Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GustavoFS.pdf: 1361196 bytes, checksum: fe1a67dcdb84a334e6c49247c8c68a06 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-01-21 / Image compress consists in represent by small amount of data, without loss a visual quality. Data compression is important when large images are used, for example satellite image. Full color digital images typically use 24 bits to specify the color of each pixel of the Images with 8 bits for each of the primary components, red, green and blue (RGB). Compress an image with three or more bands (multispectral) is fundamental to reduce the transmission time, process time and record time. Because many applications need images, that compression image data is important: medical image, satellite image, sensor etc. In this work a new compression color images method is proposed. This method is based in measure of information of each band. This technique is called by Self-Adaptive Compression (S.A.C.) and each band of image is compressed with a different threshold, for preserve information with better result. SAC do a large compression in large redundancy bands, that is, lower information and soft compression to bands with bigger amount of information. Two image transforms are used in this technique: Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Primary step is convert data to new bands without relationship, with PCA. Later Apply DCT in each band. Data Loss is doing when a threshold discarding any coefficients. This threshold is calculated with two elements: PCA result and a parameter user. Parameters user define a compression tax. The system produce three different thresholds, one to each band of image, that is proportional of amount information. For image reconstruction is realized DCT and PCA inverse. SAC was compared with JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) standard and YIQ compression and better results are obtain, in MSE (Mean Square Root). Tests shown that SAC has better quality in hard compressions. With two advantages: (a) like is adaptive is sensible to image type, that is, presents good results to divers images kinds (synthetic, landscapes, people etc., and, (b) it need only one parameters user, that is, just letter human intervention is required / Comprimir uma imagem consiste, basicamente, em represent?-la atrav?s de uma menor quantidade de dados, sem para tanto comprometer a qualidade da imagem. A grande import?ncia da compress?o de dados fica evidente quando se utiliza quantidade muito grande de informa??es e espa?os pequenos para armazenamento. Com esse objetivo ? que se apresenta esse trabalho no qual desenvolveu-se um m?todo para a compress?o de imagens coloridas e multiespectrais baseado na quantidade de informa??o contida em cada banda ou planos da imagem. Este m?todo foi chamado de Compress?o Auto-Adaptativa (C.A.A.), no qual cada banda da imagem ? comprimida com uma taxa de compress?o diferente, buscando um melhor resultado de forma a manter a maior parte da informa??o. A t?cnica baseia-se na compress?o com maior taxa para a banda com maior redund?ncia, ou seja, menor quantidade de informa??o e com taxas mais amenas ?s bandas com informa??o mais significativa. O CAA utiliza duas transformadas de imagens como elementos ativos da compress?o. A Transformada Cosseno Discreta (DCT) e a An?lise de Componentes Principais (PCA). A Imagem original (sem compress?o) ? processada pelo sistema CAA no espa?o RGB, sob o qual ? aplicado a transformada PCA, que leva a imagem para um novo espa?o (ou planos de dados), no qual as informa??es est?o descorrelacionadas. Neste espa?o gerado pela PCA, realiza-se a DCT em cada um dos planos individualmente, e, atrav?s de um limiar calculado em fun??o do resultado da PCA e de um par?metro de compress?o fornecido pelo usu?rio, ? que alguns elementos da matriz gerada pela DCT s?o descartados. Por fim realiza-se, respectivamente, a DCT e PCA inversas, reconstruindo assim uma aproxima??o da imagem. Quando comparada com a compress?o realizada pela tradicional JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), a CAA apresenta, em m?dia, resultados cerca de 10 % melhores no que diz respeito a MSE (Mean Square Root), com duas grandes vantagens, por ser adaptativa, ? sens?vel ao tipo de imagem, ou seja, apresenta bons resultados em diversos tipos de imagens (sint?tica, paisagens, pessoas, e etc.), e, necessita apenas um par?metro de compress?o determinado pelo usu?rio

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:58:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FelipePMA_DISSERT.pdf: 3715487 bytes, checksum: 630bbbaabad6ec787270701f99c61fb0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-18 / A critical problem in mature gas wells is the liquid loading. As the reservoir pressure decreases, gas superficial velocities decreases and the drag exerted on the liquid phase may become insufficient to bring all the liquid to the surface. Liquid starts to drain downward, flooding the well and increasing the backpressure which decreases the gas superficial velocity and so on. A popular method to remedy this problem is the Plunger Lift. This method consists of dropping the "plunger"to the bottom of the tubing well with the main production valve closed. When the plunger reaches the well bottom the production valve is opened and the plunger carry the liquid to the surface. However, models presented in literature for predicting the behavior in plunger lift are simplistic, in many cases static (not considering the transient effects). Therefore work presents the development and validation of a numerical algorithm to solve one-dimensional compressible in gas wells using the Finite Volume Method and PRIME techniques for treating coupling of pressure and velocity fields. The code will be then used to develop a dynamic model for the plunger lift which includes the transient compressible flow within the well / Um problema cr?tico em po?os maduros de g?s ? a carga l?quida. Quando a press?o do reservat?rio diminui, a velocidade superficial diminui e o arrasto exercido na fase l?quida pode se tornar insuficiente para trazer todo o l?quido para a superf?cie. O l?quido come?a a drenar para baixo, afogando o po?o e aumentando a contrapress?o, a qual diminui a velocidade superficial, e assim por diante. Um m?todo popular para remediar esse problema ? o plunger lift. Esse m?todo consiste em derrubar um plunger na fundo coluna de produ??o com a v?lvula principal fechada. Quando o plunger alcan?a o fundo do po?o a v?lvula de produ??o ? aberta e o plunger carrega o l?quido para a superf?cie. Atualmente, os modelos presentes na literatura para prever o comportamento do plunger s?o simplistas, em muitos casos est?ticos (n?o consideram efeitos transientes). Assim, esse trabalho apresenta e valida um algor?timo num?rico para resolver escoamentos em po?os de g?s usando o M?todo dos Volumes Finitos e a t?cnica PRIME para tratar o acoplamento da press?o e velocidade. Esse modelo ser? usado para desenvolver modelos din?micos para plunger lift que incluem efeitos transientes e compress?veis nos escoamentos em po?os

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2018-03-20T17:21:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CamillaDeMedeirosDantasAzevedo_TESE.pdf: 4219113 bytes, checksum: 435317fad552ba84e55910c905f4e93f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-03-22T12:38:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 CamillaDeMedeirosDantasAzevedo_TESE.pdf: 4219113 bytes, checksum: 435317fad552ba84e55910c905f4e93f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-22T12:38:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CamillaDeMedeirosDantasAzevedo_TESE.pdf: 4219113 bytes, checksum: 435317fad552ba84e55910c905f4e93f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-10 / As propriedades mec?nicas dos materiais comp?sitos, das mais diversas aplica??es industriais, podem ser reduzidas significativamente pela ocorr?ncia de impactos de baixas velocidades. Esses impactos podem provocar danos internos no material comprometendo sua integridade. Assim, o presente estudo tem como objetivo fazer uma an?lise experimental da resist?ncia residual ? flex?o em tr?s pontos e compress?o ap?s o impacto (CAI), de dois tipos de laminados comp?sitos de matriz polim?rica ortoft?lica, sendo um deles refor?ado a com 7 camadas de tecido bidirecional de Vidro E (CV) e o outro refor?ado com 7 camadas de tecido bidirecional de Kevlar 49 (CK), sujeitos a impactos de baixa velocidade. Esse estudo ? de grande import?ncia pelo fato de tentar conduzir ao aparecimento prematuro de instabilidade estrutural e a consequente restri??o do seu uso. A energia utilizada nesse trabalho para os dois tipos de laminados foi de aproximadamente 96J. Al?m disso, para o material comp?sito refor?ado com fibra de kevlar, foram feitos sucessivos impactos com a mesma energia verificando sua influ?ncia nas propriedades do laminado. Sendo aplicadas 5 vezes, e 10 vezes a energia m?xima de 96J. Como resultado verificou-se que no laminado CV, tanto as propriedades de compress?o como de flex?o em tr?s pontos, a resist?ncia se manteve praticamente inalterada enquanto que o m?dulo teve uma diminui??o depois do impacto. J? no laminado CK houve um decr?scimo tanto nas propriedades de compress?o como flex?o em tr?s pontos ap?s o impacto. Essa perda da integridade desses materiais pode ser justificada pela ocorr?ncia de delamina??o nas interfaces dos comp?sitos. / The mechanical properties of the composite materials, used in the most diverse industrial applications, can be significantly reduced by the occurrence of low speed impacts. These impacts can cause internal damage to the material and compromise its integrity. Thus, the present study aims to perform an experimental analysis of the residual resistance to three-point flexural test and compression after impact (CAI), in two types of composite laminates of orthophthalic polymeric matrix, being one of them reinforced with 7 layers of E-Glass bidirectional tissue (CV) and the other reinforced with 7 layers of Kevlar 49 bidirectional tissue (CK), subject to low speed impacts. This study is of great importance because it tries to lead to the premature appearance of structural instability and the consequent restriction of its use. The energy used in this work for the two types of laminates was approximately 96J. In addition, for the Kevlar fiber reinforced composite material, were made successive impacts with the same energy being checked its influence on the properties of the laminate, where it was tested with a repetition of 5 times and 10 times the maximum energy of 96J.As result, it was found that in the CV laminate, both in the compression properties and three-point flexural properties, the resistance remained practically unchanged while the modulus had a decrease after impact. In the CK laminate, there was a decrease both in compression properties and three-point flexural properties after impact. This integrity loss of these materials can be justified by the occurrence of delamination at the interfaces of the composites.

Le codage réseau est apparu comme une technique alternative au routage au niveau de la couche réseau permettant d'améliorer le débit et d'optimiser l'utilisation de la capacité du réseau. Récemment, le codage réseau a été appliqué au niveau de la couche physique des réseaux sans-fil pour profiter de la superposition naturelle des signaux effectuée par le lien radio. Le codage réseau peut être vue comme un traitement interne du réseau pour lequel différentes techniques de relayage peuvent être utilisées. Cette thèse étudie un ensemble de traitements ayant des compromis variés en terme de performance et complexité. Nous considérons le canal bidirectionnel à relais, un modèle de canal de communication typique dans les réseaux coopératifs, où deux terminaux s'échangent mutuellement des messages par l'intermédiaire d'un relais. La communication se déroule en deux phases, une phase à accès multiple et une phase de broadcast. Pour ce scénario, nous analysons, dans une première partie, une stratégie de "decode-and-forward". Nous considérons, pour cette étude, des alphabets de taille finie et nous calculons les probabilités moyennes d'erreur de bout-en-bout en se basant sur la métrique d'exposant d'erreur du codage aléatoire. Puis, nous dérivons les régions des débits atteignables par rapport à une probabilité d'erreur maximale tolérable au niveau de chaque nœud. Dans une deuxième partie de la thèse, nous proposons deux schémas de codage réseau pratiques, avec complexité réduite, qui se basent sur la stratégie de relayage "compress-and-forward" (CF). Le premier schéma utilise un codage en réseau de points imbriqués (nested lattices). Le deuxième schéma est une version améliorée qui permet d'atteindre des débits de données supérieurs pour l'utilisateur qui a les meilleures conditions canal. Nous construisons les régions des débits atteignables par les deux schémas proposés tout en optimisant la répartition du temps alloué à chacune des deux phases de transmission. Après l'étude du régime asymptotique, nous analysons le schéma de codage CF avec des réseaux de points de dimension finie. Nous nous concentrons sur le problème de la transmission analogique où la distorsion est optimisée. Enfin, nous étudions l'application d'un schéma de codage, basé sur la stratégie CF avec des réseaux de points imbriqués, pour le canal bidirectionnel à canaux parallèles. Ainsi, nous présentons deux régions de débits atteignables selon la technique de traitement, conjoint ou séparé, des sous-canaux par le relais. / Network coding has emerged as an alternative technique to routing that enhances the throughput at the network layer. Recently, network coding has been applied at the physical layer to take advantage of the natural signal superposition that occurs in the radio link. In this context, the physical-layer network coding can be seen as an in-network processing strategy for which multiple forwarding schemes can be proposed. This thesis investigates a set of processing schemes tailored to the network coding at the physical layer with various compromises between performance and complexity. We consider a two-way relay channel, a typical communication system in cooperative networks, where two terminals communicate with each other via a relay node. This communication occurs during two transmission phases, namely a multiple-access phase and a broadcast phase. For TWRC scenario, we first analyze a decode-and-forward strategy with finite size alphabets. We calculate the end-to-end average error probabilities based on random coding error exponents. Then, we derive the achievable rate regions with respect to a maximal probability of error allowed at each terminal. Next, we propose two low-complexity and practical schemes based on compress-and-forward relaying strategy. The first scheme employs nested lattice coding. The second is an improved version which enables higher data rates for the user experiencing the best channel conditions. We present an information-theoretic framework to reconstruct the achievable rate regions of both schemes by considering optimal time division between both transmission phases. After the asymptotic regime analysis, we study single-layer lattice coding scheme with finite dimension lattices. We focus on the analog transmission problem where the distortion is optimized. Finally, we investigate single-layer lattice coding scheme for parallel Gaussian two-way relay channel. We present two achievable rate regions based on whether the relay processes all the sub-channels jointly or separately.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:03:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 KarisiaLBF_DISSERT.pdf: 5553904 bytes, checksum: bd332662da6ffbc4e0c2609d1d3928c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-01-27 / A technological alternative for the correct disposal of tires is the use in the construction of embankment with soil and shredded tires. The use of waste tires in tropical soils requires prior knowledge of the properties and limitations of these materials. In this work, the results of an experimental program was devised to characterize the behavior of mixtures of waste tires and a lateritic soil. The residue used in this study is classified as tire buffings with an average size of 1.4 mm. The laboratory program included testing of particle size analysis, Atterberg limits, compaction, direct shear tests, permeability and confined compression tests with pure soil, pure tire and the mixtures. Proportions of 0% (pure soil), 10%, 20%, 40%, 50 % and 100% (pure tire) by weight were used. For the confining stress levels used in the study, the presence of tire residue provided a considerable increase in shear strength of the mixture. The maximum shear strength was obtained for a residue content of 40% by weight. Permeability tests on samples of waste under a confining stress of 100 kPa showed that the permeability increases significantly with increasing residue content until a residue content of 20%. The increase in permeability after that value showed to be negligible. Confined compression tests showed that the soil mixed with tire residue becomes more compressible than the pure soil. The secant constrained modulus (Msec) for the same vertical stress decreases with increasing percentage of residue. / Dentre as alternativas tecnol?gicas para a destina??o correta de pneus est? o uso na constru??o de aterros de misturas de solo e res?duo de pneus triturados. A utiliza??o de res?duo de pneus em solos tropicais requer o conhecimento pr?vio das propriedades e limita??es desses materiais. Nesta disserta??o, apresentam-se os resultados de um programa experimental para caracteriza??o de misturas de res?duo de pneus em um solo later?tico. O res?duo utilizado neste estudo ? classificado como desbastes de pneus, com tamanho m?dio de 1,4 mm. O programa laboratorial incluiu ensaios de an?lise granulom?trica, limites de consist?ncia, compacta??o, cisalhamento direto, permeabilidade e compress?o confinada com as misturas de solo res?duos de pneus. Foram utilizadas propor??es de 0% (solo puro), 10%, 20%, 40%, 50% e 100% (res?duo puro) em peso. Para os n?veis de tens?o confinantes utilizados no estudo, a presen?a do res?duo de pneu proporcionou um aumento consider?vel da resist?ncia ao cisalhamento da mistura. A m?xima resist?ncia ao cisalhamento foi obtida para um teor de res?duo de 40% em peso. Os ensaios de permeabilidade em amostras de res?duos sob uma tens?o confinante de 100 kPa revelaram que a permeabilidade cresce significativamente com o aumento do teor de res?duo at? um teor de 20%, estabilizando-se em seguida. Os ensaios de compress?o confinada evidenciaram que o solo misturado ao res?duo de pneus torna-se mais compress?vel que o solo puro. O estudo demonstra que o m?dulo de compress?o confinada secante (Msec) para uma mesma tens?o vertical diminui com o aumento da porcentagem de res?duo.