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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Effects of mesh grid and turbulence models on heat transfer coefficient in a convergent-divergent nozzle

Zhalehrajabi, E., Rahmanian, Nejat, Hasan, N. January 2014 (has links)
No / The results of computational fluid dynamics simulation for convective heat transfer of turbulent flow in a cooled convergent-divergent nozzle are reported. The importance of the heat transfer coefficient is to find the most suitable metals for the nozzle wall as well as its application for producing nano-particles. ansys-icem and ansys-cfx 13.0 are used to mesh and simulate fluid flow in the nozzle, respectively. Effects of grid resolution and different turbulence models on the heat transfer coefficient are investigated. Three turbulence models of k-omega, k-epsilon and shear stress transport are applied to calculate the heat transfer coefficient. Stagnation absolute pressure and temperature are 10.3 bara and 840 K, respectively, the same as those in the experimental work. The heat transfer coefficients obtained from simulation are compared with the available experimental data in literature to find out the best suitable mesh grid and the turbulence model. Under the selected operating conditions, k-epsilon and k-omega models have shown the best agreement with the experimental data with the average error of 6.5% and 10%, respectively, while shear stress transport under predicts the values with 16% error.
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CORRELATION BETWEEN SHIFTS IN LOBELIA SPECIES’ FLORAL MORPHOLOGY AND HYBRIDIZATION RISK DUE TO SYMPATRY

Hall, Svea 30 May 2023 (has links)
No description available.
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Individen i kollektivet : en studie om social exkludering i Divergent och Hungerspelen

Löfstrand, Alma January 2022 (has links)
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur social exkludering skildras i Divergent och Hungerspelen och diskutera resultaten ur ett litteraturdidaktiskt perspektiv. Syftet är att utifrån fyra kategorier, som alla är faktorer som indikerar social exkludering, undersöka dels på vilket sätt faktorerna förekommer, dels hur protagonisten förhåller sig till dem. Faktorerna som används är: 1. Snedvriden resursfördelning som socialt exkluderande faktor 2. Brist på demokratiska sammanhang som socialt exkluderande faktor 3. Reducering av den fria viljan som socialt exkluderande faktor 4. Rumslig segregation som socialt exkluderande faktor Faktorerna, till exempel resursfördelning, kommer att i sin tur analyseras utifrån några valdamotiv, till exempel kläderna, för att lyfta vilka funktioner olika motiv i romanerna har för att främmandegöra läsarens egen samtid. Detta kopplas till gymnasieskolans värdegrund. Syftet är alltså inte att ge konkreta förslag på lektionsupplägg utan i stället ge en förståelse för hur romanerna, som exempel på genren ungdomsdystopi, kan synliggöra olika perspektiv på socialexkludering i läsarens eget samhälle samt ge en fördjupad förståelse för frågor som rör socialexkludering i litteraturundervisningen.
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Picking a Winner: How We Choose Our Most Creative Ideas

Jesurun, Timothy 15 May 2014 (has links)
No description available.
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Video Game Play: The Effects of Exploratory Representational Play and Constructive Play on Divergent Thinking and Problem-Solving

Whynott, Elizabeth M. 19 April 2018 (has links)
No description available.
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Inertia and practice change related to greenhouse gas reduction : Essays on institutional entrepreneurship and translation in Swedish agri-food

Stål, Herman January 2014 (has links)
To avoid dangerous climate change a massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is required in a relative short time span. However, as development is moving in the wrong direction, there appears to be great inertia in changing activities. This dissertation’s overarching purpose is, from an institutional perspective, to advance the understanding of greenhouse gas-related inertia, as well as change, in industrial agri-activities. This purpose is addressed in four individual but related papers and an introductory chapter. A case study methodology is utilized to advance knowledge regarding greenhouse gas-related inertia and change. Two change initiatives involving the Swedish Board ofAgriculture, the designated expert authority on agricultural matters, were chosen and explored with qualitative methods. The first case consisted of a project to create at an Action Plan, a policy suggestion regarding strategies to reduce emissions from agriculture. The second case focused on the Swedish Board of Agriculture’s co-owned agricultural extension service, Greppa Näringen. More specifically, the case consisted of the provision of climate advice to farmers. The analyses of the initiatives focused on assessing, discussing and explaining the types of change advanced within them. The papers show how and why convergent rather than divergent change was pursued, describing different mechanisms generating this inertia. / För att undvika farliga klimatförändringar krävs massiva minskningar av växthusgasutsläpp på relativt kort tid. Detta kan inte uppnås utan omfattande förändringar av utsläppsintensiva aktiviteter. Det förefaller dock finnas en stor tröghet avseende detta, eftersom utvecklingen går i fel riktning. Såväl tröghet som förändring kan analyseras på olika nivåer, och den industriella nivån är speciellt relevant eftersom industriella aktiviteter bidrar med stora utsläpp. I detta sammanhang är primärproduktion av livsmedel av relativ betydelse, både med anledning av utsläppens storlek och produktionens betydelse för mänsklighetens överlevnad. För att förstå de ofta värdeladdade och idédrivna beteendena involverade i miljörelaterade förändringsprocesser använder jag mig av institutionell teori, en icke-reduktionistisk organisationsteori innehållande ett antal, i sammanhanget passande begrepp. Jag kombinerar institutionell teori med en positionering i det ”starka” hållbarhetsparadigmet, vilket ger ett analytiskt ramverk som betonar betydelsen av divergent, snarare än konvergent, förändring av industriell praktik. Följaktligen är denna avhandlings syfte att, ur ett institutionellt perspektiv, öka förståelsen av tröghet och förändring, relaterat till växthusgasutsläpp och industriella jordbruksaktiviteter. Syftet adresseras i fyra individuella men relaterade papper och en inledande kappa. Kappan presenterar det teoretiska ramverket, metoden, en översikt över artiklarna och en avslutande diskussion av artiklarnas sammanlagda bidrag i relation till litteraturen och avhandlingens syfte. Avhandlingen använder en fallstudie metodologi för att öka förståelsen av tröghet och förändring relaterat till växthusgasutsläpp. Två förändringsinitiativ relaterade till Statens jordbruksverk, expertmyndigheten på jordbruksområdet, valdes ut och utforskades med kvalitativa metoder. Bägge dessa initiativ riktade sig specifikt emot primärproduktion, där de största utsläppen sker. Det första fallet utgjordes av ett projekt för att skapa en handlingsplan: ett förslag på strategier för att reducera utsläpp från jordbruket. Det andra fallet fokuserade på Jordbruksverkets rådgivningsorganisation, Greppa Näringen, och utgjordes av klimatrådgivning riktat mot lantbrukare. Analysen av fallen sökte bedöma, diskutera och förklara den typ av förändring som eftersträvades. Resultaten har beskrivits i de fyra artiklarna, där de två första koncentrerade sig på studiet av handlingsplanen och de två senare på klimatrådgivningen. Artiklarna visar hur och varför som konvergent, snarare än divergent, förändring eftersträvades, genom att beskriva olika mekanismer som skapar denna tröghet. Konvergent förändring inbegriper ett fokus på effektivitet eller rådande politiska mål snarare än att minska förekomsten av utsläppsintensiva aktiviteter. I diskussionen av artiklarnas sammanlagda resultat föreslås att förändringsinitiativen bidrar till tröghet inom industrin genom att påverka öppenheten och motivationen gentemot divergent förändring hos andra aktörer. Avhandlingen bidrar till hållbarhetsfältet genom att ge en institutionell analys av tröghet och förändring på industriell nivå, vilket visar på hur begreppen konvergent/divergent förändring kan användas för att utforska hållbarhetsfrågor. Genom detta exempel kan förändringsprocesser i andra industrier inbegripande andra hållbarhetsfrågor förstås bättre. Utöver detta bidrar avhandlingen till institutionell teori, mer specifikt till diskussionen rörande hållbart entreprenörskap och institutionella logiker. Det förstnämnda bidraget inkluderar förbättrad förståelse av möjliggörande såväl som institutionellt entreprenörskap i fält karakteriserade av institutionell komplexitet, medan det sistnämnda utgörs av konceptualiseringen av konkurrerande institutionella logiker och deras inflytande på översättning.
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SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE MOSS <em>BRYUM ARGENTEUM</em> AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SEX RATIO BIAS

Moore, Jonathan David, III 01 January 2017 (has links)
In dioecious plants, selection due to sex function differences has produced sex-specific life histories, morphologies, and physiologies. In many dioecious seed plants, dimorphisms and population sex ratios have been plausibly linked, but similar links are not yet apparent in dioecious bryophytes. Population sex ratio bias is often expected to favor the sex with lower investment in sexual reproduction, especially in resource-poor environments. Unlike in seed plants, bryophyte males may have higher average reproductive investment than females, which typically have low offspring production rates due to sperm limitation. However, traits aside from reproductive investment such as shoot and leaf arrangement may be differentially selected and could influence life history and sex ratio, but these are rarely tested. My questions concentrated on the dimorphic traits responsible for sex ratio bias and their links to sex function. My studies, using the moss Bryum argenteum, included field and greenhouse experiments investigating sex ratio bias and morphological plasticity along a light/canopy openness (exposure) gradient, a greenhouse comparison of clump morphology and water-holding capacity, and a field and growth chamber study on sex-specific responses to stress (high temperature and desiccation). The sex ratio of urban Lexington, KY was highly female-biased, did not correlate with exposure, and was not linked with pre-zygotic reproductive investment. Leaf characteristics of B. argenteum plastically responded to exposure but were not sex-specific. However, juvenile females produced shoots at a faster rate and grew taller in high light. Juvenile male shoots held more external water than female shoots, but this did not predict mature clump water-holding capacity. Male clumps were shorter, denser, and held less water than females likely to shed sperm-laden water for sexual reproduction. Clump height did not trade off with reproductive investment, adding evidence that sex-specific size is linked with other aspects of sex function. Although chlorophyll fluorescence data (a measure of the status of photosystem II) from both field and growth chamber experiments indicated subtle sex-specific stress recovery responses among sexually immature and mature plants, differences were weaker than predicted and sexually mature shoots did not fare worse than vegetative shoots. The sex differences in size, clump morphology, and clump water-holding capacity very likely affect survival, growth, competitive ability, and ultimately adult sex ratio bias.
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Planejamento tático da produção agroindustrial com fluxo divergente e produção em dois estágios. / Two-stage tactical planning model for the agri-food industry with divergent process.

Arruda Junior, Olinto Rodrigues de 09 April 2014 (has links)
O planejamento tático da produção é importante para as organizações pois permite um correto dimensionamento dos recursos produtivos, para garantir um atendimento adequado da demanda, e influencia nas decisões de produção em médio prazo buscando soluções que colaborem positivamente no resultado operacional. O objetivo deste trabalho é o desenvolvimento de um modelo de planejamento agregado da produção para aplicação na indústria da carne suína que contemple simultaneamente as atividades finais da produção agropecuária e o ambiente de produção da indústria frigorífica. O modelo proposto contempla um sistema produtivo em dois estágios onde o primeiro estágio apresenta um fluxo divergente de produção envolvendo coprodução e o segundo estágio consiste em uma linha de montagem. O sistema apresentado é composto por uma sequência de rotinas de programação, utilizadas para a geração dos dados de entrada e um modelo matemático baseado em programação linear inteira mista cuja função objetivo é maximizar a margem global. As rotinas para geração de dados de entradas foram programadas em Visual Basic For Application e chamadas de Programa de Geração de Padrões. O modelo de programação matemática foi implementado no software LINGO e suas interfaces com as planilhas do Microsoft Excel. A aplicação do modelo para verificação utilizou dados adaptados de uma empresa envolvida no setor e os resultados obtidos permitiram testar a consistência do modelo para a situação específica. A análise dos resultados demonstrou que o modelo gera soluções que estão alinhadas com os objetivos da organização e responde adequadamente a variações nos dados de entrada. / The tactical planning activities are very important for an organization since it allows an anticipated administration of production resources in order to meet the demand and also because it suggests medium term production decisions that can contribute positively to the operational results of the company. This work aims to develop an aggregate production planning model for the pork industry which takes into consideration factors in the meat processing plant as well as in the final step of farming activities. The presented model approaches a two stage production system where the first stage is characterized by a divergent production flow involving coproduction and the second stange is an assemblage line. The entire system is composed by a sequence of routines used to generate some parameters and a mathematical formulation based on mixed integer linear programming in which the objective function aims to maximize the global margin of the organization. The routines used to generate the parameters where implemented in Visual Basic for Application and were called Pattern Generation Program and the mathematic programming were implemented in LINGO and its interfaces with worksheets of Microsoft Excel. The verification of the model used adapted data from a real company in this industry and could test its consistency for this specific situation. The analyzed results demonstrated that the model generates good solution that contribute to the global objective of the company and the model results response to the changes in the parameter as expected.
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"Geometria das singularidades de projeções" / Geometry of singularities of projections

Dias, Fabio Scalco 16 September 2005 (has links)
Neste trabalho estudamos as singularidades de projeções no plano de curvas genéricas, introduzindo uma nova relação de equivalência para germes e multigermes de curvas planas, denominada A_h-equivalência. / In this work singularities of projections to the plane of curves are studied. We introduce a new equivalence relation for germs of plane curves, called A_h-equivalence.
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Estudo numérico da influência da geometria de bocais convergente-divergente em escoamentos supersônicos

Berchon, Luciano da Silva January 2016 (has links)
O comportamento do escoamento supersônico no interior de bocais convergente-divergente retangulares é investigado numericamente, comparando-se quatro bocais com diferentes seções divergentes, com a mesma razão de aspecto AR=1.14 e mesma relação áreas da saída e da garganta dos bocais NAR=1.43. Os bocais são submetidos a diferentes pressões de admissão do fluido de trabalho, mantendo-se a relação entre a pressão de admissão e de descarga constante NPR=5. As simulações consideram o escoamento em regime permanente, compressível, viscoso, com abordagem baseada na massa específica (abordagem acoplada) , juntamente com o modelo de turbulência − /SST. A qualidade dos resultados é medida empregando-se três níveis de refino da discretização do domínio computacional, observandose a ordem de convergência e o índice de convergência de malhas GCI. Os resultados numéricos mostram que o número de Mach e a temperatura do fluido de trabalho independem da pressão de admissão, ao contrário do comportamento da pressão local e da massa específica. As propriedades do escoamento são fortemente dependentes da variação da geometria, e a variação do ângulo da seção divergente provoca uma mudança direta do número de Mach e inversa da pressão, da temperatura e da massa específica do escoamento no interior dessa seção. As simulações são comparadas com os resultados da teoria isentrópica e mostram que a linha sônica é deslocada do centro geométrico da garganta dos bocais para cada geometria simulada. A comparação com a teoria e com dados experimentais mostra desvios inferiores a 6x10-3 %. O uso do modelo de turbulência − / SST é capaz de resolver o escoamento com boa precisão, prevendo bem seu perfil de velocidades, as ondas de expansão de Prandtl-Meyer, juntamente com as interações dessas ondas com a camada limite. / The behavior of the supersonic flow inside rectangular convergent-divergent nozzle is investigated numerically by comparing four nozzles with different divergent sections, with a common aspect ratio AR=1.14, and the same nozzle exit-to-throat area ratios NAR=1.43. Nozzles are subject to several working fluid inlet pressures, maintaining a constant pressure ratio NPR=5. Simulations assume the flow in steady state, compressible, viscous, using a coupled approach with the turbulence model − /SST. The quality of results is measured by employing three refining levels of the computational domain discretization, observing the order of convergence and the grid convergence index GCI. Numerical results show that the Mach number and the temperature of the working fluid are independent of the inlet pressure, unlike the behavior of local pressure and the density. Flow properties are strongly dependent on the geometry variation, and the change on the angle of divergent section causes a direct effect on the Mach number and inverse on the pressure, the temperature and the density of the flow in this section. Simulations are compared to the results of the isentropic theory and show that the sonic line is offset from the geometric center of the throat nozzle, for each simulated geometry. Results from this work are compared to experimental and theoretical data and show deviations below 6x10-3 %. The − / SST turbulence model is able to solve the flow with good accuracy, and predicts its velocity profile, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves, and their interactions with the boundary layer.

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