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No. of bitstreams: 1 PedroHenriqueDeAlmeidaVarela_TESE.pdf: 3830218 bytes, checksum: 005615173861fc156d52b9e540b62bb4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / A Fabrica??o de novos materiais comp?sitos ? uma alternativa para substituir materiais convencionais, nesse intuito foi obtido e estudado a viabilidade do uso do Tecido Plano de Juta (TPJ) e tecido de fibra de vidro (TFV) em um comp?sito h?brido de matriz de resina poli?ster ortoft?lica. O processo de obten??o do comp?sito foi testado em rela??o ao n?mero m?ximo de camadas que poderia ser utilizado, sem comprometer a sua processabilidade e a fabrica??o dos corpos de prova (CPs) em molde compressivo. Foram escolhidas e testadas duas configura??es, h?bridas e n?o h?bridas, com 4, 6, 8 e 10 camadas de tecido plano de juta mais a resina ortoft?lica e 4, 6, 8 e 10 camadas de tecido plano de juta intercalados com o tecido de fibra de vidro mais a resina ortoft?lica. O comp?sito em suas duas configura??es e v?rias formula??es foi caracterizado para a determina??o de suas principais propriedades atrav?s das analises de tra??o, flex?o, impacto, densidade, absor??o de umidade, condutividade t?rmica, envelhecimento, MEV, DRX e FRX. No comp?sito proposto o TPJ e o TFV tiveram fun??o de carga de refor?o, com predomin?ncia para o TFV uma vez que todas as formula??es estudadas para o comp?sito h?brido apresentaram resist?ncia mec?nica superior ? da resina. A configura??o com 10 camadas de tecido de juta e 10 camadas de tecido de vidro 10TJV foi ? configura??o de melhor resultado de resist?ncia ? tra??o, ? flex?o e ao impacto. O melhor desempenho do comp?sito h?brido em rela??o ? resina foi ? resist?ncia ao impacto chegando a alcan?ar valores bem superiores, na ordem de 1000% maior em rela??o ? mesma. As propriedades t?rmicas do comp?sito h?brido foram competitivas com as da resina ortoft?lica, trazendo boas possibilidades para aplica??es t?rmicas. O MEV evidenciou que houve ader?ncia entre o TPJ, o TFV e a resina para todas as configura??es, por?m ocorreram fissuras, vazios e desprendimento de feixes de fibra. O comp?sito proposto apresentou viabilidade para a fabrica??o de prot?tipos solares e e?licos, como foi demonstrada pela obten??o de uma p? a ser usada em aerogeradores do tipo darrieus, e de uma par?bola que foi utilizada em um fog?o solar multifocal. / The manufacture of new composite materials is a cheaper alternative to replace conventional materials, in order to obtain the feasibility of using Jute Plane Tissue (TPJ) and fiberglass fabric (TFV) in a hybrid matrix composite Orthophthalic polyester resin. The process of obtaining the composite was tested in relation to the maximum number of layers that could be used, without compromising its processability and the manufacturing of the specimens (CPs) in compressive mold. Two hybrid and non-hybrid configurations were chosen and tested with 4, 6, 8 and 10 layers of jute flat fabric plus orthophthalic resin and 4, 6, 8 and 10 layers of jute flat fabric interspersed with the fiber fabric Glass plus orthophthalic resin. The composite in its two configurations and several formulations was characterized for the determination of its main properties through tensile, flexural, impact, density, moisture absorption, thermal conductivity, aging, MEV, DRX and FRX analyzes. In the proposed composite, the TPJ and TFV had a reinforcing load function, with a predominance of TFV, since all the formulations studied for the hybrid composite presented superior mechanical resistance to the resin. The configuration with 10 layers of jute fabric and 10 layers of glass 10TJV fabric was the configuration of best result of tensile, flexural and impact resistance. The best performance of the hybrid composite in relation to the resin was to the impact resistance reaching well higher values, in the order of 1000% greater in relation to the same. The thermal properties of the hybrid composite were competitive with those of the orthophthalic resin, giving good possibilities for thermal applications. The MEV showed that there was adhesion between the TPJ, the TFV and the resin for all configurations, but cracks, voids and fiber bundle detachment occurred. The proposed composite presented viability for the production of solar and wind turbine prototypes, as demonstrated by obtaining a shovel to be used in darrieus type wind turbines, and a parabola that was used in a multifocal solar cooker.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-10-02T23:44:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AmandaGoncalvesCavalcante_DISSERT.pdf: 2863796 bytes, checksum: fb2416c18becb76bd35ed0b21f5cd0e2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-09T20:53:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 AmandaGoncalvesCavalcante_DISSERT.pdf: 2863796 bytes, checksum: fb2416c18becb76bd35ed0b21f5cd0e2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-09T20:53:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AmandaGoncalvesCavalcante_DISSERT.pdf: 2863796 bytes, checksum: fb2416c18becb76bd35ed0b21f5cd0e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-21 / O descarte de pneus no meio ambiente na forma de res?duo vem causando grandes problemas e impactos ambientais. Sendo assim, este trabalho apresenta a obten??o e estudo da caracteriza??o de um material comp?sito, voltado para a fabrica??o de um absorvedor de impacto de para-choque automotivo. Esse material foi fabricado com resina matriz de poliuretano (PU) ? base de petr?leo e carga de res?duos de pneu, oriundos do processo de recauchutagem. Para tanto, cinco formula??es com diferentes percentuais de res?duo de pneu (0%, 30%, 45%, 70% e 100%) foram obtidas e caracterizadas no que se refere ?s suas propriedades mec?nicas, t?rmicas, de absor??o de umidade, densidade e degrada??o pela sua exposi??o ?s intemp?ries. Al?m disso, foram realizados os ensaio de Microscopia Eletr?nica de Varredura (MEV) e Espectroscopia de Energia Dispersiva (EDS) no material para que se pudesse observar sua microestrutura (distribui??o de res?duos na matriz, vazios, imperfei??es e impurezas) e identificar os elementos qu?micos presentes, respectivamente. Como resultado geral, os comp?sitos apresentaram um aumento na sua densidade conforme se aumentava o percentual de res?duo de pneu, assim como a condutividade t?rmica. Quanto ?s propriedades mec?nicas, a formula??o que teve maior resist?ncia ? tra??o, flex?o e compress?o foi a de 45% e a de maior resist?ncia ao impacto foi a de 100%. Com rela??o ? resist?ncia ao envelhecimento a formula??o de 100% foi a que obteve melhor desempenho. Foi fabricado um absorvedor de para-choque com a formula??o de 45% que apresentou um acr?scimo de massa de 28,03%, demonstrando-se a viabilidade de fabrica??o desse componente automotivo. / The disposal of tires in the environment in the form of waste is causing major problems and environmental impacts. Thus, this work presents the study and the characterization of a composite material, aimed at the manufacture of an automotive bumper absorber. This material was manufactured with petroleum based polyurethane (PU) matrix resin and tire residue loading, from the retread process. Five formulations with different percentages of tire residue (0%, 30%, 45%, 70% and 100%) were obtained and characterized with respect to their mechanical and thermal properties, moisture absorption, density and degradation by exposure to the elements. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Dispersive Energy Spectroscopy (EDS) tests were also performed on the material so that its microstructure could be observed (distribution of residues in the matrix, voids, imperfections and impurities) and to identify the chemical elements present , respectively. As a general result, the composites presented an increase in their density as the percentage of tire residue increased, as well as the thermal conductivity. As for the mechanical properties, the formulation with the highest tensile, flexural and compression strength was 45% and the one with the highest impact strength was 100%. Regarding the resistance to aging the formulation of 100% was the one that obtained better performance. A bumper absorber was manufactured with the 45% formulation, which presented a mass increase of 28.03%, demonstrating the feasibility of manufacturing this automotive component.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-10-02T23:44:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MicaelaDeFreitasAndrade_DISSERT.pdf: 2178407 bytes, checksum: c7e3c6bd92127a3aa87e92fb7d2fc5e4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-09T21:08:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MicaelaDeFreitasAndrade_DISSERT.pdf: 2178407 bytes, checksum: c7e3c6bd92127a3aa87e92fb7d2fc5e4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-09T21:08:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MicaelaDeFreitasAndrade_DISSERT.pdf: 2178407 bytes, checksum: c7e3c6bd92127a3aa87e92fb7d2fc5e4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-28 / O uso de materiais comp?sitos tem crescido principalmente daqueles que apresentam res?duos na sua composi??o, uma vez que os impactos ambientais gerados com o mau destino desses materiais t?m preocupado a sociedade. Este trabalho apresenta o estudo e caracteriza??o de um material comp?sito obtido da mistura de matriz polim?rica de resina poli?ster e res?duos da casca de ovo de galinha. As cascas recolhidas foram secas e quebradas para a obten??o de tr?s granulometrias (fina, m?dia e grossa). As matrizes utilizadas foram ?s resinas poli?ster ortoft?lica e tereft?lica, escolhendo-se o percentual de res?duo de 100% em massa em rela??o ? matriz, em fun??o de testes preliminares para o diagn?stico da satura??o do comp?sito. Os corpos de prova foram constru?dos e submetidos a testes para caracteriz?-los atrav?s de suas propriedades t?rmicas (condutividade t?rmica, capacidade t?rmica, difusividade e resistividade), mec?nicas (resist?ncias ? tra??o, flex?o e impacto) e f?sicas (densidade, absor??o de umidade e envelhecimento). Como esperado, o comp?sito proposto apresentou menor resist?ncia mec?nica do que a matriz, caracterizando o res?duo como carga de enchimento. Desta forma, todas as formula??es do comp?sito apresentaram-se aplic?veis em estruturas que n?o requerem resist?ncia a grandes esfor?os. O comp?sito apresentou condutividade t?rmica superior ?s resinas matrizes para todas as formula??es, com condutividade t?rmica superior a 0,21 W/m.K, classificando-se como condutor t?rmico. A densidade aparente dos comp?sitos n?o apresentou varia??o significativa em rela??o ? resina. A maior qualidade do comp?sito estudado foi a diminui??o da quantidade de resina a ser utilizada, uma vez que a carga de p? de res?duo pode alcan?ar 100% em rela??o ? matriz, diminuindo-se o custo do material obtido para a fabrica??o de estruturas diversas. / The use of composite materials has grown mainly from those that present residues in their composition, since the environmental impacts generated by the bad destiny of these materials have worried society. This work presents the study and characterization of a composite material obtained from the mixture of polymer matrix of polyester resin and residues of chicken eggshell. The collected shells were dried and broken to obtain three granulometries (fine, medium and coarse). The matrices used were the orthophthalic and terephthalic polyester resins, being chosen the percentage of residue of 100% in mass in relation to the matrix, as a function of preliminary tests for the diagnosis of composite saturation. The test specimens were constructed and subjected to tests to characterize them through their thermal properties (thermal conductivity, thermal capacity, diffusivity and resistivity), mechanical (tensile strength, flexural and impact strength) and physical properties (density, moisture absorption and aging). As expected, the proposed composite presented lower mechanical resistance than the matrix, characterizing the residue as filling load. In this way, all the formulations of the composite were applicable in structures that do not require resistance to great efforts. The composite presented superior thermal conductivity to the matrix resins for all the formulations, with thermal conductivity superior to 0,21 W/m.K, being classified as thermal conductor. The apparent density of the composites did not show significant variation in relation to the resin. The higher quality of the composite studied was the reduction of the amount of resin to be used, since the residue dust load can reach 100% in relation to the matrix, reducing the cost of the material obtained for the manufacture of diverse structures.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-10-18T20:27:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RudsonDeSouzaLima_TESE.pdf: 3299242 bytes, checksum: 3e308727599cf78da8ad994be49620ac (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-23T23:00:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RudsonDeSouzaLima_TESE.pdf: 3299242 bytes, checksum: 3e308727599cf78da8ad994be49620ac (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-23T23:00:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RudsonDeSouzaLima_TESE.pdf: 3299242 bytes, checksum: 3e308727599cf78da8ad994be49620ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-05 / Diante da realidade mundial de preserva??o ambiental, da necessidade de reaproveitamento de insumos, redu??o de custos e melhoramento de propriedades, tem-se desenvolvido muitas tecnologias que atendam a uma s?rie desses fatores e, se poss?vel, a todos. Nesse sentido, os materiais comp?sitos assumem um papel de destaque nesse desenvolvimento de novos materiais. O PET (Polietileno tereftalato) tem sido muito utilizado pela ind?stria mundial em v?rias aplica??es, onde a principal dessas ? a produ??o de embalagens de produtos de aliment?cios, em que as ind?strias de refrigerantes s?o os grandes consumidores desse produto. J? na linha de fibras naturais, existe uma vasta quantidade de op??es de uso em aplica??es de engenharia (Sisal, carna?ba, algod?o, pia?ava, etc.). Diante do exposto, esse trabalho visa ? produ??o, caracteriza??o (Mec?nicos, t?rmicos e f?sicos) e compara??o de uma s?rie de configura??es de materiais comp?sitos com uma matriz polim?rica (Ep?xi) com refor?o de PET p?s-consumo e pia?ava (Resina ep?xi para refer?ncia; ep?xi com fibras de PET; ep?xi com fibras de pia?ava; e comp?sito h?brido). Os comp?sitos foram produzidos com fibras bidirecionais em forma de tecido, as fibras tinham espa?amento entre elas de 1 cm. Os materiais refor?ados promoveram aumento de algumas propriedades, como flex?o, que apresentou um incremento de cerca de 25% na tens?o m?xima admiss?vel do material. Observou-se que a ordena??o das fibras em sentido unidirecional pode melhorar as resist?ncias mec?nicas do comp?sito, isso porque, de forma geral, todas as rupturas dos ensaios ocorreram em uma sec??o de fragiliza??o provocada pelas fibras transversais aos esfor?os. Quando submetidos a esfor?os mec?nicos, o comp?sito com refor?o/carga de PET apresentou-se como a melhor configura??o, o qual apresentou um m?dulo de elasticidade em regime de flex?o 24% maior que a resina pura. J? em an?lise t?rmica, o comp?sito h?brido apresentou melhores caracter?sticas para isolamento t?rmico, visto que sua condutividade t?rmica reduziu em 2% quando comparado com o ep?xi puro. / Over the world reality of environment preservation, the necessity of reuse supplies, reduction of costs and improvement of properties, it has been developed many technologies that support a series of these factors and, if possible all of them. In this sense, the composite materials assume a special role in the growth of new materials. The PET (polyethylene terephthalate) has been utilized by worldwide industries in many different applications, from which the principal one of them is the packaging of food production, wherefrom the soft drink industries are the most substantial consumer of this product. As for natural fibers research line, there is a vast quantity of options for engineering application handling (Sisal, carnauba, cotton, piassava, etc.) In the face of what has been exposed, this research strives for the production, characterization (Mechanical, thermal and physical) and comparison of a series of configurations in the composite materials with a polymer matrix (Epoxy) with reinforcement of PET after consummation and piassava (epoxy resin for reference; enhancement resin with piassava fibers; and hybrid composite). The composites were produced with bidirectional fibers in a format of tissue, the fibers had spaces between them of 1 centimeter. The reinforced materials promoted increment of some properties, such as flection, that presented an enhancement of nearly 25% of maximum tension admitted in the material. It was observed however, that the ordination of the fibers in a unidirectional way might improve the mechanic resistance of the composite, that?s because, in general form, all the ruptures occur in one section of fragilization provoked by the transversal fibers to the reinforces. While submitted to mechanic reinforces, the composite with reinforce/charge of PET presented itself with an improved configuration, Which showed a modulus of elasticity in a regime of flexion 24% larger than the pure resin. As for the thermal analysis, the hybrid composite presented enriched characteristics for the thermal insulation, since its thermal conductivity reduced by 2% when compared to the pure epoxy.

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / Neste trabalho, avaliou-se o desempenho de transceptores MIMO (do inglÃs, Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output) em uma nova arquitetura proposta para os sistemas de comunicaÃÃes mÃveis sem fio de prÃxima geraÃÃo XG (do inglÃs, Next Generation) denotada como CoMP (do inglÃs, Coordinated Multi-Point), em comparaÃÃo com uma arquitetura co-localizada, em que, os equipamentos de usuÃrios utilizam os recursos unicamente da estaÃÃo rÃdio base a qual està localizado. Com o objetivo de se obter ganhos de multiplexaÃÃo espacial, diversidade e ganhos intermediÃrios (entre os dois possÃveis ganhos), adota-se transceptores MIMO, os quais sÃo submetidos a dois cenÃrios distintos: CenÃrio 1, composto por uma cÃlula co-localizada que tem uma cobertura equivalente a das trÃs cÃlulas cooperativas e um cenÃrio 2, em que a cÃlula co-localizada tem o mesmo tamanho das cÃlulas cooperativas. Em ambos os casos, as arquiteturas CoMP e co-localizada sÃo abordadas e avalia-se o desempenho comparativo entre os cenÃrios relacionado com as duas arquiteturas. A anÃlise realizada neste trabalho à dividida em duas partes, sendo uma de carÃter sistÃmico, em que se observa o comportamento da SINR (do inglÃs, Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) utilizando os transceptores VBLAST (do inglÃs, Vertical Bell-Labs Space-Time) e STBC (do inglÃs, Space-Time Block Codes), e a outra de carÃter de enlace, na qual se utiliza um transceptor MIMO hÃbrido, de modo a fornecer uma anÃlise da taxa de erro de bit. Os resultados mostram que por meio da cooperaÃÃo, um desempenho semelhante ao cenÃrio Co-localizado pode ser obtido com um menor nÃmero de antenas nas estaÃÃes rÃdio base, representando uma economia do ponto de vista de dispÃndio de capital CAPEX (do inglÃs, Capital Expenditure) e operacional OPEX (do inglÃs, Operational Expenditure) da rede, bem como reduÃÃo na taxa de erro. / In this work, we evaluated the performance of MIMO (Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output) transceivers on a new architecture proposed to mobile wireless communications systems of next generation XG (Next Generation), denoted by CoMP (Coordinate Mult-Point), which is compared with a co-located architecture, whose user equipments utilize the resources uniquely of the radio base station, which is located. In order to obtain spatial multiplexing gains, diversity and intermediate gains (between the two possible gains), adopts MIMO transceivers, which are submitted to different scenarios: Scenario 1, is composed of a co-located cell, whose coverage area is equivalent to three cooperative cells and Scenario 2, where the co-located cell has the same cooperative cell sizes. In both cases, CoMP architectures and co-located are addressed and evaluates the comparative performance between these scenarios, related to the two architecture. The current analysis is divided into two parts: a systemic character, where observes the SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) behavior with the use of VBLAST (Vertical-Bell Labs Space-Time) and STBC (Space-Time Block Codes) transceivers, the another one, of link character, which uses a hybridMIMO transceiver G2+1, in oder to provide an analysis of the bit error rate. The results show that by means of cooperation, a performance similar to the scenario co-located can be obtained with a smaller number of antennas at base stations, representing a saving in terms of capital expenditure CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and operational OPEX (Operational Expenditure) network, as well as, a reduction in the error rate.

Ericsson Brasil / The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) established through the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)-Advanced a set of requirements for high performance of 4th Generation (4G) communication systems and, with the aim of meeting such requirements, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) is considering a set of enhancements, referred to as LTE-Advanced. In the LTE-Advanced context, Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) communication appears as a promising technology to boost system throughput and to allow for an efficient Radio Resource Allocation (RRA). CoMP systems promise very high performance in terms of spectral efficiency and coverage benefits when perfect Channel State Information (CSI) is available at the transmitter. However, perfect CSI is difficult to obtain in CoMP systems due to an increased number of channel parameters to be estimated at the receiver and to be fed back to the transmitter. So, the performance of such systems is compromised when the CSI is not perfectly known during CoMP processing, which is an important problem to be addressed. Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) grouping algorithms are usually employed in order to find a suitable set of users for spatial multiplexing. The largest SDMA group is not always the best group in a given data transmission such that higher gains might be achieved by dynamically adjusting the SDMA group size. Besides, algorithms that balance the Signal to Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) among different links might ensure a certain level of link quality and so provide a more reliable communication for the scheduled users. This master thesis provides system-level analyses for RRA algorithms that exploit coordination in the downlink of CoMP systems to implement adaptive resource reuse and so improve system throughput. Herein, RRA strategies which consider dynamic SDMA grouping, joint precoding and power allocation for SINR balancing are studied in CoMP systems assuming imperfect CSI in order to obtain a better approximation with regard to the real-world implementations. It is shown through system-level analyses that quite high throughput gains are achieved through intelligent RRA. In conclusion, the results show that Sequential Removal Algorithms (SRAs) and SINR balancing provide system spectral efficiency gains. However, a critical degradation on the performance of these RRA strategies due to imperfect CSI is also shown. / A UniÃo Internacional para TelecomunicaÃÃes (ITU) estabeleceu atravÃs da iniciativa para o Sistema AvanÃado Internacional de TelecomunicaÃÃes MÃveis (IMT-Advanced), um conjunto de requisitos de alto desempenho para os sistemas de comunicaÃÃo de quarta geraÃÃo (4G) e, com o objetivo de atender tais requisitos, a EvoluÃÃo de Longo Prazo (LTE) do Projeto de Parceria para a Terceira GeraÃÃo (3GPP) està considerando um conjunto de melhorias, referidas como LTE-AvanÃado. No contexto do LTE-AvanÃado, a comunicaÃÃo multi-ponto coordenada (CoMP) aparece como uma tecnologia promissora para aumentar a vazÃo do sistema e permitir uma AlocaÃÃo de Recursos de RÃdio (RRA) eficiente. Os sistemas CoMP prometem alto desempenho em termos de eficiÃncia espectral e benefÃcios de cobertura quando a InformaÃÃo do Estado do Canal (CSI) perfeita està disponÃvel no transmissor. No entanto, CSI perfeita à difÃcil de se obter em sistemas CoMP devido a um alto nÃmero de parÃmetros de canal a serem estimados no receptor e enviados para o transmissor. Assim, o desempenho de tais sistemas à comprometido quando a CSI nÃo à perfeitamente conhecida durante o processamento CoMP tal que esse à um problema importante a ser abordado. Algoritmos de agrupamento para MÃltiplo Acesso por DivisÃo no EspaÃo (SDMA) geralmente sÃo utilizados a fim de encontrar um conjunto adequado de usuÃrios para multiplexaÃÃo espacial. O maior grupo SDMA nem sempre à o melhor grupo em uma transmissÃo de dados tal que maiores ganhos podem ser obtidos ajustando dinamicamente o tamanho do grupo SDMA. AlÃm disso, os algoritmos que balanceiam a RazÃo Sinal-InterferÃncia mais RuÃdo (SINR) entre diferentes canais podem garantir um certo nÃvel de qualidade de canal e assim proporcionar uma comunicaÃÃo mais confiÃvel para os usuÃrios agrupados. Esta dissertaÃÃo de mestrado fornece anÃlises em nÃvel sistÃmico para algoritmos de RRA que exploram a coordenaÃÃo no enlace direto de sistemas CoMP para implementar reuso adaptativo de recursos e assim melhorar o desempenho do sistema. SÃo estudadas aqui estratÃgias de RRA em sistemas CoMP que consideram agrupamento SDMA dinÃmico, precodificaÃÃo e alocaÃÃo de potÃncia conjuntas para balanceamento de SINR, sendo assumida CSI imperfeita a fim de conseguir maior aproximaÃÃo com relaÃÃo Ãs implementaÃÃs em cenÃrios reais. à mostrado atravÃs de anÃlises em nÃvel sistÃmico que ganhos de vazÃo bastante altos sÃo alcanÃados atravÃs de RRA inteligente. Em conclusÃo, os resultados mostram que Algoritmos de RemoÃÃo Sequencial (SRAs) e de balanceamento de SINR proporcionam ganhos de eficiÃncia espectral do sistema. No entanto, à tambÃm mostrada uma degradaÃÃo crÃtica no desempenho dessas estratÃgias de RRA devido à CSI imperfeita.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-06-22T11:26:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - B?rbara Magalh?es Neto.pdf: 3282939 bytes, checksum: a4ead0ff5e7307971c24940b1bea36a3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-22T11:26:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - B?rbara Magalh?es Neto.pdf: 3282939 bytes, checksum: a4ead0ff5e7307971c24940b1bea36a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-19 / Among the many existing methods for removing heavy metals off the effluents, the adsorption process stands out for being considered most effective, at lower cost. The phenomenon of adsorption consists in a process of the transfer of one or more constituents of a fluid phase to a surface of a solid phase. The adsorption process depends on physical and chemical characteristics, as: structural properties of the adsorbent (porosity, functional groups), adsorbate (ionic radius and coordination number), interaction between adsorbent and adsorbed. New technologies have emerged with focus returned to the use of biological materials with adsorbing properties for the treatment of effluents, in particular, removal and recovery of heavy metals, showing good performance. The main advantages of using natural adsorbents (biosorbents) in the process of sorption are: low waste generation, easy recovery of metals, the possibility of reuse of the adsorbent and lower operating costs, depending on the adsorbent material used in the process. From the foregoing this research used tablets of composite material, formed of recycled low density polyethylene (LDPErec) as polymer matrix and adsorbent materials (coconut fibber FC, chitosan Qui or clay B) and a comparative study using such tablets as adsorbents, to removal of the chromium (III), in order to determine which tablet has a better adsorption of chromium (III).To this end, there were realized three experimental design, where they were evaluated the influence of the size of coconut fibber particles, the composition of LDPErec/Fc, LDPErec/B, LDPErec/Qui, LDPErec/FC/Qui and LDPErec/B/Qui, the concentration of chromium (III) adsorbate and the exposure time of the tablets in the chromium (III) solution. With the results can conclude that the models used in the experimental design were valid for the evaluation of significant variables of this work, as the best chromium (III) removal conditions. That happened to the composition values of 40/60% to the tablets of LDPErec/FC1, LDPErec/FC3 and LDPErec/B. The particle size range of coconut fibber that proved more favourable was smaller particle size (100-120 mesh) in the composition of 40/60 %. The conductivity has been used to predict a chromium (III) sorption model but it proved not to be good parameter / Entre os muitos m?todos existentes para a remo??o de metais pesados em efluentes, o processo de adsor??o destaca-se por ser considerado um dos mais efetivos, com menor custo. O fen?meno da adsor??o consiste em um processo de transfer?ncia de um ou mais constituintes de uma fase fluida para a superf?cie de uma fase s?lida. O processo de adsor??o depende de caracter?sticas f?sicas e qu?micas, como: propriedades estruturais do adsorvente (porosidade, grupos funcionais), do adsorvato (raio i?nico, n?mero de coordena??o) e intera??es entre o adsorvente e o adsorvato. Novas tecnologias t?m surgido com o foco voltado para a utiliza??o de materiais biol?gicos com propriedades adsorventes para tratamento de efluentes, e particularmente, na remo??o e recupera??o de metais pesados, apresentando bom desempenho. As principais vantagens de utiliza??o de adsorventes naturais (biossorventes) no processo de sor??o s?o: baixa gera??o de res?duos, f?cil recupera??o dos metais, a possibilidade de reutiliza??o do adsorvente e menor custo operacional, dependendo do material adsorvente que ? utilizado no processo. A partir do exposto essa pesquisa utilizou pastilhas de materiais comp?sitos, formadas por polietileno de baixa densidade reciclado (PEBDrec) como matriz polim?rica e materiais adsorventes (fibra de coco-FC, quitosana-Qui ou argila-B) e realizar um estudo comparativo utilizando essas pastilhas como adsorventes, na remo??o de cromo (III), a fim de determinar qual apresenta uma melhor adsor??o de cromo. Com esta finalidade, foram realizados tr?s planejamentos experimentais, onde foram avaliadas a influ?ncia da granulometria das part?culas de fibra de coco, a composi??o das pastilhas de PEBDrec/FC, PEBDrec/B, PEBDrec/Qui, PEBDrec/FC/Qui e PEBDrec/B/Qui, a concentra??o do adsorvato de cromo (III) e o tempo de exposi??o das pastilhas a solu??o de cromo (III). Com os resultados p?de-se concluir que os modelos usados nos planejamentos experimentais foram v?lidos para a avalia??o da signific?ncia dessas vari?veis, como para as melhores condi??es de remo??o do cromo (III), as quais aconteceram nos valores de composi??o de 40/60% das pastilhas de PEBDrec/FC1, PEBDrec/FC3 e PEBDrec/B. A faixa granulom?trica da fibra de coco que se mostrou mais favor?vel foi de menor granulometria (100-120 mesh) na composi??o de 40/60%. Utilizou-se a t?cnica de condutividade para predizer um modelo de sor??o de cromo (III), por?m nas condi??es do estudo, a condutividade n?o demonstrou ser um bom par?metro

L’étude de dimensionnement d’un réseau cellulaire est une phase de conception qui doit permettre de déterminer les performances d’un système dans une configuration donnée. Elle inclut l’étude de couverture et l’analyse de trafic. De complexes simulations sont possibles pour connaître les paramètres de performances d’un réseau mais seules les études analytiques fournissent des résultats rapides. Par ailleurs, pour faire face à la demande de hauts débits, à la rareté du spectre fréquentiel et à l’impossibilité d’émettre à de plus fortes puissances, de nouvelles techniques de transmissions sont apparues. Nous sommes ainsi passés d’un système classique à une seule antenne à des systèmes à multiple antennes et même à des scénarios de coopération entre stations de base. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons des modèles analytiques pour l’étude des performances, notamment en termes de probabilités de coupure, de ces évolutions des réseaux cellulaires. Dans une première phase, nous considérons des systèmes multicellulaires à une antenne émettrice et une antenne réceptrice (SISO). Nous proposons deux méthodes d’étude de l’impact conjoint de l’affaiblissement de parcours, de l’effet de masque et des évanouissements rapides. Nous étudions, par la suite, un système à large bande utilisant le retournement temporel comme technique de transmission. Dans une deuxième phase, nous considérons des systèmes multicellulaires à antennes multiple à l’émission ou à la réception (MISO/MIMO) implémentant les schémas de diversité Alamouti et de combinaison par rapport maximal (MRC). Ensuite, nous considérons un système multicellulaire multi-utilisateurs à précodage de forçage à zéro (ZFBF). / The implementation of cellular systems have aroused issues related to the design of cellular networks termed to as network dimensioning. It includes the coverage estimation and thetraffic analysis. Simple models and methods are required to reduce the time consumption of these two analysis. At the same time, the growing demand for higher data rates constrained by the scarcity of frequency spectrum, and the requirements in terms of power consumption reduction make the telecommunication community think about new transmission techniques moving from the classical single antenna systems to multiple antenna systems and even the newly envisaged cooperative systems. In this thesis, we provide analytical models to assess the performance of these different cellular network evolutions in terms of outage probabilities. In a first study, we consider multicellular single input single output (SISO) systems. First, we propose two accurate methods to study the joint impact of path-loss, shadowing and fast fading. This system has so far been studied either considering the only impact of path-loss and Rayleigh fading, or considering the same channel model as in our case but providing very complex outage probability expressions. Then, we provide an outage probability expression in a wideband communication context implementing the Time Reversal (TR) transmission technique considering the impact of fast fading. In a second study, we focus on multiple antenna systems. We study the performance of a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system implementing a transmit and a receivediversity schemes namely the Alamouti code and the Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC).

La pénurie d'énergie et le manque d'infrastructures dans les régions rurales représentent une barrière pour le déploiement et l'extension des réseaux cellulaires. Les approches et techniques pour relier les stations de base (BSs) entre elles à faible coût et d'une manière fiable et efficace énergiquement sont l'une des priorités des opérateurs. Ces réseaux peu denses actuellement, peuvent évoluer rapidement et affronter une croissance exponentielle due principalement à l'utilisation des téléphones mobiles, tablettes et applications gourmandes en bande passante. La densification des réseaux est l'une des solutions efficaces pour répondre à ce besoin en débit élevé. Certes, l'introduction de petites BSs apporte de nombreux avantages tels que l'amélioration du débit et de la qualité du signal, mais entraîne des contraintes opérationnelles telles que le choix de l'emplacement des noeuds dans ces réseaux de plus en plus denses ainsi que leur alimentation. Les problèmes où la contrainte spatiale est prépondérante sont bien appropriés à la modélisation par la géométrie stochastique qui permet une modélisation réaliste de distribution des BSs. Ainsi, l'enjeu est de trouver de nouvelles approches de gestions d'interférence et de réductions de consommation énergétique dans les réseaux sans fil. Le premier axe de cette thèse s'intéresse aux méthodes de gestion d'interférence dans les réseaux cellulaires se basant sur la coordination entre les BSs, plus précisément, la technique Coordinated MultiPoint Joint Transmission (CoMP-JT). En CoMP-JT, les utilisateurs en bordure de cellules qui subissent un niveau très élevé d'interférences reçoivent plusieurs copies du signal utile de la part des BSs qui forment l'ensemble de coordination. Ainsi, nous utilisons le modèle r-l Square Point Process (PP) à fin de modéliser la distribution des BSs dans le plan. Le processus r-l Square PP est le plus adapté pour modéliser le déploiement réel des BSs d'un réseau sans fil, en assurant une distance minimale, (r - l), entre les points du processus. Nous discutons l'impact de la taille de l'ensemble de coordination sur les performances évaluées. Ce travail est étendu pour les réseaux denses WiFi IEEE 802.11, où les contraintes de portées de transmission et de détection de porteuse ont été prises en compte. Dans le deuxième axe du travail, nous nous intéressons à l'efficacité énergétique des réseaux mesh. Nous proposons l'utilisation des antennes directionnelles (DAs) pour réduire la consommation énergétique et améliorer le débit de ces réseaux mesh. Les DAs ont la capacité de focaliser la transmission dans la direction du récepteur, assurant une portée plus importante et moins d'énergie dissipée dans toutes les directions. Pour différentes topologies, nous dérivons le nombre de liens et montrons que ce nombre dépend du nombre de secteurs de l'antenne. Ainsi, en utilisant les simulations, nous montrons que le gain, en énergie et en débit, apporté par les DAs peut atteindre 70% dans certains cas. De plus, on propose un modèle d'optimisation conjointe d'énergie et du débit adapté aux réseaux WMNs équipés de DAs. La résolution numérique de ce modèle conforte les résultats de simulation obtenus dans la première partie de cette étude sur l'impact des DAs sur les performances du réseau en termes de débit et d'énergie consommée. Ces travaux de thèse s'inscrivent dans le cadre du projet collaboratif (FUI16 LCI4D), qui consiste à concevoir et à valider une architecture radio ouverte pour renforcer l'accès aux services broadband dans des lieux ne disposant que d'une couverture minimale assurée par un réseau macro-cellulaire traditionnel. / Today's networks continue to evolve and grow resulting more dense, complex and heterogeneous networks.This leads to new challenges such as finding new models to characterize the nodes distribution in the wireless network and approaches to mitigate interference. On the other hand, the energy consumption of WMNs is a challenging issue mainly in rural areas lacking of default electrical grids. Finding alternative technologies and approaches to reduce the consumed energy of these networks is a interesting task. This thesis focuses on proposing and evaluating interference management models for next generation wireless networks (5G and Very Dense High WLANs), and providing tools and technologies to reduce energy consumption of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Two different problems are thus studied; naturally the thesis is divided into two parts along the following chapters.The contribution of the first part of the thesis is threefold. Firstly, we develop our interference management coordination (CoMP-JT) model. The main idea of CoMP-JT is to turn signals generating harmful interference into useful signals. We develop a new model where BSs inside the coordinated set send a copy of data to border's users experiencing high interference. We consider the r-l Square point process to model the BSs distribution in the network. We derive network performance in terms of coverage probability and throughput. Additionally, we study the impact of the size of coordination set on the network performance. Secondly, we extend these results and provide a new model adopted for Dense Very high throughput WLANs. We take into consideration constraints of WLANs in our model such as carrier sensing range. Thirdly, we tackle resource allocation strategies to limit the interference in LTE networks. We study three cyclic allocation strategies: (i) the independent allocation, (ii) the static allocation and (iii) the load-dependent strategy. We derive tractable analytical expression of the first and second mean of interference. We validate the model using extensive simulations. Reducing the energy consumption and improving the energy efficiency of WMNs is our concern in the second part of the thesis. Indeed, we aim at studying the impact of directional antennas technology on the performance of WMNs, using both analysis and simulations. Fisrt, We derive the Number of Links (NLs) for the chain and grid topologies for different antennas beams. These results are based on the routing tables of nodes in the network. We consider different scenarios such as 1Source-NDestinations to model the downlink communications, NSources-1Destination to model the uplink communications and the 1Source-1Destination as a baseline scenario. Using ns-3 simulator, we simulate network performance in terms of Mean Loss Ratio, throughput, energy consumption and energy efficiency. Then, we study the impact of number of beams, network topology and size, the placement of the gateway on the network performance. Next, we go beyond simulations and propose an optimization framework minimizing the consumed energy while maximizing the network throughput for DAs WMNs. We consider a weighted objective function combining the energy consumption and the throughput. We use power control to adapt transmission power depending on the location of the next hop. This model is a first step to approve the obtained simulation results. We use ILOG Cplex solver to find the optimal solution. Results show that DAs improves the network throughput while reduce the energy consumption and that power control allows saving more energy. In this direction, the LCI4D Project aims at providing low cost infrastructure to connect isolated rural and sub-urban areas to the Internet. In order to reduce the installation and maintenance costs, LCI4D proposes the usage of self-configured Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) to connect multimode outdoor femtocells to the remote Marco cell (gateway).

The objective of this thesis was to advance understanding in the field of biolubrication, finding inspiration from the human synovial joints. This was addressed by investigating the association of key biolubricants and the resulting lubrication performance. Techniques employed during the course of this work were Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D), X-ray reflectivity (XRR). Key synovial fluid and cartilage components like dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), hyaluronan (HA), lubricin, and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) have been used in the investigations. Focus was towards two lubrication couples; DPPC-hyaluronan and COMP-lubricin. DPPC-hyaluronan mixtures were probed on hydrophilic silica surfaces and COMP-lubricin association structures were explored on weakly hydrophobic poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) surfaces. Investigations of the COMP-lubricin pair revealed that individually these components are unable to reach desired lubrication. However in combination, COMP facilitates firm attachment of lubricin to the PMMA surface in a favourable confirmation that imparts low friction coefficient. DPPC and hyaluronan combined impart lubrication advantage over lone DPPC bilayers. Hyaluronan provides a reservoir of DPPC on the surface and consequently self-healing ability. Other factors like temperature, presence of calcium ions, molecular weight of hyaluronan, and pressure were also explored. DPPC bilayers at higher temperature had higher load bearing capacity. Association between DPPC Langmuir layers and hyaluronan was enhanced in the presence of calcium ions, and lower molecular weight hyaluronan had a stronger tendency to bind to DPPC. At high pressures, DPPC-hyaluronan layers were more stable compared to lone DPPC bilayers. / <p>QC 20170210</p>