissão de radiação X demonstrou grande importância para a influencia destes fatores na formação do espectro. As alterações nas composições do espectro, devido às variações da filtração total de alumínio, aumentaram o poder de penetração no material absorvedor e em sua energia média do feixe. As mudanças na composição do espectro devido a alterações do ângulo de inclinação do anodo e do ripple, evidenciaram seu grau de influencia nas estimativas das curvas de transmissão de fótons X, onde o aumento do ângulo efetivo e do ripple no espectro aumenta a participação de fótons de baixa energia, e diminui a energia média do feixe e a camada semirredutora, tendo uma participação diferenciada na formação da imagem radiográfica. Trabalhos futuros poderão ser realizados com simulações de maior número de pontos de espessuras e de histórias, possibilitando uma melhor estatística dos dados simulados, minimizando assim os erros relativos. Além disso, sugere-se que esse método seja aplicado a diferentes materiais e composições de materiais utilizados na construção de blindagens, com o intuito de gerar um banco de dados que auxilie na proteção radiológica na área da radiologia geral. / This work presents a study of the influence of the compositions of shielding materials and variations in the spectra emitted by X-ray equipment by using a computer program that uses the Monte Carlo technique. The flux of photons was determined after the shielding material, with realistic geometries of the primary beam energy spectra used in the practice of diagnostic radiology, generating in this way, a database representative of the average transmission and fluence for the materials studied. With the proposed method, we seek to analyze the influence of barium composition of the mortar, and concrete transmission curves and their influence in determining the shielding thickness, and the influence of altering the characteristics of the radiation spectrum in the transmission of X photons. The methodology of this study was conducted in two stages: analysis with data streaming and transmission spectra with monoenergetic and polienergetics beams, keeping the same settings of the internal geometry of the simulation, for example, the total filtration, the ripple and the effective angle beam, although considering a shielding material for the monoenergetic spectrum and three materials for the polienergetic spectrum; the intercomparison between the same shielding material by changing the total filtration, ripple, and the angle of flight of the internal geometry simulation. As a result it was possible to analyze the simulated data, presenting among mean transmission data of photons, due to different compositions, but these differences are not significant enough to influence the thicknesses of shielding estimation used in the construction industry. This work also presents a database containing the fluence of X-irradiation, the shielding for the various beams and wall materials, and a database containing the curves and their equations to fit the curves of transmission for different materials studied. The evaluation of the change in transmission due to variations in the emission spectrum of X-rays showed great importance on the influence of these factors in the formation of the spectrum. Changes in the composition of the spectrum, due to variations in the total aluminum filtration, increased the power of penetration into the absorbing material and its average energy. Changes in the composition of the spectrum due to changes in the angle of the anode and the ripple, showed their influence in the estimation of transmission curves of X-photons, where the increase in the effective angle and ripple in the spectrum increases the participation of low energy photons, and decreases the average energy of the beam and half-value layer, and a differentiated participation in the formation of radiographies. Future work will be carried on simulations of many points of thicknesses and stories, allowing a better statistical analysis of simulated data, thus minimizing the relative errors. Moreover, it is suggested that this method be his applied to different materials and compositions of shielding materials in order to generate a database to assist in radiological protection in the field of general radiology.

Thesis. 1975. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil Engineering. / Bibliography: leaf 106. / by Joseph Parker Morray, Jr. / M.S.

O arame tubular AWS E71T-1 tem sido utilizado, na grande maioria das aplicaÃÃes, com CO2 e argÃnio. No entanto, para esta mistura de gÃs, as informaÃÃes nÃo foram levantadas, de forma suficiente, com relaÃÃo ao desempenho operacional do arame. Sabe-se que o tipo de gÃs afeta tambÃm a transferÃncia metÃlica, o comportamento do arco, a geometria do cordÃo de solda, a taxa de deposiÃÃo e a eficiÃncia de fusÃo do arame, dentre outras caracterÃsticas do processo de soldagem. O objetivo do trabalho consiste em realizar um levantamento das caracterÃsticas operacionais do arame tubular AWS E71T-1 empregando CO2 puro e uma mistura de CO2 + argÃnio na soldagem convencional em tensÃo constante e na soldagem com corrente pulsada. Neste sentido, foram realizadas soldas, com arame tubular AWS E71T-1 de 1,2 mm de diÃmetro, em simples deposiÃÃo, na posiÃÃo plana, em corpos de prova de aÃo ABNT 1020 com dimensÃes de 150x50x8 mm. Empregou-se uma fonte eletrÃnica de soldagem e um sistema automÃtico de posicionamento da pistola. A tensÃo de soldagem foi mantida em 23 V. A relaÃÃo entre a velocidade de alimentaÃÃo do arame e a velocidade de soldagem foi mantida entre 20 e 23, para garantir uma Ãrea adicionada aproximadamente constante de 18 mm2. analisaram-se os efeitos do tipo de gÃs de proteÃÃo (CO2 e Ar + CO2 ), da distÃncia bico de contato peÃa (20 e 25 mm), dos nÃveis de corrente (160, 180 e 200 A) e sua natureza (convencional e pulsada) sobre o comportamento do arco, sobre a geometria da solda e sobre as caracterÃsticas econÃmicas do arame (taxa de fusÃo, taxa de deposiÃÃo e eficiÃncia de deposiÃÃo). Os resultados indicam que o tipo de gÃs de proteÃÃo afeta mais significativamente a transferÃncia metÃlica e a geometria da solda, exercendo pequena influÃncia sobre as caracterÃsticas econÃmicas do arame. Constatou-se tambÃm que o efeito da intensidade de corrente sobre a operacionalidade do arame tubular AWS E71T-1 depende sensivelmente do tipo de corrente (convencional ou pulsada). / The flux cored wire AWS E71T-1 has been used in the vast majority of its applications with pure CO2 as a shielding gas. A recent study demonstrated that it is possible to improve the metallurgical characteristics of the weld metal of the flux cored wire by the application of a mixture of CO2 and argon. However, information for this gas mixture hasnât been raised sufficiently concerning the operational performance of the wire using this gas mixture. It is known that the gas type also affects the metal transfer, the behavior of arc welding, the weld bead geometry, the deposition rate and the deposition efficiency of the wire within other characteristics of the welding process. The aim of the study consists in the realization of a survey of the AWS E71T-1 flux cored wire operational characteristics (economic characteristics of the welding consumable, geometric weld characteristics, arc stability and metal transfer). Due to this, bead on plate welding was performed using the flux cored wire AWS E71T-1 with a diameter of 1,2 mm, in flat position on samples of ABNT 1020 steel with a size of 150x50x8 mm. An electronic welding source and a positioning system were used. It was sustained a welding tension of 23 V. The relationship between the wire feed speed and the travel speed was kept constant between 20 and 23 to guarantee a deposit area of approximately 18 mm2. The influence of shielding gas (CO2 and Ar and CO2 ), the contact tube-to-work (TTW) (20 and 25 mm), the welding current (160, 180 and 200 A) and its nature (conventional and pulsed) were analyzed regarding the behavior of arc welding, the weld geometry and the economic characteristics of cored wire (fusion rate, deposition rate and deposition efficiency). The results showed that the shielding gas type has more influence on metal transfer and welding geometry and little influence on economic characteristics of the cored wire. It was also shown that the effect of the current intensity on the operationally of the flux cored wire AWS E71T-1 depends perceptibly on the current type (conventional or pulsed).

O progresso nas pesquisas no campo de átomos a baixíssimas temperaturas tem possibilitado o estudo de fenômenos de fotoassociação e blindagem óptica. Estes dois fenômenos são tipicamente produzidos quando um campo de luz externo é incidido em um MOT. Dependendo das dessintonias das frequências dos lasers em relação à ressonância atômica, se podem realizar seletivamente estes processos. Neste trabalho, os estudos são feitos em átomos de sódio e a exploração apresentada faz parte dos estudos que envolvem a formação e detecção de moléculas fotônicas. Uma exploração dos espetros de fotoionização associativa por dois fótons na região de 0 até -30 GHz foi realizada e a identificação dos estados de longo alcance foi feita. Os níveis vibracionais identificados pertencem majoritariamente aos estados 1g, 0g e 0+u, sendo o estado 0g um estado puramente de longo alcance. Um estudo da blindagem óptica em alguns picos do espectro de fotoionização associativa foi realizada com a adição de outro laser azul de frequência ωA2, e se comprovou saturação na blindagem das colisões inelásticas quando se aumenta a potência deste laser. Com estes estudos demonstramos que os potenciais moleculares intermediários são modificados na presença de campos de luz intensos. / The progress of research in the field of atoms in low temperatures has opened the possibility to study phenomena called fotoassociation and optical shielding. These two phenomena are typically produced when an external light field is focused on a MOT. Depending on the detuning of frequencies of the laser with respect to the atomic resonance can be selectively induced these processes. In this work, the studies are made for sodium atoms, and the presented exploration has been a part of the first studies involving the formation and detection of photonic molecules. An exploration of the fotoasociation spectrum of two colors fotoionizative association between 0 and -30 GHz was performed, and a labeling of the states of long range was carried out. These vibrational levels belong mostly to the states 1g, 0g and 0+u , being the state 0g , a purely long range state. A study of optical shielding of some peaks in the fotoasociation spectrum, as identified to be important in forming the photonic molecule. With respect to the blue laser detuning frequency ωA and its intensity was performed with the addition of another blue laser frequency ωA2, and can show a saturation in the shielding for inelastic collisions when increasing the laser intensity. The studies have showed modification in the intermediary potentials in the presence of an intense light field.

The Technical Testing and Analysis Center (TTAC) Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory performs electromagnetic compatibility testing on various radiation detection units. These tests require remote viewing of the equipment’s display to monitor its compliance with national and international standards. The Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) camera equipment that is used to monitor the displays exhibits radio frequency susceptibilities causing issues when determining the actual susceptibilities of the device under test. In order to mitigate this issue, a COTS camera was placed in two common test positions and cycled through three angled orientations with various radio frequency shielding methods applied. The development of these shielding methods was investigated in this thesis. The goal was to reduce the number of susceptible frequencies. The reduction of susceptibilities would greatly increase the viewing capacity of the cameras during testing. The techniques discovered have allowed for other COTS camera equipment to be modified and used effectively during electromagnetic compatibility testing.

In the field of maxillofacial surgery, the treatment for the recovery of the fracture at condyle region of the mandible has been carried out using Bio-metals such as Titanium, Cobalt, Stainless-Steel because they were considered the standard materials for Implant plate devices for fracture fixation. Using these materials have led to undesired disturbances where the patient must undergo secondary surgery after recovery leading to exposure of the fracture site to the surrounding, metal-ion release into the human system, stress-shielding and interruption during imaging i.e. (Computerized tomography scans). The healing of the mandible requires a delicate and stable fixation procedure for the bone structure to heal. Bio-resorbable materials are the renovation for substituting metals for recovery of the fracture. The main dis-advantage using resorbable plates is absence of mechanical strength and stability. Bio-composites are the innovation for the treatment of the fractures the main study for this thesis is comparing the combination bio-ceramic and bio-resorbable materials using Finite Element Analysis software.

There is an intense interest in the availability of radioactive isotopes that could be developed into nuclear batteries. Promethium-147 is one of the isotopes of interest for use in nuclear batteries as well as in other compact low power applications. Pm-147 is a pure beta (β-) emitter with a half-life of 2.62 years. For this research, Pm-147 was produced from enriched Nd-146 via the neutron capture method in the Hydraulic Tube facility of HFIR at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Radioisotopic impurities produced via the neutron capture method have significant effects on its potential final use for nuclear battery applications. This research provides information on the co-production levels of the radioisotopic impurities in the samples containing Pm-147 and their effects on the required shielding. Gamma spectroscopy analysis served as the primary method in the evaluation of the impurities. Previous research had identified the presence of these impurities but it had not studied them in detail.

The protection of aircraft against shoulder fired heat seeking missiles is of growing concern in the aviation community. This thesis presents a simple method for shielding the infrared signature of a jet engine from heat seeking missiles. The research efforts investigated two approaches to shield the thermal signature of the Noel Penny Type 401 turbojet at the Texas A&M University Propulsion Lab Test Cell. First, liquid nitrogen was injected through a manifold at a flow rate equivalent to the flow rate of exhaust gases, producing a small temperature reduction in the exhaust but no infrared shielding. Second, water was injected at a flow rate of 13% of the flow of exhaust gases, producing a greater temperature reduction and some shielding. Water was then injected through a manifold at a flow rate of 118% of the flow rate of exhaust gases, producing a substantial reduction in temperature and complete shielding of the infrared signature. Additionally, numerical simulations were performed using FLUENT to support these experiments. Results are presented in the form of thermocouple data and thermal images from the experiments, and in the form of temperature contours and streamtraces from the simulations.

Long bone fractures are fixed with bone plates to restrain movement of bone fragments. Fracture site must experience some pressure for proper healing. Bone plates are mostly made up of metals having 5 - 10 times higher elastic modulus than bones and most of the load is carried by them, leading to stress shielding and a bony tissue with low mineral density and strength. To avoid these problems, biodegradable polymer-based composite plates were designed and tested in this study. Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) biodegradable polymer composite fibers containing hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanoparticles were produced by extrusion and spinning techniques to reinforce the polymeric bone plates. The composite fibers were expected to mimic the natural organization of bone so that HAP nanorods aligned parallel to the loading axis of bone plate. Also, lactic acid was grafted on HAP surfaces and had a positive effect on the mechanical properties of the PLLA composites. A 50% (w/w) HAP nanoparticle content was found to increase tensile modulus value (4.12 GPa) ca. 2.35 times compared to the pure polymeric fiber with a reduction to one third of the original UTS (to 50.4 MPa). The fibers prepared were introduced to polymeric plates with their long axes parallel. Fiber reinforced bone plates were compression tested longitudinally and up to a 4% increase in the Young&rsquo / s Modulus was observed. Although this increase was not high was not high probably due to the low fiber content in the final plates, this approach was found to be promising for the production of biodegradable polymeric bone plates with mechanical values closer to that of cortical bones. Biological compatibility of fibers was validated with in vitro testing. The osteoblasts attached and spread on the fibers indicating that bone fractures fixed with these could attract of bone forming osteoblasts into defect area and help speed up healing.

The protection of aircraft against shoulder fired heat seeking missiles is of growing concern in the aviation community. This thesis presents a simple method for shielding the infrared signature of a jet engine from heat seeking missiles. The research efforts investigated two approaches to shield the thermal signature of the Noel Penny Type 401 turbojet at the Texas A&M University Propulsion Lab Test Cell. First, liquid nitrogen was injected through a manifold at a flow rate equivalent to the flow rate of exhaust gases, producing a small temperature reduction in the exhaust but no infrared shielding. Second, water was injected at a flow rate of 13% of the flow of exhaust gases, producing a greater temperature reduction and some shielding. Water was then injected through a manifold at a flow rate of 118% of the flow rate of exhaust gases, producing a substantial reduction in temperature and complete shielding of the infrared signature. Additionally, numerical simulations were performed using FLUENT to support these experiments. Results are presented in the form of thermocouple data and thermal images from the experiments, and in the form of temperature contours and streamtraces from the simulations.