On-machine inspection (OMI) via on-machine probing (OMP) is a technology that has the potential to provide a step change in the manufacturing of high precision products. Bringing product inspection closer to the machining process is very attractive proposition for many manufacturers who demand ever better quality, process control and efficiency from their manufacturing systems. However, there is a shortness of understanding, experience, and knowledge with regards to efficiently implementing OMI on industrially-based multi-axis machine tools. Coupled with the risks associated to this disruptive technology, these are major obstacles preventing OMI from being confidently adopted in many high precision manufacturing environments. The research pursued in this thesis investigates the concept of enabling high precision machine tools as measurement devices and focuses upon the question of: “How can traceable on-machine inspection be enabled and sustained in an industrial environment?” As highlighted by the literature and state-of-the-art review, much research and development focuses on the technology surrounding particular aspects of machine tool metrology and measurement whether this is theory, hardware, software, or simulation. Little research has been performed in terms of confirming the viability of industrial OMI and the systematic and holistic application of existing and new technology to enable optimal intervention. This EngD research has contributed towards the use of industrial machine tools as traceable measurement systems. Through the test cases performed, the novel concepts proposed, and solutions tested, a series of fundamental questions have been addressed. Thus, providing new knowledge and use to future researchers, engineers, consultants and manufacturing professionals.

Objetivos: Estudar os diferenciais entre os indicadores de cárie dentária e alterações gengivais em escolares de áreas urbanas e rurais do Estado de São Paulo. Material e Métodos. Estudo de corte transversal analítico e ecológico foram os dois delineamentos utilizados. A população de estudo foram estudantes de escolas urbanas e rurais do Estado de São Paulo de 5 a 7 e de 10 a 12 anos; a fonte de informação foi o "Levantamento das Condições de Saúde Bucal - Estado de São Paulo, 1998". Foi estimada a prevalência de cárie dentária (índice ceo-d e CPO-D), do sangramento gengival durante a sondagem e de cálculo dental (índice CPI), para o estudo de associação com características sócio-demográficas dos escolares e indicador de desenvolvimento social (IDH-M) das cidades participantes do levantamento. Foram estimadas as odds ratios ajustadas e não ajustadas, por meio de análise de regressão logística de delineamento de modelos multivariados e multiníveis. O estudo de diferenciais de prevalência entre diferentes regiões do Estado empregou uma classificação de àreas rurais homogêneas pré-existentes. Resultados: Os indicadores de saúde bucal tiveram distibuição desigual entre os estratos, indicando pior condição para a população rural. Estudar em áreas rurais, em escolas públicas, ser negro ou pardo e ser do sexo masculino associaram com a manifestação de cárie não tratada e alterações gengivais, ao nível dos indivíduos. No modelo multinível, a presença de flúor na água de abastecimento público, o Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano (IDH-M) e o Índice de Cuidado associaram com as condições de saúde bucal estudadas ao nível das cidades participantes do levantamento. Áreas rurais cujo sistema produtivo apresentava maior implementação da economia agro-industrial tiveram os melhores indicadores de saúde bucal. Conclusões: Os escolares de área rural mostraram-se mais vulneráveis para todas as condições de saúde bucal avaliadas / Objectives: To assess differentials of prevalence of dental caries and gingival status in schoolchildren from rural and urban areas of the State of São Paulo. Material and Methods: The study population comprised schoolchildren aged 5 to 7 and 10 to 12 years old; the source of information was the “Survey of Oral Health Status – State of São Paulo, 1998". The prevalence of dental caries (dmft and DMFT indices), gingival bleeding on probing and dental calculus (CPI index) were assessed for the appraisal of association with socio-demographic characteristics of schoolchildren and indices of social development of participating towns. The estimation of adjusted and non-adjusted odds ratios used logistic regression analysis, and the fitting of multivariate multilevel models. The study of prevalence differentials among regions of the State used a previous classification of homogeneous rural areas. Results: Indices of oral health had an unequal distribution among strata, indicating a poorer profile for rural population. Studying in rural areas, in public schools, being black and being a boy associated with the odds of presenting untreated dental caries and gingival status at the individual level. Fluoride addition to tap water and the human development index associated with these outcomes at the town level. Rural areas whose productive system presented enhancements associated with the agro-industry had an improved profile of oral health. Conclusion: Schoolchildren in rural areas had a poorer profile for all outcomes of oral health. These findings should instruct health services for programming specific interventions aimed at this stratum.

"Continual Validation of distributed software systems can facilitate their development and evolution and engender user trust. We present a monitoring architecture that is being developed collaboratively under DARPA's Dynamic Assembly for System Adaptability, Dependability, and Assurance program. The monitoring system includes a probing infrastructure that is injected into or wrapped around a target software system. Probes deliver events of interest to be processed by a monitoring infrastructure that consists of gauges for delivering information to system administrators. This thesis presents a classification of existing probing technologies and contains a full implementation of a probing infrastructure in Java."

A cana-de-açúcar é uma cultura importante no contexto agrário brasileiro, sobretudo com relação a manutenção e sustentabilidade dos agroecossistemas e da biodiversidade do solo. As comunidades microbianas associadas à canade- açúcar são participantes da manutenção dos ciclos biogeoquímicos, podendo ter sua estrutura e diversidade alteradas por mudanças no manejo da cultura e nas condições climáticas. Esse estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a diversidade microbiana associada à rizosfera de diferentes genótipos de cana-de-açúcar e empregar a metodologia de Stable Isotope Probing (DNA-SIP) para se avaliar a estrutura dos grupos responsivos a este ambiente. Para tanto, variedades de cana-de-açúcar foram selecionadas, extraindo-se o DNA total rizosférico e do bulk soil para análise por PCR-DGGE das regiões do gene 16S rDNA de bactérias, selecionando-se amostras representativas para o sequenciamento da região V6 do gene 16S rDNA através da plataforma Ion Torrent(TM). Os resultados demonstraram diferenças entre a diversidade das comunidades microbianas da rizosfera e do bulk soil, havendo a predominância dos grupos Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria e Acidobateria. Para o estudo da estrutura dos grupos responsivos na rizosfera, plantas da variedade RB86-7515 foram cultivadas sob duas concentrações de CO2 (350 e 700 ppm), realizando-se o enriquecimento com 13CO2, e posteriormente realizando a extração do DNA rizosférico para aplicação na técnica de DNA-SIP. A eficiência desta técnica foi avaliada por meio da técnica de PCR-DGGE para as regiões 16S rDNA de bactérias e ITS de fungos, onde foi verificado que após 48 horas já ocorre a incorporação de 13C pelas comunidades microbianas, havendo diferença entre os grupos que incorporaram o 13C. Diferenças foram também observadas para as distintas concentrações de CO2, indicando o DNA-SIP como uma poderosa ferramenta de estudos da ecologia das comunidades microbianas na rizosfera de cana-deaçúcar. / The sugarcane is an important crop in Brazilian agrarian context, especially in respect to maintenance and sustainability of agroecosystems and soil biodiversity. The microbial communities associated to sugarcane are involved biogeochemical cycles processes and it may have their structure and diversity changed due to crop management and climatic conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial diversity associated to the rhizosphere of different sugarcane\'s genotypes and employ the Stable Isotope Probing tecnique (DNASIP) to evaluate the structure of the groups that are responding to this environment attributes. Therefore, some sugarcane varieties were selected and the total DNA in bulksoil and rhizosphere for analysis by PCR-DGGE of 16S rDNA gene regions of bacteria was extracted, selecting representative samples for sequencing the 16S rDNA gene of V6 region by Ion Torrent (TM) platform. The results showed differences between the diversity of microbial communities in the rhizosphere and bulk soil, with the predominance of Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Acidobateria groups. To study the structure of the responsive rhizosphere groups, the genotype RB86-7515 were grown under two CO2 concentrations (350 and 700 ppm), performing the 13CO2 enrichment. Afterwards, was performed the extraction of DNA for application of the SIP-rhizosphere DNA technique. The efficiency of this technique was assessed by PCR-DGGE over the regions of bacteria 16S rDNA and fungi ITS, which of these showed that occurs after 48 hours the incorporation of 13C by microbial communities, and it elucidate differences between the groups that incorporate the 13C. These differences were also observed for those different CO2 concentrations, indicating that the DNA-SIP is a powerful tool for studies of the ecology of microbial communities in the rhizosphere of sugarcane.

A cana-de-açúcar é uma cultura importante no contexto agrário brasileiro, sobretudo com relação a manutenção e sustentabilidade dos agroecossistemas e da biodiversidade do solo. As comunidades microbianas associadas à canade- açúcar são participantes da manutenção dos ciclos biogeoquímicos, podendo ter sua estrutura e diversidade alteradas por mudanças no manejo da cultura e nas condições climáticas. Esse estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a diversidade microbiana associada à rizosfera de diferentes genótipos de cana-de-açúcar e empregar a metodologia de Stable Isotope Probing (DNA-SIP) para se avaliar a estrutura dos grupos responsivos a este ambiente. Para tanto, variedades de cana-de-açúcar foram selecionadas, extraindo-se o DNA total rizosférico e do bulk soil para análise por PCR-DGGE das regiões do gene 16S rDNA de bactérias, selecionando-se amostras representativas para o sequenciamento da região V6 do gene 16S rDNA através da plataforma Ion Torrent(TM). Os resultados demonstraram diferenças entre a diversidade das comunidades microbianas da rizosfera e do bulk soil, havendo a predominância dos grupos Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria e Acidobateria. Para o estudo da estrutura dos grupos responsivos na rizosfera, plantas da variedade RB86-7515 foram cultivadas sob duas concentrações de CO2 (350 e 700 ppm), realizando-se o enriquecimento com 13CO2, e posteriormente realizando a extração do DNA rizosférico para aplicação na técnica de DNA-SIP. A eficiência desta técnica foi avaliada por meio da técnica de PCR-DGGE para as regiões 16S rDNA de bactérias e ITS de fungos, onde foi verificado que após 48 horas já ocorre a incorporação de 13C pelas comunidades microbianas, havendo diferença entre os grupos que incorporaram o 13C. Diferenças foram também observadas para as distintas concentrações de CO2, indicando o DNA-SIP como uma poderosa ferramenta de estudos da ecologia das comunidades microbianas na rizosfera de cana-deaçúcar. / The sugarcane is an important crop in Brazilian agrarian context, especially in respect to maintenance and sustainability of agroecosystems and soil biodiversity. The microbial communities associated to sugarcane are involved biogeochemical cycles processes and it may have their structure and diversity changed due to crop management and climatic conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial diversity associated to the rhizosphere of different sugarcane\'s genotypes and employ the Stable Isotope Probing tecnique (DNASIP) to evaluate the structure of the groups that are responding to this environment attributes. Therefore, some sugarcane varieties were selected and the total DNA in bulksoil and rhizosphere for analysis by PCR-DGGE of 16S rDNA gene regions of bacteria was extracted, selecting representative samples for sequencing the 16S rDNA gene of V6 region by Ion Torrent (TM) platform. The results showed differences between the diversity of microbial communities in the rhizosphere and bulk soil, with the predominance of Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Acidobateria groups. To study the structure of the responsive rhizosphere groups, the genotype RB86-7515 were grown under two CO2 concentrations (350 and 700 ppm), performing the 13CO2 enrichment. Afterwards, was performed the extraction of DNA for application of the SIP-rhizosphere DNA technique. The efficiency of this technique was assessed by PCR-DGGE over the regions of bacteria 16S rDNA and fungi ITS, which of these showed that occurs after 48 hours the incorporation of 13C by microbial communities, and it elucidate differences between the groups that incorporate the 13C. These differences were also observed for those different CO2 concentrations, indicating that the DNA-SIP is a powerful tool for studies of the ecology of microbial communities in the rhizosphere of sugarcane.

Cette thèse -spécialisée en Recherche Opérationnelle- traite de l'intégration, dans le processus décisionnel industriel, de deux facteurs-clés: la planification des ressources humaines et l'ordonnancement de la production. Un premier cas de ce genre de problématiques est tout d'abord étudié. Deux bornes inférieures obtenues par relaxation lagrangienne et deux méthodes de résolution exacte par décomposition et génération de coupes sont présentées. Si la première approche relève d'une technique connue de la littérature (décomposition de Benders), la seconde se veut plus spécifique. Une technique de génération de coupes énergétiques valides, applicable en préprocess de toute méthode de résolution, est également proposée. La seconde partie traite d'un autre cas particulier, déjà évoqué dans la littérature, de la problématique générale. Ces travaux prolongent ceux effectués lors de la première étude dans le sens où le problème traité est intrinsèquement plus complexe et le but avoué est d'expérimenter les techniques de décomposition et génération de coupes, a priori efficaces, sur une autre problématique. Une technique de génération d'inégalités valides, applicable elle aussi en préprocess de toute méthode de résolution, est tout d'abord mise en place. Deux méthodes de résolution exacte sont ensuite développées. La première est analogue à la technique spécifique de décomposition décrite auparavant. La seconde, plus novatrice, exploite la décomposition intuitive de la problématique et la génération de coupes dédiées dans un cadre où les solutions à valider sont construites via une approche arborescente de type Procédure de Séparation et Evaluation Séquentielle.

Nanomaterials because of their small size, may have special properties unlikely to be seen in ordinary types of materials. Nanomaterials like nanotubes,nanowires and nanoparticles are best studied at the nanoscale, vital but also problematic. In this thesis we use a transmission electron microscope (TEM)combined with a scanning tunneling microscope probe. This system allows TEM images to be captured and recorded into a movie together with recordedelectrical data for real time analysis. Using this method we found that the electrical conductivity of molybdenumbased nanowires Mo6S3I6 can be improved by current induced transformation. This might be a general method of improving nanowires which is of high valueif the wires are to be used in electrical circuits or field emission devices. The bending modulus for these nanowires were also determined, by an electromechanical resonance method, to 4.9 GPa. The sintering phase of silver nanoparticles, used in electrical conductive ink for printing electrical circuits, were studied by the in-situ TEM probing method. We observed that percolation path ways are formed and that the dispersive agent of the particles can be pyrolysed into a net of carbon with characteristics similar to graphite. We also developed a method for decorating nanowires and nanotubes with gold nanoparticles. Nanowire particle composites are often used in assembling more complex devices (electronic circuits) or for linking to organic molecules (biosensor applications) and existing particle decoration methods are either difficult or with low yield. By in situ TEM probing we found that carbon nanocages can be grown onto these gold nanoparticles. The size of the gold nanoparticles is controllable an thus the size of the nanocages. These nanocages may be used in medicine- or hydrogen storage-applications. / Nanomaterial har givits stort intresse under det senaste årtiondet, detta på grund av deras unika egenskaper som gör att de i många hänseenden överträffar traditionella material. Egenskaperna beror till största del på storlek och därför är det nödvändigt att studera dessa material på nanonivå, något som är problematiskt. För sådana studier krävs ett instrument med tillräckligt hög upplösning på nanonivå samt ett system med en prob som möjligör selektion och karakterisering utav individuella byggstenar. I denna avhandling används ett transmissionselektronmikroskop (TEM) tillsammans med ett sveptunnelmikroskop (STM) där det senare används som prob. Systemet medger studier på nanonivå och karakterisering av enskilda byggstenar under realtids avbildning (in situ). Metoden medger en bättre överblick och hanterbarhet vid nanomanipulering än vad till exempel atomkraftmikroskopi medger. Piezodrivna probar kan även användas i svepelektronmikroskop men dessa medger inte samma upplösning som transmissionselektronmikroskopet. Nanotrådar av Mo6S3I6 är ett alternativt material till kolnanorör och överträffar dessa i form av löslighet i båda organiska såväl som polära lösningsmedel. De är enkla att syntetisera men deras elektriska konduktivitet är låg. Mo6S3I6 nanotrådar studerades med in situ TEM probing. Vi fann att genom att driva en tillräckligt hög elektrisk ström genom nanotråden så resulterade detta i en omvandling till en solid metallisk molybden nanotråd med en konduktivitet nära värdet för bulkmaterialet. Resultat är intressant då nanotrådar kan användas i t.ex. fältemission, men resultatet visar också på att det kan vara en generell metod för att förbättra nanotrådar överlag. På dessa nanotrådar har även en elektromekanisk resonans studie utförts där böjmodulen för materialet bestämdes till 4.9 GPa. Med in situ-TEM-probing metoden har även silvernanobläck studerats under en sintringsprocess. Studien visade att vid sintringen så bildas perkulativa vägar genom bläckets silvernanopartiklar samt att vid hög sinteringstemperatur förkolnades det lösningsmedel som silvernanopartiklarna är lösta i. Förkolningen av lösningsmedlet resulterade i ett kolnät med liknande egenskaper som för grafit. Förståelse utav sinteringsprocessen är nödvändig eftersom vid tryckning av elektriskt ledande banor på papper används sintring för att höja ledningsförmågan. Genom att växa nanopartiklar på nanotrådar förändras deras egenskaper och tillämpningar. Existerande metoder är endera komplicerade eller ger dåligt ut- byte. Ett enkelt recept för att växa guldnanopartiklar på kolnanorör och Mo6S3I6 nanotrådar har därför tagits fram. Dessa kolnanorör och nanotrådar har sedan studerats med in-situ-TEM-probing metoden som visade att utanpå dessa guldnanopartiklar kan burar av kol skapas. Eftersom partiklarnas storlek kan kontrolleras kan även kolnanoburarnas storlek kontrolleras. Burarna har användningsområden t.ex. inom medicin och vid lagring av vätgas. / The thesis covers six scientific papers

Home networks are evolving vigorously and are also becoming more and more heterogeneous and complex. Home networks contain new services and numerous devices with wired and wireless links. At the same time, users demand high levels of quality of service for many new applications. Hence, the supervision of links quality tends to be mandatory in emergent home networks, to trigger QoS mechanisms. In this context, this dissertation proposes the utilization of the available bandwidth as a performance indicator in hybrid home networks (e.g. for remote service-evaluation, diagnosis and fault detection) and as link-state metric for a number of QoS mechanisms (e.g., admission control, path selection and load balancing). In this dissertation, we firstly explain why available bandwidth probing is a fundamental tool in the new QoS architectures for hybrid home networks and we explore different use cases. We investigate the networking constraints that affect bandwidth probing in hybrid home networks. We explain why most tools to measure available bandwidth on Internet paths are not very efficient on home networks. We make a taxonomic study of a number of state-of-the-art probing techniques and probing tools for available bandwidth. At that aim, we propose a functional framework, called Metrics Profile Capture Filter and Feedback (MPCFF). Based on these studies, we choose Iperf in TCP mode as an attractive tool to estimate available bandwidth. Then, we conduct a performance evaluation on an experimental test bed, to compare Iperf in lightweight TCP-mode vs. various state-of-the-art tools (Wbest, Pathchirp, Pathload and IGI/PTR). We show that Iperf in lightweight TCP mode is superior in terms of accuracy and speed of convergence. Finally, we integrate Iperf in lightweight TCP mode into a path selection protocol using the Inter-MAC software (developed in the Omega European project). We show, on a test bed, how Iperf in lightweight TCP mode enhances the Inter-MAC path selection by eliminating performance deterioration due to time-varying capacity links. Our results show that Iperf in lightweight TCP mode, accurately, triggers path selection and load balancing mechanisms, to adapt the network resources to the strong degradation of WiFi and PLC links. Available bandwidth probing detects and helps to control real-time deviations of the quality of experience, associated of sensitive applications. At the same time, available-bandwidth probing helps the service provider to isolate failures and to monitor the end-to-end residential service, on demand or on long-term periodicity basis.

Nowadays, the need for three-dimensional miniaturized components is increasing in many areas, such as electronics, biomedics, aerospace and defence, etc. To support the demands, various micro-scale fabrication techniques have been further introduced and developed over the last decades, including micro-electric-mechanical technologies (MEMS and LIGA), laser ablation, and miniature machine tools (mMTs). Each of these techniques has its own benefits, however miniature machine tools are superior to any others in enabling three-dimensional complex geometry with high relative accuracy, and the capability of dealing with a wide range of mechanical materials. Thus, mMTs are emerging as a promising fabrication process. In this work, various researches have been carried out based on the mMTs. The thesis presents micro-machining, in particular, micro-milling force model and three relevant subsystems for miniature machine tools (mMTs), to enhance machining productivity/efficiency and dimensional accuracy of machined parts. The comprehensive force model that predicts micro-endmilling dynamics has been developed. Unlike conventional macro-machining, the cutting mechanism in micro-machining is complex with high level of non-linearity due to the combined effects of edge radius, size, and minimum chip thickness effect, etc., resulting in no chip formation when the chip thickness is below the minimum chip forming thickness. Instead, part of the work material deforms plastically under the edge of a tool and the rest of the material recovers elastically. The developed force model for micro-endmilling is effective to understand the micro-machining process. As a result, the micro-endmilling force model is helpful to improve the quality of machined parts. In addition, three relevant subsystems which deliver maximum machining productivity and efficiency are also introduced. Firstly, ultrasonic atomization-based cutting fluid application system is introduced. During machining, cutting fluid is required at the cutting zone for cooling and lubricating the cutting tool against the workpiece. Improper cutting fluid application leads to significantly increased tool wear, and which results in overall poor machined parts quality. For the micro-machining, conventional cooling methods using high pressure cutting fluid is not viable due to the potential damage and deflection of weak micro-cutting tools. The new atomization-based cutting fluids application technique has been proven to be quite effective in machinability due to its high level of cooling and lubricating. Secondly, an acoustic emission (AE)-based tool tip positioning method is introduced. Tool tip setting is one of the most important factors to be considered in the CNC machine tool. Since several tools with different geometries are employed during machining, overall dimensional accuracy of the machined parts are determined by accurate coordinates of each tool tip. In particular, tool setting is more important due to micro-scale involved in micro-machining. The newly developed system for tool tip positioning determines the accurate coordinates of the tool tip through simple and easy manipulation. At last, with the advance of the 3D micro-fabrication technologies, the machinable miniaturized components are getting complex in geometry, leading to increased demand on dimensional quality control. However, the system development for micro-scale parts is slow and difficult due to complicated detection devices, algorithm, and fabrication of a micro-probe. Consequently, the entire dimensional probing system tends to become bulky and expensive. A new AE-based probing system with a wire-based probe was developed to address this issue with reduced cost and size, and ease of application. / Graduate

Deformationsmoduler förklarar hur ett material eller ett område beter sig och deformeras vid olika laster. CRS-försök, komprimerar prover under en konstant deformationshastighet med erhållna moduler såsom: M0 och ML, med hjälp av rutinundersökning. Vid CPT-sondering penetrerar en konisk spets kontinuerligt genom en jordlagerföljd, med erhållen modul: Elasticitets-modul. Metoderna är väldigt olika vad gäller erhållna parametrar, moduler, deformationsgrupper och användning. CRS-försök genomförs laborativt, med prover tagna på vissa specifika djup, medan CPT-sondering genomförs in-situ med information om hela jordlagerföljden som ges. Att jämföra de olika metodernas moduler mellan varandra är inte möjlig, eftersom CONRAD som utvärderar och presenterar CPT resultat, inte utvärderar elasticitets-moduler för lera, utan för friktionsjord. Dem kompletterar varandra väldigt bra, då i områden som i Uppsala som har en med stor mäktighet av lera, visar med CRS-försök att det är lera som är närvarande för att sedan när CPT- sondering börjar registrera Elasticitets-moduler visar på att friktionsjord har påträffats. På så sätt kan deformationsegenskaper för en hel jordlagerföljd erhållas för en borrpunkt. Borrpunkter från Kronåsen och Kungsängen i Uppsala kommun, och Fyrklövern i Upplands Väsby kommun har undersökts med avseende på deformationsegenskaper och resultatet visar på stora skillnader i deras deformationsmoduler sinsemellan. / Deformation modules explains how a material or an area behave or deform when different amount of stresses act on it. CRS-testing, which compresses samples with a constant deformation rate, gives us modules like M0 and ML, with the help of routine examinations. CPT-probing, on the other hand, penetrate a conical tip through stratigraphy and gives us the elasticity module. These methods are very different in many ways, like what parameters, modules, deformation groups and use, are given. CRS-testing is conducted in a laboratory, with samples taken from specific depths, while CPT-probing is conducted in the field, with information about the whole stratigraphy is given. To directly compare these two methods modules are not possible. Due to CONRAD that evaluates and present CPT-probing results, does not evaluate elasticity modules for clay, but only for frictional soils. They complement each other very well due to in areas like Uppsala, which has a great depth of clay, shows with CRS-testing that clay is present but when CPT starts to register elasticity modules, shows that we moved in to frictional soil. With this, deformation properties can be shown for the whole stratigraphy in a drill point. Drill points from Kronåsen and Kungsängen in Uppsala municipality, and in Fyrklövern from Upplands Väsby municipality has been evaluated with respect to deformation properties and the results shows great differences in the deformation modules between themselves.