An investigation was conducted of the existence of seismic surface pulses (SSP) on crack faces in near-failure fatigue. An SSP has components of various modes of wave propagation. The component with the largest amplitude is a Rayleigh surface wave pulse. The possibility that these surface modes have much higher amplitudes than bulk modes of acoustic emission (AE) was illustrated by an idealized thought experiment relating an SSP on a half-space to the response of crack faces to crack extension. A number of aspects of AE monitoring in finite objects were investigated. Attributes of surface wave propagation on the edge of a specimen were found to be easier to monitor than other modes of wave propagation. Wavelet analysis was used to compare the characteristics of brittle AE with other sources. A new testing paradigm was developed to reduce interference from secondary sources of AE and enhance the investigation of AE from critical crack behavior. Unique specimen design features were developed, data acquisition features sought and validated, a dead weight load frame was modified, and data analysis procedures were developed. Criteria based on velocity, frequency content, amplitude and shape were devised to determine if an AE event is an SSP. The tests were designed to mimic load conditions on structures such as bridges and hence investigate the difference between AE generated in field conditions and that of typical laboratory conditions. Varieties of steel, from very ductile to very brittle, were tested. It was concluded that plastic zone formation, considered a secondary source of AE, was found not to interfere with the SSP activity. The SSP was found experimentally to have 2-3 times the amplitude of the bulk wave AE. The lack of sufficient AE did not allow for determination of conclusive changes in the AE as the specimens approached failure. However, it was found that brittle crack extension in fatigue and ductile failure can produce wave propagation resembling the SSP. / Ph. D.

This dissertation investigates wind-wave-current interaction, wave breaking detection and the analysis of breaking characteristics at the air-sea interface. In-situ data measured during the Shoaling Waves Experiment (SHOWEX) and Baltic Sea Swell Experiment (BASE) are applied in the studies and analysis. Wind, wind stress and wave data were obtained from several Air Sea Interaction Spar (ASIS) buoys. Surface currents were measured by a High-Frequency Ocean Surface Current Radar. Two distinct types of wave-current-wind interaction were observed in the presence of a strong along-coast current. First, the horizontal current shear resulted in wind-sea waves shifting away from the wind direction. This motion resulted in a steering of the stress away from the mean wind direction. Second, short wind waves on a uniform current are shifted to the current direction, and the wind stress is steered toward the current direction by the short waves. The wind stress veering has been confirmed by data from the SeaWind scatterometer on board the QuikSCAT satellite. This finding is in agreement with the results from some recent studies. The present study also describes an experimental investigation of breaking wave detection by ASIS buoys. A method, developed from the laboratory, and using local wave parameters to provide a detailed description of breaking, is applied to wave data from ASIS buoys. One the basis of these data, the relation between breaking probability and wind speed shows characteristics similar to those from several field experiments with different conditions. Furthermore, additional parameters, wave age and wave steepness, are also shown to affect the breaking probability during our in-situ measurements. Upper ocean shear, which can modulate wave breaking as predicted by both theory and laboratory work, are also observed to change the breaking properties. This characteristic is rarely reported by in-situ experiment.

This dissertation proposes engineering principles for stress wave dissipation found in woodpeckers. From the experimental study of a woodpecker’s beaks via electron microscopy and mechanical testing, the three main design factors were pointed out. First, a woodpecker’s beak has wavy lines inside of the beak for local shearing. The waviness of wavy lines found in the woodpecker’s beaks was 1 while chicken’s was 0.3, and toucan’s was 0.05. Second, the woodpecker showed elongated the keratin scales to the pecking direction with a dimension ratio of 3.67 (width/height) while chicken’s and toucan’s were 3 and 1, respectively. Third, a woodpecker’s beak bone was less porous for structural strength. The porosity of a woodpecker’s beak bone was about 9.9 % while chicken’s and toucan’s were 42.3 % and 61.5 %, respectively. Also, by using computational simulations, unique geometries including hyoid apparatus and suture interfaces found in woodpeckers were investigated to assess their damping capabilities. Surrounding a woodpecker’s head, the hyoid apparatus composed of core cartilage and muscle encasing a core cartilage. The spiral and thinning geometry of the hyoid apparatus converted the normal waves into shear waves. Then shear waves generated lateral displacement of the hyoid bone, and lateral displacement brought strain energy into surrounding muscle, in which energy loss occurred by viscoelastic behavior of the muscle. Quantitatively, as the stress wave traveled from the anterior to the posterior end of the hyoid apparatus, its pressure decreased 75 % and the impulse decreased 84 %. Suture interfaces, which is another unique feature observed from woodpecker’s beak, was investigated for their geometrical effects on the dynamic impact mitigation. A sinusoidal pattern of suture interfaces induced wave scattering at its boundary causing conversion of longitudinal waves into shear waves. The suture gap also brought pressure decay by storing strain energy in its viscoelastic material. As a result, a bar with a suture interface attenuated stress waves about 37 % more than a bar with a flat interface. Based on the results and ideas presented herein, one can develop bio-inspired material for energy absorbing.

Rock slope failures leading to rock falls and rock slides are caused by a multitude of factors, including seismic activity, weathering, frost wedging, groundwater and thermal stressing. Although these causes are generally attributed as separate causes, some of them will often act together to cause rock slope failures. In this work, two of the above factors, seepage of water through cracks and crack propagation due to the after effects of blasting are considered. Their combined impact on the development of rock falls and rock slides is modeled on ANSYS workbench using the Bingham Canyon mine slope failure of 2013 as a case study. Crack path modeling and slope stability analysis are used to show how a combination of crack propagation and seepage of water can lead to weakening of rock slopes and ultimate failure. Based on the work presented here, a simple approach for modeling the development of rock falls and rock slides due to crack propagation and seepage forces is proposed. It is shown how the information from remote sensing images can be used to develop crack propagation paths. The complete scope of this method involves demonstrating the combination of basic remote sensing techniques combined with numerical modeling on ANSYS workbench.

Um dos painéis derivados de madeira que tem se destacado é o OSB (Oriented Strand Board). Cada vez mais se evidencia a necessidade de novas tecnologias relacionadas à avaliação das propriedades mecânicas desse tipo de derivado de madeira, atualmente realizada através de ensaios destrutivos, efetuados horas ou dias após a respectiva produção. A utilização de métodos não-destrutivos tem se mostrado eficiente na caracterização mecânica e na avaliação da qualidade da madeira, e promissora em relação aos derivados de madeira. O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi investigar a eficiência de técnicas não-destrutivas de ensaio, de ultra-som e de stress wave, na estimativa de parâmetros físicos e mecânicos de painéis OSB fabricados no país. Foram considerados dois grupos, com 10 painéis de espessuras nominais de 15mm cada, que possuíam valores de resistência e de módulos de elasticidade na flexão estática, na direção longitudinal, distintos entre si. Primeiramente foram conduzidos os ensaios não-destrutivos, de ultra-som e de stress wave, nos painéis OSB e, em seguida, os ensaios destrutivos para a caracterização físico-mecânica e subseqüentes comparações. Os painéis estudados apresentaram valores de velocidades e constantes dinâmicas diferenciados na espessura e nas direções longitudinal e transversal. Os coeficientes de correlação obtidos entre os valores de velocidades e de constantes dinâmicas e os das propriedades físico-mecânicas, dos dois grupos de painéis, na espessura e direção transversal, não atingiram 0,70 e, na direção longitudinal superaram 0,90. Mostrou-se que é equivalente a estimativa de parâmetros mecânicos na flexão estática, ou até mesmo o estudo de painéis OSB, com a utilização dos métodos não-destrutivos de ultra-som e de stress wave. Com os resultados obtidos são gerados importantes subsídios para possibilitar a avaliação da produção de painéis OSB, viabilizando eventuais correções e ajustes até no decorrer do próprio processo produtivo. / Wood based materials production has grown in the national market, as it is the current international trend. Such products have been an interesting alternative to the sawn wood. Among them, OSB (Oriented Strand Board) has been of an outstanding importance. Its potential of production in the national context is expressive when supplying civil construction, furniture industry, and others. However, this fact also makes clear the need of innovative technologies for mechanical properties evaluation of this wood based material, since until the present day it has been conducted with destructive tests which are only made hours or days after production. Nondestructive methods utilization has been proven to be efficient for mechanical characterization and quality evaluation of sawn wood, and quite promising for wood based materials. The main goal of this research has been to investigate the efficiency of nondestructive testing (ultrasound and stress wave) when estimating physical and mechanical parameters of OSB panels made in Brazil. Two groups of ten 15mm thick panels have been used, having each one of them strength and modulus of elasticity in static bending values distinct from each other in longitudinal direction. First the two types of nondestructive testing have been conducted on all OSB panels and then destructive tests have also been conducted for physical-mechanical characterization and following comparisons. Values of velocities and dynamic constants both in thickness and longitudinal and transversal directions have been different in the two groups of studied panels. Correlation coefficients between values of velocity and dynamic constants and values of physical-mechanical properties of the two groups of panels have not reached 0,70 in thickness and transversal direction, but they have exceeded 0,90 in longitudinal direction. It has been shown that ultrasound is analogous to stress wave either when estimating static bending mechanical parameters or studying OSB panels by nondestructive testing. Such results generate some important subsidies to the evaluation of OSB production, making feasible eventual corrections and adjustments even in the course of its process.

Um dos painéis derivados de madeira que tem se destacado é o OSB (Oriented Strand Board). Cada vez mais se evidencia a necessidade de novas tecnologias relacionadas à avaliação das propriedades mecânicas desse tipo de derivado de madeira, atualmente realizada através de ensaios destrutivos, efetuados horas ou dias após a respectiva produção. A utilização de métodos não-destrutivos tem se mostrado eficiente na caracterização mecânica e na avaliação da qualidade da madeira, e promissora em relação aos derivados de madeira. O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi investigar a eficiência de técnicas não-destrutivas de ensaio, de ultra-som e de stress wave, na estimativa de parâmetros físicos e mecânicos de painéis OSB fabricados no país. Foram considerados dois grupos, com 10 painéis de espessuras nominais de 15mm cada, que possuíam valores de resistência e de módulos de elasticidade na flexão estática, na direção longitudinal, distintos entre si. Primeiramente foram conduzidos os ensaios não-destrutivos, de ultra-som e de stress wave, nos painéis OSB e, em seguida, os ensaios destrutivos para a caracterização físico-mecânica e subseqüentes comparações. Os painéis estudados apresentaram valores de velocidades e constantes dinâmicas diferenciados na espessura e nas direções longitudinal e transversal. Os coeficientes de correlação obtidos entre os valores de velocidades e de constantes dinâmicas e os das propriedades físico-mecânicas, dos dois grupos de painéis, na espessura e direção transversal, não atingiram 0,70 e, na direção longitudinal superaram 0,90. Mostrou-se que é equivalente a estimativa de parâmetros mecânicos na flexão estática, ou até mesmo o estudo de painéis OSB, com a utilização dos métodos não-destrutivos de ultra-som e de stress wave. Com os resultados obtidos são gerados importantes subsídios para possibilitar a avaliação da produção de painéis OSB, viabilizando eventuais correções e ajustes até no decorrer do próprio processo produtivo. / Wood based materials production has grown in the national market, as it is the current international trend. Such products have been an interesting alternative to the sawn wood. Among them, OSB (Oriented Strand Board) has been of an outstanding importance. Its potential of production in the national context is expressive when supplying civil construction, furniture industry, and others. However, this fact also makes clear the need of innovative technologies for mechanical properties evaluation of this wood based material, since until the present day it has been conducted with destructive tests which are only made hours or days after production. Nondestructive methods utilization has been proven to be efficient for mechanical characterization and quality evaluation of sawn wood, and quite promising for wood based materials. The main goal of this research has been to investigate the efficiency of nondestructive testing (ultrasound and stress wave) when estimating physical and mechanical parameters of OSB panels made in Brazil. Two groups of ten 15mm thick panels have been used, having each one of them strength and modulus of elasticity in static bending values distinct from each other in longitudinal direction. First the two types of nondestructive testing have been conducted on all OSB panels and then destructive tests have also been conducted for physical-mechanical characterization and following comparisons. Values of velocities and dynamic constants both in thickness and longitudinal and transversal directions have been different in the two groups of studied panels. Correlation coefficients between values of velocity and dynamic constants and values of physical-mechanical properties of the two groups of panels have not reached 0,70 in thickness and transversal direction, but they have exceeded 0,90 in longitudinal direction. It has been shown that ultrasound is analogous to stress wave either when estimating static bending mechanical parameters or studying OSB panels by nondestructive testing. Such results generate some important subsidies to the evaluation of OSB production, making feasible eventual corrections and adjustments even in the course of its process.

Submitted by Maykon Nascimento (maykon.albani@hotmail.com) on 2016-06-24T19:52:01Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao Lais Goncalves.pdf: 2290723 bytes, checksum: 2d3a409ea1575d02d107d220762fbf34 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Patricia Barros (patricia.barros@ufes.br) on 2016-06-27T11:14:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao Lais Goncalves.pdf: 2290723 bytes, checksum: 2d3a409ea1575d02d107d220762fbf34 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-27T11:14:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao Lais Goncalves.pdf: 2290723 bytes, checksum: 2d3a409ea1575d02d107d220762fbf34 (MD5) / FAPES / O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar, por meio do isolamento e seleção de fungos, o potencial degradador dos mesmos em tocos de Eucalyptus spp., a fim de desenvolver uma alternativa para o processo convencional da retirada de tocos em povoamentos de Eucalyptus spp. Para tanto, foram coletados discos de tocos deteriorados de eucalipto no campo, e a partir destes foram isolados os fungos. A fim de verificar o potencial de degradação de madeira dos fungos isolados, estes foram testados no experimento de pré-seleção. Foi realizada a identificação molecular dos isolados que apresentaram potencial de degradação no experimento de pré-seleção. Os fungos selecionados como potencial degradadores da madeira foram avaliados em ensaio de apodrecimento acelerado para detectar a real capacidade de deterioração. Após este ensaio, foi realizada a análise química da madeira deteriorada para verificar quais constituintes da madeira foram deteriorados pelos fungos. O potencial de degradação em tocos no campo pelos fungos selecionados foi avaliado com o auxilio de um penetrômetro de impacto e por meio da velocidade de propagação das ondas de tensão (Stress wave timer), após quatro meses da inoculação. O isolamento de fungos a partir de tocos no campo permitiu a obtenção de 7 fungos com potencial de degradação de madeira de eucalipto. Os fungos identificados foram Resinicium confertum, Phanerochaete chrysosporium e Trichoderma citrinoviride. A análise química determinou, de maneira geral, a maior preferência pela lignina na posição da madeira mais consumida. Foi observada a presença dos fungos nos tocos inoculados após o término do ensaio de campo, porém a degradação teve pouca variação em relação aos tocos não inoculados. / The present work aimed to evaluate, through the isolating and selection of fungi, the degradation potential thereof in stumps of Eucalyptus spp., in order to develop an alternative to the conventional process of stumps removal in Eucalyptus spp. Therefore, were collected discs in decayed eucalyptus stumps in the field, and from these were isolated fungi. In order to verify the potential degradation of wood fungi isolated, these were tested in the pre-selection experiment. Was performed molecular identification of isolates exhibiting degradation potential in the preselection experiment. Fungi selected as degrading potential of wood were evaluated in accelerated decay test to detect the actual capacity of deterioration. After this test, was performed a chemical analysis of the decayed wood to verify which wood constituents were damaged by the fungi. The stumps degradation potential in the field by the selected fungi was evaluated with the aid of a penetrometer of impact and through the speed of propagation of stress waves, after four months of inoculation. Isolation of fungi from the field stumps afforded 7 fungi with degradation potential of eucalyptus wood. The identified fungi were Resinicium confertum, Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trichoderma citrinoviride. Chemical analysis of the wood determined, in generally, most preferably of lignin in the most consumed position of the wood. It was observed the presence of fungi in the inoculated stumps after the field test, but the degradation had little variation in relation to non-inoculated stumps.

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