TBF 1180 steel was studied under various conditions focusing on the correlation of ductility and amount of retained austenite. Samples were prepared from sheet stock and then strained using limiting dome height tooling (LDH), a standard uniaxial test frame, and a tensile stage for use in an electron microscope. The steel was observed in plane, biaxial, and uniaxial strain to determine its effect on retained austenite transformation and ultimately, ductility. Retained austenite was observed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an electron backscatter detector (EBSD) to distinguish the different phases present. Initial austenite levels were around 5% by volume and was quickly reduced as the sample was strained. The biaxial samples were the slowest to transform, having about 2.5% austenite at .05 effective strain, which allowed the specimen to reach an effective strain of .3 with 1.1% austenite remaining. In contrast, the plane strain samples had the fastest rate of transformation having only 1.2% austenite at .05 effective strain and .7% austenite at a final effective strain of .18. Both forms of uniaxial, (in-situ and ex-situ), were near identical, as expected, and exhibited an austenite transformation curve between that of the plane and biaxial curves. The uniaxial austenite level at .05 strain was 2.1% and was able to reach about .15 strain with a final austenite percentage around 1%. It was concluded that the biaxial strain path had the greatest ductility due in part to its slower austenite transformation rate while plane and uniaxial strain paths were not as ductile with their faster austenite transformation rates.

<p>The most widely used protocol for providing reliable service and congestion control in the Internet is the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). When the Internet is moving towards more use in mobile applications it is getting more important to know how TCP works for this purpose.</p><p>One of the technologies used for mobile Internet is the Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (EGPRS) extension to the popular GSM system. This thesis presents a low-level analysis of TCP performance in an EGPRS system and an overview of existing TCP, GSM and EGPRS technologies.</p><p>The bottleneck in an EGPRS system is the wireless link – the connection between the mobile phone and the GSM base station. The data transfer over the wireless link is mainly managed by the complex RLC/MAC protocol.</p><p>In this thesis, simulations were made to identify some problems with running TCP and RLC/MAC together. The simulations were made using existing EGPRS testing software together with a new TCP module. The simulation software is also briefly described in the thesis.</p><p>Additionaly, some suggestions are given in order to enhance performance, both by changing the EGPRS system and by modifying the TCP algorithms and parameters.</p>

The most widely used protocol for providing reliable service and congestion control in the Internet is the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). When the Internet is moving towards more use in mobile applications it is getting more important to know how TCP works for this purpose. One of the technologies used for mobile Internet is the Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (EGPRS) extension to the popular GSM system. This thesis presents a low-level analysis of TCP performance in an EGPRS system and an overview of existing TCP, GSM and EGPRS technologies. The bottleneck in an EGPRS system is the wireless link – the connection between the mobile phone and the GSM base station. The data transfer over the wireless link is mainly managed by the complex RLC/MAC protocol. In this thesis, simulations were made to identify some problems with running TCP and RLC/MAC together. The simulations were made using existing EGPRS testing software together with a new TCP module. The simulation software is also briefly described in the thesis. Additionaly, some suggestions are given in order to enhance performance, both by changing the EGPRS system and by modifying the TCP algorithms and parameters.

Diplomová práca sa zaoberá vývojom emulátoru prenosových parametrov dátovych sietí nad protokolovou sadou TCP/IP. Práca opisuje špecifiká sieťovej časti Linuxového jadra ako aj realizáciu emulátoru pomocou userspace programov ako tc, netem, ifb a iptables ovládajúcich jadro. Program pre emuláciu je realizovaný v jazyku Python a je ovládaný cez grafické rozhranie vytvorené s PyQt5. Aplikácia bola otestovaná a verifikovaná, že je dostatočne presnou reprezentáciou špecifikovanej WAN siete a že taktiež využíva prostriedky efektívne.

Afin d'obtenir le niveau requis d'indice d'octane et de limiter les rejets en monoxyde de carbone, les éthers carburants, principalement le méthyl tert-butyl éther (MTBE), sont incorporés dans les essences. A la suite de fuites, le MTBE est apparu comme un polluant majeur des nappes aquifères en raison de sa très faible biodégradabilité. L'objectif de ce travail a été d'étudier la dégradation du MTBE par Mycobacterium austroafricanum IFP 2012. La voie métabolique a été partiellement élucidée par l'identification de plusieurs intermédiaires (tert-butyl formiate (TBF), tert-butyl alcool (TBA), acide -hydroxyisobutyrique et acétone) et activités enzymatiques (MTBE/TBA mono-oxygénase non-hémique et inductible, TBF estérase, 2-propanol : NDMA oxydoréductase et une mono-oxygénase impliquée dans la dégradation de l'acétone). Le rôle du TBF et la nécessité de cobalt ont été proposés pour expliquer la faible biodégradation du MTBE ; le rôle de la liaison méthoxy semblant limité.

Cette expérience en fusée, qui s'inscrit dans le cadre des études d'interaction onde-particule dans la magnétosphère, a montré l'absence de relation entre les particules et les ondes TBF de type souffle et choeur de l'aube détectées simultanément à bord. On a cherché, par une méthode de trace de rayons, la source des émissions qui se situent dans la plasmapause.