Parte I: montagem do túnel pré-fabricado (Arco Techspan), localizado na variante do Cávado - Dolce Vita Braga: parte II: reabilitação e reparação das pontes sobre o rio Criz I e Criz II na E.N. 234

O presente relatório visa apresentar o trabalho desenvolvido pelo estagiário, na empresa Freyssinet -Terra Armada, SA. Este encontra-se dividido em 2 partes distintas. A primeira no âmbito da actividade Terra Armada, consistiu no acompanhamento da montagem do túnel pré-fabricado que estabelece a ligação entre a Rua C junto ao Centro Comercial Dolce Vita em Braga e a Variante do Cávado. A segunda no âmbito da actividade Freyssinet, consistiu no acompanhamento da obra de reabilitação e reforço estrutural de duas pontes denominadas de Criz I e Criz II, ambas localizadas na E.N.234 junto a Santa Comba Dão. A intensa ocupação dos terrenos em meio urbano leva cada vez mais ao estudo de novas soluções que permitem melhorar a circulação de pessoas e bens. Para restabelecer a ligação entre a Rua C e a Variante do Cávado a solução encontrada passou pela construção de um Túnel a céu aberto. Esta foi a melhor solução encontrada pois está prevista a intersecção de três vias denominadas de Variante do Cávado, Rua B e Rua D, todas relacionadas com os restabelecimentos de acesso ao empreendimento Dolce Vita Braga. Sobre as pontes de Criz I e Criz II recordamos que as mesmas foram projectadas em 1975 pelo Prof. Edgar Cardoso, tendo sido construídas no período que decorreu entre 1976 e 1979. Apesar de serem pontes recentes, estas apresentavam um avançado estado de deterioração o que levou à elaboração de um projecto específico de reparação e reforço estrutural e consequente intervenção, tendo sido adjudicadas à Freyssinet as intervenções concernentes ao reforço com Pré-Esforço, substituição de aparelhos de apoio e juntas de dilatação. O que mais adiante se detalhará no presente relatório será a explicação e descrição dos trabalhos executados em ambas as obras, onde foram aplicadas a tecnologia Terra Armada no primeiro caso e a tecnologia Freyssinet para o segundo caso.

Grid structure impact in sparse point representation of derivatives

In the Sparse Point Representation (SPR) method the principle is to retain the function data indicated by significant interpolatory wavelet coefficients, which are defined as interpolation errors by means of an interpolating subdivision scheme. Typically, a SPR grid is coarse in smooth regions, and refined close to irregularities. Furthermore, the computation of partial derivatives of a function from the information of its SPR content is performed in two steps. The first one is a refinement procedure to extend the SPR by the inclusion of new interpolated point values in a security zone. Then, for points in the refined grid, such derivatives are approximated by uniform finite differences, using a step size proportional to each point local scale. If required neighboring stencils are not present in the grid, the corresponding missing point values are approximated from coarser scales using the interpolating subdivision scheme. Using the cubic interpolation subdivision scheme, we demonstrate that such adaptive finite differences can be formulated in terms of a collocation scheme based on the wavelet expansion associated to the SPR. For this purpose, we prove some results concerning the local behavior of such wavelet reconstruction operators, which stand for SPR grids having appropriate structures. This statement implies that the adaptive finite difference scheme and the one using the step size of the finest level produce the same result at SPR grid points. Consequently, in addition to the refinement strategy, our analysis indicates that some care must be taken concerning the grid structure, in order to keep the truncation error under a certain accuracy limit. Illustrating results are presented for 2D Maxwell's equation numerical solutions.

Dosimetric effect by shallow air cavities in high energy electron beams

This study evaluates the dosimetric impact caused by an air cavity located at 2 mm depth from the top surface in a PMMA phantom irradiated by electron beams produced by a Siemens Primus linear accelerator. A systematic evaluation of the effect related to the cavity area and thickness as well as to the electron beam energy was performed by using Monte Carlo simulations (EGSnrc code), Pencil Beam algorithm and Gafchromic EBT2 films. A home-PMMA phantom with the same geometry as the simulated one was specifically constructed for the measurements. Our results indicate that the presence of the cavity causes an increase (up to 70%) of the dose maximum value as well as a shift forward of the position of the depthedose curve, compared to the homogeneous one. Pronounced dose discontinuities in the regions close to the lateral cavity edges are observed. The shape and magnitude of these discontinuities change with the dimension of the cavity. It is also found that the cavity effect is more pronounced (6%) for the 12 MeV electron beam and the presence of cavities with large thickness and small area introduces more significant variations (up to 70%) on the depthedose curves. Overall, the Gafchromic EBT2 film measurements were found in agreement within 3% with Monte Carlo calculations and predict well the fine details of the dosimetric change near the cavity interface. The Pencil Beam calculations underestimate the dose up to 40% compared to Monte Carlo simulations; in particular for the largest cavity thickness (2.8 cm).

alpha-Co(OH)(2)/carbon nanofoam composite as electrochemical capacitor electrode operating at 2 V in aqueous medium

In this work, alpha-Co(OH)(2) is electrodeposited onto carbon nanofoam forming a composite electrode operating in a potential window of 2 V in aqueous medium. Prior to electrodeposition, the carbon nanofoam substrate is subjected to a functionalization process, which leads to an increase of about 40% in its specific capacitance value. Formation of cobalt hydroxide clusters onto the functionalized carbon nanofoam by pulse electrodeposition further enhances the specific capacitance of the electrode. The combination of these factors with an enlarged working potential window, results in a material with specific capacitance close to 300 F g(-1) at current density of 1 A g(-1), considering the total mass loading of the composite. This suggests the potential application of the prepared composites in high energy density electrochemical supercapacitors. (c) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.