Drenagem superficial de vias de comunicação

O projecto de drenagem da estrada terá de ser articulado com os restantes estudos, relacionando os problemas hidráulicos com o traçado, segurança, ambiente e também com os apectos ecinómicos associados à construção e manutenção. Na elaboração de um projecto para drenagem superficial de estradas devem seguir-se as seguintes etapas: - Análise do projecto geral da estrada; - Análise do projecto do traçado da estrada; - Localização das linhas de água existentes; - Localização das passagens hidráulicas; - Localização dos colectores, sumidouros e valetas; - Delimitação das áreas das bacias para cada passagem hidráulica; - Delimitação das áreas das bacias para cada órgão de recolha; - Cálculo dos caudais de projecto; - Dimensionamento das obras hidráulicas; - Continuidade de escoamento das linhas de água existentes; - Analisar e adaptar as possíveis soluções, com base em desenhos padrão. Os resultados obtidos enquadram-se em soluções vulgarmente utilizadas na drenagem de vias com estas características.

A flexible side information generation framework for distributed video coding

One of the most efficient approaches to generate the side information (SI) in distributed video codecs is through motion compensated frame interpolation where the current frame is estimated based on past and future reference frames. However, this approach leads to significant spatial and temporal variations in the correlation noise between the source at the encoder and the SI at the decoder. In such scenario, it would be useful to design an architecture where the SI can be more robustly generated at the block level, avoiding the creation of SI frame regions with lower correlation, largely responsible for some coding efficiency losses. In this paper, a flexible framework to generate SI at the block level in two modes is presented: while the first mode corresponds to a motion compensated interpolation (MCI) technique, the second mode corresponds to a motion compensated quality enhancement (MCQE) technique where a low quality Intra block sent by the encoder is used to generate the SI by doing motion estimation with the help of the reference frames. The novel MCQE mode can be overall advantageous from the rate-distortion point of view, even if some rate has to be invested in the low quality Intra coding blocks, for blocks where the MCI produces SI with lower correlation. The overall solution is evaluated in terms of RD performance with improvements up to 2 dB, especially for high motion video sequences and long Group of Pictures (GOP) sizes.

Comparative study of amine solutions used in CO2 absorption/desorption cycles

Trabalho Final de Mestrado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Química

Projecto de uma passagem superior à autoestrada 10

Trabalho de Projecto para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil

The solvation and redox behaviour of mixed ligand COPPER(II) complexes of acetylacetonate and aromatic dimines in ionic liquids

The behavior of two cationic copper complexes of acetylacetonate and 2,2'-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline, [Cu(acac)(bipy)]Cl (1) and [Cu(acac)(phen)]Cl (2), in organic solvents and ionic liquids, was studied by spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques. Both complexes showed solvatochromism in ionic liquids although no correlation with solvent parameters could be obtained. By EPR spectroscopy rhombic spectra with well-resolved superhyperfine structure were obtained in most ionic liquids. The spin Hamiltonian parameters suggest a square pyramidal geometry with coordination of the ionic liquid anion. The redox properties of the complexes were investigated by cyclic voltammetry at a Pt electrode (d = 1 mm) in bmimBF(4) and bmimNTf(2) ionic liquids. Both complexes 1 and 2 are electrochemically reduced in these ionic media at more negative potentials than when using organic solvents. This is in agreement with the EPR characterization, which shows lower A(z) and higher g(z) values for the complexes dissolved in ionic liquids, than in organic solvents, due to higher electron density at the copper center. The anion basicity order obtained by EPR is NTf2-, N(CN)(2)(-), MeSO4- and Me2PO4-, which agrees with previous determinations. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.