The present thesis evaluates numerically and experimentally if the axial capacity of Auger Cast Piles (ACPs) constructed in interbedded layers of granular soil and Limestone should be reduced as a function of pile spacing. The numerical component of this thesis includes a series of parametric studies that consider different sets of normalized spacings, stiffness ratios, relative densities, unconfined compressive strengths, and installation effects for multiple subsurface conditions. The experimental program designed herein involves the construction of multiple components for a laboratory testing program of small-scale physical models that will validate the results of the numerical models in terms of capacities, efficiency ratios and normalized spacings.

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Making gradient in the microstructure of metals is proven to be a superior method for improving their mechanical properties. In this research, we 3D print, characterize and evaluate the mechanical properties of 316L Stainless Steel with a gradient in their microstructure. During 3D printing, the gradient in the microstructure is created by tailoring the processing parameters (hatch spacing, scanning speed, and laser power and scanning speed) of the Selective Laser Melting (SLM). The Materials with Graded Microstructure (MGMs) are characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Image processing framework is utilized to reveal the distribution of cells and melt pools shapes and sizes in the volume of the material when the processing parameters change. It is shown that the laser power, scanning speed and the hatch spacing have a more significant effect on the size and shape of cells and melt pools compared to the speed. Multiple Dog bones are 3D printed with a microstructure that has smaller features (cells and melt polls) at the edges of the structure compared to the center. Tensile and fatigue tests are performed and compared for samples with constant and graded microstructures. / Master of Science / The mechanical performance of Selective Laser Melting (SLM) fabricated materials is an important topic in research. Strengthening the performance of these materials can be achieved through implementing a gradient within the microstructure, referred to as Materials with Graded Microstructure (MGMs). A complicated microstructure can weaken the microstructure, and this can be resolved by optimizing the microstructure during SLM 3D printing, in which the processing parameters are tailored. In this study, the mechanical properties of these MGMs were characterized and evaluated. The gradient in these materials were created by modifying SLM process parameters (scanning speed, hatch spacing, and laser power and scanning speed) during the build. Optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to characterize these the microstructure of these MGMs, and image processing was used to examine the distribution of cells and melt pools characteristics throughout the region where the processing parameters changed. This investigation shows that laser power, scanning speed, and hatch spacing have a direct effect on the size and shape of the cells and melt pools, compared to scanning speed, which shows an effect on melt pools. Dog bone structures are 3-D printed with a graded microstructure that has small cells and melt pools at the edges, compared to the center, by changing the laser power and scanning speed. Tensile and fatigue analysis are performed and compared for samples with constant and graded microstructures, which reveal that the mechanical properties of the MGMs perform similar to the parameter at the edges, but differently in fracture mechanics.

La façon dont une information se répète au cours du temps a une influence sur la façon dont nous nous souviendrons de cette information. Les recherches en psychologie ont mis en évidence l’effet de pratique distribuée, selon lequel on retient mieux les informations qui se répètent avec des intervalles inter-répétitions longs que celles qui se répètent avec des intervalles courts. Nos travaux ont porté spécifiquement sur les situations où l’information se répète sur plusieurs jours, et nous avons comparé l’efficacité relative de différents types d’agencement temporel des répétitions. Un agencement uniforme consiste en des répétitions se produisant à intervalles réguliers, un agencement expansif en des répétitions se produisant selon des intervalles de plus en plus espacés, et un agencement contractant en des répétitions se produisant selon des intervalles de plus en plus rapprochés. Les Expériences 1 et 2 consistaient en une phase d’apprentissage d’une semaine et ont révélé la supériorité des agencements expansif et uniforme après un délai de rétention de deux jours. L’Expérience 3 consistait en une phase d’apprentissage de deux semaines, et les sujets étaient ensuite testés lors de trois délais de rétention différents (2, 6 ou 13 jours). La supériorité de l’agencement expansif sur les deux autres agencements est apparue progressivement, suggérant que les différents agencements induisaient des taux d’oubli différents. Nous avons également tenté de tester différentes théories explicatives des effets de l’agencement temporel des répétitions sur la mémorisation, en particulier les théories de la variabilité de l’encodage (Expérience 4) et de la récupération en phase d’étude (Expérience 2). Les résultats observés tendent à confirmer la théorie de la récupération en phase d’étude. Nous insistons sur l’importance de la prise en compte des apports des autres disciplines des sciences cognitives dans l’étude de l’effet de pratique distribuée. / How information is repeated over time determines future recollection of this information. Studies in psychology revealed a distributed practice effect, that is, one retains information better when its occurrences are separated by long lags rather than by short lags. Our studies focused specifically on cases in which items were repeated upon several days. We compared the efficiency of three different temporal schedules of repetitions: A uniform schedule that consisted in repetitions occurring with equal intervals, an expanding schedule that consisted in repetitions occurring with longer and longer intervals, and a contracting schedule that consisted in repetitions occurring with shorter and shorter intervals. In Experiments 1 and 2, the learning phase lasted one week and the retention interval lasted two days. It was shown that the expanding and uniform schedules were more efficient than the contracting schedule. In Experiment 3, the learning phase lasted two weeks and the retention interval lasted 2, 6, or 13 days. It was shown that the superiority of the expanding schedule over the other two schedules appeared gradually when the retention interval increased, suggesting that different schedules yielded different forgetting rates. We also tried to test major theories of the distributed practice effect, such as the encoding variability (Experiment 4) and the study-phase retrieval (Experiment 2) theories. Our results appeared to be consistent with the study-phase retrieval theory. We concluded our dissertation by emphasizing the importance of considering findings from other areas in cognitive science–especially neuroscience and computer science–in the study of the distributed practice effect.

Submitted by PPG Zoologia (zoologia-pg@pucrs.br) on 2018-07-26T17:32:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertac?a?o de Mestrado_Thiago Cavalcante_2018.pdf: 1062183 bytes, checksum: df6896e683973408161b744df41a770f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Sheila Dias (sheila.dias@pucrs.br) on 2018-08-01T12:02:05Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertac?a?o de Mestrado_Thiago Cavalcante_2018.pdf: 1062183 bytes, checksum: df6896e683973408161b744df41a770f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T12:21:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertac?a?o de Mestrado_Thiago Cavalcante_2018.pdf: 1062183 bytes, checksum: df6896e683973408161b744df41a770f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-16 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / Group living animals, like most primates, benefit from a reduction in predation risk and an improvement in their potential to compete for food with other groups. However, gregariousness also increases intragroup food competition that can modulate within-group agonism and interindividual spatial patterns. We evaluated the influence of fruit availability and consumption (degree of frugivory) on the agonistic behavior and interindividual distance in two populations of Gray woolly monkeys living in forest fragments in southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. We recorded 165 intragroup agonistic interactions in a feeding context via the ?all occurrences? method and 3,549 records of spacing via scan sampling. Fruit consumption presented a direct relationship with agonistic and spacing behavior, whereas our estimate of fruit availability was a good predictor only for spacing. Woolly monkey selection of food patches composed of trees with diameter at breast height almost fourfold than that of the trees found in the phenology plots might explain the lack of relationship between fruit availability and agonism. The proportion of time (50%) that woolly monkeys had no nearby (<5 m) neighbors is compatible with a strategy of reducing intragroup fruit competition by managing interindividual distances. In sum, we presented the first evidence of aggressive intragroup feeding competition in Lagothrix cana and demonstrate the influence of fruit availability and consumption on some aspects of the social system of woolly monkeys. / Animais que vivem em grupo, como a maioria dos primatas, s?o beneficiados por uma redu??o no risco de preda??o e um aumento na possibilidade de defesa cooperativa dos recursos. Por?m, a vida em sociedade aumenta a competi??o intragrupo por alimento, a qual pode modular as intera??es agon?sticas e o espa?amento interindividual. Avaliamos a influ?ncia da disponibilidade de frutos e seu consumo (grau de frugivoria) no comportamento agon?stico e espa?amento interindividual de duas popula??es de macacos-barrigudos em fragmentos florestais na Amaz?nia brasileira. Registramos 165 intera??es agon?sticas intragrupo no contexto de alimenta??o via m?todo de ?todas as ocorr?ncias? e 3549 registros de espa?amento via m?todo de ?varredura instant?nea?. O consumo de frutos apresentou uma rela??o direta com o comportamento agon?stico e o espa?amento interindividual, enquanto a disponibilidade de frutos foi um bom preditor apenas do espa?amento. A explora??o pelos barrigudos de locais de alimenta??o com ?rvores com di?metro ? altura do peito quase quatro vezes maior do que as ?rvores monitoradas para a an?lise da disponibilidade de frutos pode explicar a aus?ncia de rela??o com o agonismo. A propor??o do tempo (50%) na qual os barrigudos estiveram sem vizinhos pr?ximos (<5 m) ? compat?vel com uma estrat?gia de redu??o da competi??o intragrupo por frutos via manuten??o do distanciamento interindividual. Em suma, apresentamos as primeiras evid?ncias de competi??o agressiva intragrupo para Lagothrix cana e demonstramos a import?ncia da disponibilidade e consumo de frutos em moldar alguns aspectos do sistema social dos barrigudos.

Este trabalho discutiu a relação entre o espaçamento inter-estrias , isto é, a taxa de propagação da trinca microscópica SL (local) e SP (projetada) e a taxa de propagação macroscópica , da/dN, obtido após o ensaio de propagação de trinca por fadiga. Corpos de prova compacto C(T) foram extraídos na orientação LT do centro de uma placa laminada de liga de alumínio SAE-AMS 7475 T7351 onde posteriormente foram realizados ensaios de fadiga sob carga ou &#916K constantes, à temperatura ambiente de acordo com a Norma ASTM-E647 (1993). Para o ensaio sob carga constante foram obtidos os dados do estágio II e III da curva da/dN vs. &#916K. Para o ensaio de fadiga sob &#916K constante, quatro níveis de &#916K foram utilizados com taxas de crescimento de trinca variando entre 0,15 à 2,4 &#956m/ciclo. Adicionalmente foram realizados ensaios de tenacidade à fratura, KIC nas direções LT e TL conforme a Norma ASTM-E1820 (1999). A análise fratográfica por microscopia eletrônica de varredura foi conduzida no ensaio de fadiga a &#916K constante para determinar os espaçamentos inter-estrias. As taxas de propagação macroscópica e microscópica foram comparadas e boas correlações foram obtidas para um intervalo entre 0,1 a 1,0 &#956m/ciclo. Através da técnica proposta por Berkovitz (1995), o espectro de carregamento foi estimado através da técnica de parametrização do fator K e os resultados foram comparados ao espectro de carregamento real imposto pela máquina de ensaio. Utilizando o espaçamento inter-estrias local, SL, e para valores de &#916K menores que 23 MPam 1/2 (região de Paris), a estimativa de carregamento exibiu um erro menor que 15%. As vidas estimadas em propagação fornecidas pelas taxas microscópicas de propagação de trinca foram comparadas à vida real de propagação obtida a partir da taxa de propagação de trinca macroscópica e o erro absoluto entre ambos os valores foi menor que 15,7 %. Estes resultados sugerem que a vida em fadiga e o espectro de carga podem ser adequadamente estimados utilizando o espaçamento inter-estrias local, SL. / This work discusses the relationship between striation spacing, i.e. the microscopic crack propagation rate, SL (local) e SP (projected), as measured in post-mortem fractographic inspection of fatigue fractured surfaces, and the macroscopic crack propagation rate, da/dN, as monitored during fatigue crack growth tests. Compact tensile specimens C(T) were extracted in LT orientation from the core of a laminated plate of a SAE-AMS 7475-T7351 Al alloy and subsequently fatigue tested either at constant load or at constant &#916K, at room temperature, according to ASTM-E647. For constant amplitude loading fatigue tests, da/dN- &#916K data points were obtained for Regions II and III of crack growth curve. For constant &#916K fatigue tests, four &#916K levels were selected to give crack growth rates typically ranging from 0.15 to 2.4 &#956m/cycle. Additionally, KIC fracture toughness tests were performed in both LT and TL directions, according to ASTM E1820. SEM fractographic analysis was conducted on constant &#916K fatigue specimens, in order to determine striation spacing created during the fatigue test. Macro- and microscopic crack growth rates were compared and good correlation have been obtained for data within the range from 0,1 to 1,0 &#956m/ciclo. Using the technique proposed by Berkovitz, loading history was estimated by the K-factor parametrization and the results were compared to the true loading spectrum imposed by the testing machine. Using the local striation spacing SL and for &#916K values lower than 23 MPam 1/2 (Paris region), the estimated loading exhibits an error less than 15%. Propagation life estimated by local striation spacing (microscopic crack growth rate) was compared to the true propagation life obtained from macroscopic crack growth rate values and the absolute difference between them was less than 15,7%. These results suggest that both life and loading history can be adequately estimated using the local SL striation spacing values.

Les propriétés magnétiques et mécaniques des alliages Fe-49%Co-2%V et Fe-27%Co, utilisés respectivement dans les générateurs et les transformateurs électriques de l’aéronef, ont été étudiées en fonction des traitements thermiques. Concernant le Fe-49%Co-2%V, les résultats expérimentaux ont montré que les propriétés magnétiques et mécaniques dépendent de la distance entre les interfaces qui séparent les cristallites présents dans la microstructure et ceci quel que soit le taux de recristallisation. Le champ coercitif dépend linéairement de l’inverse de la distance entre ces interfaces et la limite d’élasticité suit une loi de Hall et Petch modifiée pour tenir compte des sous-joints. De plus, une relation linéaire entre la contrainte de friction de la loi de Hall et Petch avec le taux d’ordre à grande distance mesuré par diffraction de neutrons a été établie. Finalement, en s’appuyant sur l’expérience, une loi polynomiale de degré deux reliant les pertes magnétiques et la limite d’élasticité a été proposée. Concernant l’alliage Fe-27%Co, un suivi de l’évolution de la composante de Goss {011}<100> pendant le processus de fabrication a été réalisé. Cette composante est recherchée car favorable pour les propriétés magnétiques. Il a été trouvé que l’origine de cette texture est intimement liée au cisaillement développé lors du laminage à chaud. De plus, le développement de la texture {111}<112> de déformation à froid a été étudié. Le système de glissement {110}<111>, majoritairement activé, a été mis en évidence via un couplage d’analyses EBSD et de simulations VPSC. Au cours de la déformation plastique, les composantes de Goss et Cube tournée ({001}<110>) tournent afin de positionner leur plan {110} pour le glissement facile. Ces rotations, respectivement de 35° et 55° autour de la direction transverse, permettent de former la composante {111}<112>. / Magnetic and mechanical properties of Fe-49%Co-2%V and Fe-27%Co alloys, used in electric generators and transformers of the aircraft, have been investigated as a function of heat treatments. As regards to Fe-49%Co-2%V alloy, experimental results have shown that the magnetic and mechanical properties depend on the boundary spacing, which separate the microstructure crystallites, whatever the recrystallized fraction. The coercivity depends linearly on the inverse of the boundary spacing and the yield strength follows a modified Hall Petch relationship by taking into account the sub-grain size. Moreover, a linear relationship between the frictional stress and the long range order degree measured by neutron diffraction has been established. Finally, based on the experiment, a square polynomial degree relationship between the magnetic losses and the yield stress has been proposed. As respect to the Fe-27%Co alloy, the evolution of the {011}<100> Goss component during the manufacturing process has been investigated. This sought component is favorable for the magnetic properties of the sheet. It has been found that the origin of this texture is related to its development by shearing during hot rolling. Moreover, the development of the {111}<112> cold deformation texture was studied. It has been established by coupling EBSD analysis and simulation based on VPSC model that the {110}<111> system is the predominant active slip system during the plastic deformation. During the deformation, the Goss and the rotated Cube ({001}<110>) components, rotate of 35° and 55° respectively with regard to the transverse direction. That happens in order to place the active slip plane {110} in the favorable position for gliding to develop the {111}<112> component.

Este trabalho visa determinar a razão de carga cíclica R através da medida, na superficie de fratura, da relação entre a largura inter-estrias (s) e a altura da estria (H). É de conhecimento que o espaçamento (s) se correlaciona com a taxa de crescimento da trinca da/dN, enquanto que a curva da/dN x &#916K depende da razão de carga R. Para esta avaliação, corpos de prova do tipo compacto C(T) foram extraídos na orientação LT do centro de uma placa laminada da liga de alumínio SAE-AMS 7475 T7351 para realização dos ensaios de propagação de trinca por fadiga. Estes ensaios foram realizados de duas formas diferentes. A primeira, para obtenção de dados relativos à região II da curva da/dN x &#916K, sendo, neste caso, utilizadas quatro diferentes razões de carga (R=O,1; R=0,3; R=0,5; R=0,7). No outro caso, os ensaios de fadiga foram realizados sob &#916K constante e utilizados os mesmos quatro níveis de razão de carregamento R para determinação da curva da/dN x &#916K constante. Os níveis de &#916K aplicados foram tomados na região de Paris da curva da/dN x &#916K. A análise fratográfica por microscopia eletrônica foi conduzida nas superfícies dos corpos de prova do ensaio de fadiga com &#916K constante. Isto foi feito para determinar os espaçamentos inter-estria (s) e a altura H das estrias para cada nível de &#916K aplicado. Observou-se que a taxa de crescimento da trinca (da/dN) e o espaçamento inter-estrias (s) sofrem influência direta com a variação do fator de intensidade de tensão (&#916K), entretanto, observou-se, também, que a relação de proporcionalidade de 1:1 entre eles somente é válida para níveis de da/dN variando entre 0,1 a 1 &#956/ciclo. Os valores da morfologia da estrias (H/s) sofrem influência significativa com o aumento da razão de carga R, entretanto, ficou evidenciado que o fator de intensidade de tensão máxima Kmáx. não tem influência nesta relação. Evidenciou-se que a largura da estria corresponde à taxa de crescimento da trinca (da/dN), e que a relação entre a altura e o espaçamento da estria (H/s) possui uma correspondência direta com a razão de carga R, que tem influência significativa sobre a propagação de trinca por fadiga. / This work aims at to method to determine the load ratio R through of measure, on the fractured of surfaces the relation between the width striation spacing (s) and the height of the striation (H). It is of knowledge that the spacing (s), if correlates with the fatigue crack growth rates da/dN, whereas the curve da/dN x &#916K depends on the load ratio R. For this evaluation compact tension C(T) specimens had been extracted in the L- T orientation of a laminate plate of the aluminum alloy SAE-AMS 7475 T7351.These test had been carried out of two different forms. The first one, for attainment of relative data to region II of the curve da/dN x &#916K, being, in this in case that used four different load ratios (R=O,1; R=0,3; R=0,5; R=0,7). In the other in case that, the fatigue crack growth rates had been carried out under &#916K constant and used same the four levels of load ratios R for determination of the curve of constant da/dN x &#916K. The applied levels of &#916K had been taken in the region II of the curve da/dN x &#916K. The fractographic analysis for electronic microscopy was lead on the surfaces of the specimens tested in fatigue with constant &#916K. This was made to determine the striation spacing (s) and height (H) of the striations for each constant level of &#916K. It was observed that the fatigue crack growth rates (da/dN) and the striation spacing (s) suffers direct influence with the variation of &#916K. Also, was observed that the relation of proportionality of 1:1 between them is only valid for levels of da/dN in the range of 0,1 to 1,0 mm/cycle. The values of the relationship of the striation dimensions (H/s) suffer significant influence with the increasing of load ratios R. However, were evidenced that the value of Kmax. does not have influence in this relationship. It was found that the width of the striation corresponds to the value of (da/dN) and that the relation between the height and the striation of spacing (H/s) had a direct correspondence with the load ratios R that has signifficant effect on the fatigue crack growth rates.