Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-13T17:08:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ThalesESJ_DISSERT.pdf: 669387 bytes, checksum: 33a20d208304804215535ed96770330f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-27 / In this study, the methodological procedures involved in digital imaging of collapsed paleocaves in tufa using GPR are presented. These carbonate deposits occur in the Quixer? region, Cear? State (NE Brazil), on the western border of the Potiguar Basin. Collapsed paleocaves are exposed along a state road, which were selected to this study. We chose a portion of the called Quixer? outcrop for making a photomosaic and caring out a GPR test section to compare and parameterize the karst geometries on the geophysical line. The results were satisfactory and led to the adoption of criteria for the interpretation of others GPR sections acquired in the region of the Quixer? outcrop. Two grids of GPR lines were acquired; the first one was wider and more spaced and guided the location of the second grid, denser and located in the southern part of the outcrop. The radargrams of the second grid reveal satisfactorily the collapsed paleocaves geometries. For each grid has been developed a digital solid model of the Quixer? outcrop. The first model allows the recognition of the general distribution and location of collapsed paleocaves in tufa deposits, while the second more detailed digital model provides not only the 3D individualization of the major paleocaves, but also the estimation of their respective volumes. The digital solid models are presented here as a new frontier in the study of analog outcrops to reservoirs (for groundwater and hydrocarbon), in which the volumetric parameterization and characterization of geological bodies become essential for composing the databases, which together with petrophysical properties information, are used in more realistic computer simulations for sedimentary reservoirs. / Nesse trabalho s?o apresentados os procedimentos metodol?gicos envolvidos no imageamento digital de paleocavernas colapsadas em tufas carbon?ticas que ocorrem na borda oeste da Bacia Potiguar com GPR. Foi mapeada uma ?rea em Quixer? (CE) e selecionado um afloramento em um corte de estrada, denominado de Afloramento Quixer?. Foi escolhida uma por??o deste afloramento para confec??o de um fotomosaico e levantamento de uma se??o-teste com o GPR para a compara??o e parametriza??o das geometrias c?rsticas aflorantes e imageadas na linha geof?sica. Os resultados foram satisfat?rios e permitiram a ado??o de crit?rios para a interpreta??o das paleocavernas colapsadas em outras se??es GPR, levantadas na regi?o do afloramento. Foram adquiridas duas malhas de linhas GPR, a primeira mais ampla e espa?ada norteou a loca??o da segunda, mais adensada, na por??o sul do Afloramento Quixer?. Nos radargramas foram interpretadas e parametrizadas as geometrias das principais paleocavernas colapsadas. Para cada malha foi elaborado um modelo de s?lido digital do Afloramento Quixer?, sendo que o primeiro modelo permitiu o reconhecimento da distribui??o geral das tufas e a localiza??o das paleocavernas colapsadas, enquanto o segundo modelo digital, por ser mais detalhado, possibilitou n?o apenas a individualiza??o 3D das principais paleocavernas, mas tamb?m o c?lculo dos seus respectivos volumes. Os modelos de s?lidos digitais s?o aqui apresentados como uma nova fronteira no estudo de afloramentos an?logos a reservat?rios (h?dricos ou petrol?feros), na qual a parametriza??o e a caracteriza??o volum?trica dos corpos geol?gicos passam a ser fundamental para compor bancos de dados, que conjuntamente com informa??es de propriedades petrof?sicas s?o utilizados em simula??es computacionais mais real?sticas de reservat?rios.

In several types of coating processes a solid substrate is removed at a controlled velocity U from a liquid bath. The shape of the liquid meniscus and the thickness of the coating layer depend on U. These dependencies have to be understood in detail for non-volatile liquids to control the deposition of such a liquid and to lay the basis for the control in more complicated cases (volatile pure liquid, solution with volatile solvent). We study the case of non-volatile liquids employing a precursor film model that describes partial wettability with a Derjaguin (or disjoining) pressure. In particular, we focus on the relation of the deposition of (i) an ultrathin precursor film at small velocities and (ii) a macroscopic film of thickness h ∝ U^(2/3) (corresponding to the classical Landau Levich film). Depending on the plate inclination, four regimes are found for the change from case (i) to (ii). The different regimes and the transitions between them are analysed employing numerical continuation of steady states and saddle-node bifurcations and simulations in time. We discuss the relation of our results to results obtained with a slip model. In connection with evaporative processes, we will study the pinning of a droplet due to a sharp corner. The approach employs an evolution equation for the height profile of an evaporating thin film (small contact angle droplet) on a substrate with a rounded edge, and enables one to predict the dependence of the apparent contact angle on the position of the contact line. The calculations confirm experimental observations, namely that there exists a dynamically produced critical angle for depinning that increases with the evaporation rate. This suggests that one may introduce a simple modification of the Gibbs criterion for pinning that accounts for the non-equilibrium effect of evaporation.

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Flextensional actuators assembled in association with piezoceramics feature the amplification of nanometric displacements generated by the ceramics energy conversion. For applications that require high precision positioning or vibration response attenuation, such as hard disc reading or atomic force microscopy, a response tracking control needs to be implemented. Shell and plate piezoactuators with vibration control have been extensively studied in literature, however the design of controlled piezoelectric systems by means of the Topology Optimization Method (TOM) has not been fully explored in literature yet, and is generally focused on the frequency domain transient analysis, which employs a model reduction method for the sake of computational implementation. Dealing with transient analysis of flextensional piezoelectric actuators, an active closed loop control design is more suited for the positioning and vibration problem, which consists on measuring the outputs of the system by the closed loop sensor layer, whose signal is modified by a control gain and eventually inputted into the actuator layer so the system response signal is modulated. Aiming to enhance the active feedback control in piezoelectric actuators (PEAs), this work targets the design of the flextensional microstructure considering an active velocity feedback control (AVFC), where the active piezoelectric sensing and actuating cycles imply in an extra damping to the system. Therefore, the flextensional mechanism compliance shall be distributed within the design domain by the allocation of void regions where there should be the flexible hinges. Such a design can be accomplished by means of the TOM, which employs a systematic analysis of the dynamic model through the finite element method (FEM). In this work, the finite element (FE) system model takes into account the piezoelectric ceramics intermediate nodes, what is denominated as non-collapsed piezoelectric nodes model, and whose induced voltage during the time domain dynamic response contributes to the active control of the system. The topology optimization (TO) problem is formulated for the system vibration suppression at the restoring position and at the actuated position (positioner) subject to material volume and design variables constraints. The TOM implemented is based on the solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP), the dynamic adjoint sensitivity, and on the optimization solver known as sequential linear programming (SLP). To illustrate the method, bidimensional examples of optimized topologies are numerically obtained by employing different velocity feedback control gains, and the topologies efficiency are compared and contrasted. / Atuadores piezoelétricos flextensionais funcionam como amplificadores nanométricos dos deslocamentos gerados pela piezocerâmica. Em sistemas que necessitam de alta precisão de posicionamento final ou baixa energia de vibração após sofrer um impacto, como na leitura de um disco rígido ou na microscopia de força atômica, requer-se que o atuador conte com um fator de correção de posicionamento, o qual pode ser obtido através de uma lei de controle. A utilização de material piezoelétrico para o controle de vibração em dispositivos de casca e placa foi amplamente abordado na literatura, porém o projeto de sistemas piezoelétricos controlados utilizando-se do Método da Otimização Topológica (MOT) foi pouco explorado e em geral é focado na análise transiente no domínio da frequência, o qual necessita que o problema tenha que ser reduzido para que a implementação computacional torne-se viável. Tratando-se de análise transiente em atuadores piezoelétricos flextensionais pode-se considerar o emprego de um controle ativo, o qual captura informações do dispositivo através de piezo-sensores e as realimenta na forma de um sinal de entrada em piezo-atuadores para modulação do sinal de resposta. Visando aprimorar o efeito do controle ativo em atuadores piezelétricos, este trabalho é voltado para o projeto de sua estrutura flextensional considerando o controle ativo de realimentação de velocidade, em que o ciclo envolvendo sensoreamento e atuação piezoelétricos fornece um amortecimento extra ao sistema. Deseja-se portanto que a flexibilidade do mecanismo flextensional seja distribuída no domínio de projeto pré-definido alocando vazios em regiões ao redor de onde devem estar presentes articulações da estrutura flexível, o que é obtido pelo MOT. Para encontrar a distribuição otimizada de material no domínio de projeto, o MOT emprega a análise sistemática do modelo dinâmico através do Método dos Elementos Finitos (MEF). Neste trabalho a modelagem do sistema para o MEF leva em consideração a presença dos nós intermediários das cerâmicas piezoelétricas, denominada modelagem para nós não colapsados, cuja tensão gerada ao longo da resposta dinâmica temporal influencia no controle ativo do sistema. O problema de Otimização Topológica (OT) é formulado para a atenuação da vibração do sistema em posição neutra e em posição atuada (posicionador) sujeito a restrições de volume e a valores máximo e mínimo que as variaveis de projeto assumem. A implementação do MOT é baseada no modelo de material denominado Material Isotrópico Sólido com Penalização (MISP), no cálculo da sensibilidade dinâmica adjunta, e na rotina de otimização conhecida como Programação Linear Sequencial (PLS). Para ilustrar o método, são projetados dispositivos bidimensionais e diferentes ganhos de controle de realimentação de velocidade são utilizados para obtenção da topologia otimizada, analisando-se a eficiência em cada caso.

The Lower Ordovician El Paso Group is a >400-m-thick carbonate succession exposed in the Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. The El Paso Group contains multiple breccias related to collapsed-paleocave systems. These breccias have been documented as having formed during the top-Lower Ordovician Sauk depositional supersequence lowstand. Evidence presented in this study suggests that cave formation may have been as much as 350 million years younger and related to Laramide oblique right lateral compression. Regardless of the timing of formation, the breccias mapped in this study are of collapsed paleocave origin based on breccia clast organization and matrix content. Speleogenetic models are compared against observations of breccia distribution by direct field observations and mapping on sub-meter airborne light detection and ranging or lidar data. Point vectors were defined for every point within study area to highlight subtle changes in outcrop erosional profile for mapping geological features directly on the lidar point cloud. In addition, spectral data from airborne photography and hyperspectral image analysis were used assist in geological contact definition. A digital outcrop model was constructed from 3D geologic mapping results from which spatial statistic were extracted and used to reconstruct collapsed paleocave breccia bodies. The resultant breccia geometries were compared against laser-scanned modern cave dimensions, from Devil's Sinkhole, Rocksprings, Texas, and used in analysis of conceptual models for cave formation. The breccias of the southern Franklin Mountains follow linear trends that closely match Riedel shear fracture patterns predicted from right-lateral oblique compression. Stress orientations that match right-lateral oblique compression in the Phanerozoic of the El Paso region are related to the Laramide orogeny. The relationship of observed structures and the orientation of collapse breccias may indicate that southern Franklin Mountain breccia bodies are the result of a solution-enhanced tectonic karst system. / text

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