Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:55:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:07:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Foi desenvolvida uma técnica de medida de nível em vasos de pressão usando sondas térmicas resfriadas internamente por um fluido e análise dos dados experimentais com Redes Neurais Artificiais (RNA´s). Esse novo conceito de sondas térmicas foi testado em uma Bancada Experimental para Testes de Sondas de Nível (BETSNI) com duas seções de testes, ST1 e ST2. Dois projetos distintos de sondas foram construídos: Sonda de Tubos Concêntricos e Sonda de Tubo U. Um Sistema de Aquisição de Dados (SAD) foi montado para registrar os dados experimentais. Testes foram realizados tanto para condições de nível nas seções de testes em estado estacionário quanto para transientes. Os dados experimentais de temperatura e de nível obtidos foram usados para compor tabelas de treinamento e de verificação usadas para implementar RNA´s no programa RETRO-05, que simula um Perceptron de Múltiplas Camadas com Retropropagação. As análises mostraram que a técnica pode ser aplicada para medir o nível em vasos de pressão. As análises mostraram ainda que a técnica é aplicável para um número menor de entradas de temperatura que o inicialmente previsto no projeto das sondas e é robusta, aplicando-se mesmo quando ocorre a perda de alguma informação de temperatura. Dados experimentais disponíveis na literatura referentes a uma sonda térmica aquecida eletricamente também foram usados nas análises com RNA´s, produzindo bons resultados. Os resultados das análises indicaram que a técnica é eficaz e robusta, podendo ser aprimorada e aplicada para medidas de nível em vasos de pressão. / Tese (Doutoramento) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Orientador: Paulo Sergio Franco Barbosa / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T08:18:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Venturini_MariaAliceAmadoGouveia_D.pdf: 5062726 bytes, checksum: 6606d29c93d4c6073273826378c32081 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003 / Resumo: O abastecimento de água é um fator de extrema importância para o bem estar da sociedade. Muitos sistemas de abastecimento de água vêm apresentando deficiências operacionais, seja pelo elevado incremento na demanda nos últimos anos ou pela falta de manutenção adequada. O aumento da freqüência de interrupções no fornecimento de água tem sido comum, gerando a insatisfação de seus usuários. Altos investimentos são necessários para a reabilitação dos sistemas de abastecimento de água existentes, visando assegurar níveis operacionais adequados, mas as empresas têm recursos financeiros limitados. Justifica-se, deste modo, o desenvolvimento de novas metodologias que visem a reabilitação destes sistemas buscando o funcionamento adequado dos mesmos, dentro de padrões técnicos satisfatórios com custos aceitáveis. Neste contexto, a metodologia proposta almeja estudar alternativas de reabilitação em sistemas existentes, tendo como suporte um simulador de redes de abastecimento (SPERTS). Para considerar os múltiplos aspectos na tomada de decisão sobre as possíveis soluções de reabilitação a adotar utiliza-se a análise multicriterial que então, fornece uma hierarquia das alternativas encontradas em cada caso / Abstract: Water supply is extremely important for the welfare state of society. Many water supply systems have presented operational deficiency due to high increase on the demand or lack of adequate maintenance. The increase of on frequency of the interruption on the water supply has been usual, thus not fulfilling customer expectations for the consumers. High investments are needed to rehabilitate the existing water supply systems aiming at ensuring adequate operational levels. This situation highlights the importance of the development of new methodologies aiming at the rehabilitation of these systems for an adequate operation, within satisfactory technical standard and acceptable costs. Thus, the proposed methodology aims to study rehabilitation alternatives in existing water systems, taking as support a water supply network simulator (SPERTS). In order to consider the multiple aspects on the decision making process about the possible rehabilitation solutions, a multcriterial analysis is used thus, providing an hierarchy of the alternatives found in each case / Doutorado / Recursos Hidricos / Doutor em Engenharia Civil

Os projetos hidráulicos para sistemas de irrigação por gotejamento, geralmente, desprezam as perdas de carga localizadas devido ao ressalto resultante da conexão dos gotejadores nas linhas laterais, ou então, estabelecem coeficientes médios ou taxas percentuais para o cálculo destas perdas. No entanto, essas perdas localizadas podem ser bastante significativas, variando com a vazão e a relação modelo do gotejador com diâmetro da tubulação instalada. Esta dissertação apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa experimental para determinar uma relação matemática que permita estimar as perdas de carga localizadas para cada conjunto gotejador - tubo. Esta relação matemática associa os coeficientes de resistência de carga cinética, em diferentes vazões, com índices geométricos de obstrução para quatro seções, circulares e levemente ovais, de diferentes tubos de polietileno e, quatro modelos de gotejadores, todos comercializados na região de Ribeirão Preto. Abordaram-se ainda aspectos do uso da equação de Blasius para cálculo das perdas de carga distribuída e a influência da variação da viscosidade no escoamento. / The hydraulic projects to drip irrigation systems, usually disregard the localized head losses because of the destach of the drip\'s connection in the lateral lines, or establish average coefficients or percentual rates to calculate these losses. However, these localized losses can be rather significant, varying according to the flow and the drip\'s model connection with the diameter of the installed tubing. This dissertation presents the results of an experimental research to determine a mathematical relation that allows us to estirnate the localized head losses to each drip group - tube. This mathematical relation associates the resistance of kinetic head, in different flows, with geometrical contents of obstruction to four sections, circular and slightly oval, from different polietilene tubes, and four models of drips, commercialized in Ribeirão Preto\'s region. It\'s also discussed the aspects of the usage of Blasius equation to calculate the losses of distributed head and the influence of viscosity variation during the drain.

Canada has become increasingly economically dependent on the exportation of bitumen to trans-oceanic international markets. As the export of Alberta bitumen from ports located in British Columbia increases, oil spill response and readiness measures become increasingly important. Although the frequency of ship-source oil spills has dramatically declined over the past several decades, they remain environmentally devastating when they occur. In the event of a marine spill, great lengths of shoreline are at risk of being contaminated. Once ashore, oil can persist for decades if shoreline hydraulic conditions are correct and remediation does not occur. Most commonly transported oils (e.g., fuel oils, Bunker C, crude oil, etc.) have been thoroughly studied, and their fate and behaviour in the event of a marine spill is well understood. In contrast, because diluted bitumen has been historically traded in relatively low quantities and has almost no spill history, there is a sizable knowledge gap regarding its effects and behaviour in both the marine environment and on coastal shorelines. The intent of this thesis was to develop a classification scheme to identify marine shorelines of high and low diluted bitumen (dilbit) retention for southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This study builds upon the outcome of former laboratory bench top dilbit and sediment research known as Bitumen Experiments (Bit_Ex). Bit_Ex investigated dilbit penetration and retention in six engineered sediment classifications ranging from coarse sand to very large pebble in accordance with the Wentworth Classification scheme. This research used Bit_Ex findings to predict dilbit retention in poorly sorted in-situ beach sediments found on shorelines representative of the southern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Field and laboratory measurements were conducted to document the occurrence of in-situ shoreline sediments and hydraulic conditions and were used to predict dilbit retention by comparing such characteristics between Bit_Ex and unconsolidated in-situ beach sediments. Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) was measured using a double-ring constant-head infiltrometer. Measured Ks values were then compared to predicted Ks values generated by five semi-empirical Ks equations. A modified version of the Hazen Approximation was selected as the most appropriate. Using measured and calculated metrics, sediments were grouped as having either low or high dilbit retention. When sediments were analysed as homogenous samples, the experimental results suggested two of ten shorelines were composed of a combination of low and high retention sections, while the remaining eight sites were of low retention. Upon the isolation of coarse surface strata, results indicated two shorelines were entirely veneered with high retention sediments, and four shorelines were a combination of high and low retention. The residual four shorelines were found to be entirely composed of low retention sediments. The results illuminate the importance of shoreline stratification when predicting shoreline oil retention. This characteristic is a factor that current shoreline oil retention mapping techniques do not adequately consider. Additionally, the findings suggest that while sediments indicative of retaining weathered dilbit are relatively uncommon within Juan de Fuca and Harro Straits, high retention unweathered dilbit sediments are more common. / Graduate / 2018-06-26

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Le réseau de digues français s'étend sur 9000 km et protège moult enjeux humains et socio-économiques. Les surverses se produisent lorsque le niveau d'eau dépasse la crête de la digue et sont responsables de nombreuses ruptures d'ouvrages. La prévision des caractéristiques des brèches (vitesse de développement, taille finale et hydrogramme) reste délicate, d'autant que les effets de la dynamique de la rivière n'ont jamais été étudiés.Cette étude expérimentale est basée sur cinq essais réalisés en canal sur des modèles physiques de digue cohésifs. Les phases classiques du développement de brèches ainsi que le mécanisme de headcutting ont été observés. L'érosion s'est manifestée à trois échelles spatiales (grain, mm et cm) et la durée des essais a varié entre 1h30 et 10 jours selon les sols. Nous avons constaté que le développement d'une brèche et de la fosse d'érosion devient asymétrique en présence d'une vitesse longitudinale amont. Des essais géotechniques originaux menés à l'IRPHE ont permis de relever des différences importantes sur le mode et la cinétique d'érosion entre les sols testés, toujours en bon accord avec les observations menées sur les modèles de digues.Des essais en brèche de largeur fixe nous ont mis à jour l'émergence d'une hydraulique particulière dans la brèche lorsque le vitesse longitudinale incidente augmente (ressauts, recirculations) qui a un impact sur l'hydrogramme de brèche.Enfin, des simulations menées sous RUBAR20 ont permis de retrouver de nombreuses observations expérimentales tant sur le fonctionnement hydraulique des brèches que sur la sensibilité de la cinétique d'érosion à la contrainte critique d'érosion et à l'érodibilité. / France's embankment network stretches over 9000~km, protecting people and infrastructures. Overtopping occurs when water level rises above the embankment's crest, often leading to breach development. Reliable forecasting of breaches' characteristics (widening rate, final geometry and breach hydrograph) remains a challenging task. Furthermore, the effects of river dynamics have never been studied.This work is based on a campain of five overtopping tests performed on scaled homogeneous cohesive model embankments, carried out in an eight meters recirculated flume. The classical steps of dike breaching were observed, as wall as headcutting. Depending on soil type and water content, erosion occured at three distinct scales (sand grain, mm, cm) while the experiments' durations ranged from 1h30 to 250~h. Evidence was brought that river dynamics can result in a completely asymmetric development of both the breach and scour pit. Simple geotechnical tests showed notable differences on erosion modes and rates among tested soils, consistently with the flume experiments.The study of fixed-width breaches showed that distinguish hydraulic phenomena such as hydraulic jumps and recirculations arise when lateral flow speed increases on the river side, which comes with an important drop in breach flow.In addition, bidimensional numerical simulations offered a practical and satisfying way of modelling breach hydraulics. In particular, the strong surface deformation and important velocity gradients in the vicinity of the breach were well-rendered. Elements relative to breach formation sensitivity to erosion parameters (threshold stress and erodibility coefficient) are also provided.

El Generation IV International Forum (GIF) [1] es un programa internacional dedicado a apoyar, coordinar y dirigir las iniciativas de investigación y desarrollo encaminados a implementar las soluciones tecnológicas que caracterizarán a la siguiente generación de reactores nucleares. Estos reactores se caracterizaran por una gestión más eficiente del combustible nuclear, un incremento en las exigencias de seguridad y una alta competitividad económica. Con tales objetivos, GIF propuso una serie de diseños potencialmente capaces de alcanzarlos. Estos diseños son tecnológicamente muy distintos a las plantas nucleares comerciales actuales al utilizar neutrones de espectro rápido y consecuentemente refrigeración por metales líquidos. Estos nuevos diseños requieren el desarrollo y validación de herramientas computacionales capaces de simular el comportamiento de la planta tanto en fase estacionaria como en transitoria y por tanto sean aplicables en los procesos de diseño y licitación de dichas plantas. El objetivo de esta tesis es el de adaptar los códigos computacionales actuales aplicados a la simulación de reactores refrigerados por agua a reactores rápidos refrigerados por metales líquidos, tales como el sodio o el plomo y el desarrollo de modelos capaces de simular de una manera consistente el comportamientos de los sistemas ante determinados eventos que constituyen la base de diseño de la planta Para ello se adaptaran dichos códigos a la fenomenología específica de estos reactores, se desarrollaran modelos termo-hidráulicos y neutrónicos tanto unidimensionales como tridimensionales de los diseños propuestos y se validarán los resultados para demostrar su aplicabilidad. El trabajo incluye la implementación de correlaciones específicas para habilitar los códigos para el cálculo de la condiciones termo-hidráulicas de los refrigerantes así como la adaptación de los esquemas de acoplamiento termo-hidráulico-neutrónicos existentes a esta nueva tecnología. / Lázaro Chueca, A. (2014). Development, assessment and application of computational tools for design safety analysis of liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactors [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/39353 / TESIS

This diploma thesis deals with the design of control algorithm for hydraulic directional control valves of a zero-emission mini excavator. Zero emission excavator have same parameters as diesel engine powered version of it. To solve this problem simulations were done for hydraulics and control algorithm of this machine. To find right parameters of simulation models, experiments have been done. There were also proposed some methods to obtain the right set of parameters. The result of this diploma thesis is control algorithm for directional control valves of this very unique mini excavator that doesn't have any competitor (in terms of control algorithm). Set of parameters was also tested during experiments.

The diploma thesis dealt with a partial problem of conversion of the mini-excavator E19 by Bobcat with an internal combustion engine to emission-free propulsion. The main task was design and construction of electrical and hydraulic circuits focusing on the drive of a mini-excavator. The simulations verified the properties and behavior of the mini-excavator under different conditions and initial settings. The results were comfirmed by experimental measurements. The output of the simulations recommended adjustments to the values of individual parameters depending on the travel speed but also the efficiency of the entire machine.

This diploma thesis describes hydraulic properties of specific types of fittings designed to HVAC systems with primary focus on pressure losses of these fittings. We are focusing on comparison of specific fittings with usual systems of spiro pipes in the project part of this thesis.