Analysis on turning Ti-6Al-4V with different cooling methods

The aim of this paper is to optimize the machining of Ti-6Al-4V alloy, by studying the chip formation, roughness and tool wear for different cooling conditions. The results were compared between cooling methods, minimal quantity of fluid (MQF) and flooding, and also without fluid for the tool H13A. The turning of Ti-6Al-4V has shown good results on roughness (0, 8μm) and tool life, which was 11% lower with MQF than with the flooding method. The tool wear causes variation of the shear angle, which promotes strength hardening of the chip. As a result, the machined surface could be damaged. The use of the cutting fluid helps to save the cutting edge and could reduce the strength hardening. Nevertheless, it could also facilitate the formation of built-up edge. The nucleation of alpha lamellar colonies can occur due to a combination of deformation rates and temperature, mainly when the flooding is used, but it's not conclusive. The lamellar colonies were also found with the MQF in some regions, however, this structure did not show hardness variation compared to equiaxial. For all this reasons, the machining parameters might be carefully chosen.

Geotechnology applied to land use and sealing in urban areas

Through the geotechnology's use, the aim of this study was to characterize the urban occupation interference and occurrence of floods in the upstream area of watershed from the stream Wenzel (Rio Claro-SP/Brazil). Urbanized watersheds are composed of a variety of features and the development of cartographic material allowed the analysis of the evolution of land used for 1958 and 2006 scenarios. The thematic maps were generated using software Spring 4.3.3, wherein it got the separation of matters from vegetation cover and other intra urban features. Procedures of digital processes and classification of surface cover allowed quantifying the occupied area by each coverage type: woody vegetation, grass, grass with bare soil, bare soil, building, asphaltic sheets and exposed soil. Quantification of the different covers' occupied areas allowed relating the parameter Curve Number (Soil Conservation Service) as efficient methodology for runoff values estimative. The results indicate vegetation cover's reduction, intensive surface's sealing and suppression of water bodies. These factors imply changes of hydrological dynamics of the source, increasing flow and transfer of larger volumes of water and flood peaks to downstream sectors. The use of geotechnology allowed analyzing the evolution of urbanization and it permits also to infer about trends for future or inadequate occupancy to hydrological and environmental point of view. © 2013 IEEE.

Connectivity processes and riparian vegetation of the upper Paraná River, Brazil

In fluvial systems, the relationship between a dominant variable (e.g. flood pulse) and its dependent ones (e.g. riparian vegetation) is called connectivity. This paper analyzes the connectivity elements and processes controlling riparian vegetation for a reach of the upper Paraná River (Brazil) and estimates the future changes in channel-vegetation relationship as a consequence of the managing of a large dam. The studied reach is situated 30km downstream from the Porto Primavera Dam (construction finished in 1999). Through aerial photography (1:25,000, 1996), RGB-CBERS satellite imagery and a previous field botany survey it was possible to elaborate a map with the five major morpho-vegetation units: 1) Tree-dominated natural levee, 2) Shrubby upper floodplain, 3) Shrub-herbaceous mid floodplain, 4) Grass-herbaceous lower floodplain and 5) Shrub-herbaceous flood runoff channel units. By use of a detailed topographic survey and statistical tools each morpho-vegetation type was analyzed according to its connectivity parameters (frequency, recurrence, permanence, seasonality, potamophase, limnophase and FCQ index) in the pre- and post-dam closure periods of the historical series. Data showed that most of the morpho-vegetation units were predicted to present changes in connectivity parameters values after dam closing and the new regime could affect, in different intensity, the river ecology and particularly the riparian vegetation. The methods used in this study can be useful for dam impact studies in other South American tropical rivers. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

SIG e sensoriamento remoto aplicado ao estudo dos processos de inundação e mapeamento da cobertura vegetal na planície fluvial do alto Rio Paraná

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Variação do nível do mar associada às situações sinóticas na gênese dos episódios extremos no município de Ubatuba/SP

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Ocorrência de eventos climáticos extremos e sua repercurssão sócio-ambiental no litoral norte paulista

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Estudo de viabilidade de implantação de usina de moagem de entulho com recursos da iniciativa privada no município de Bauru

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A poética ontológica de uma aprendizagem ou o livro dos prazeres

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Modelos de distribuição espacial de precipitações intensas

Pós-graduação em Física - IGCE

Análise geoambiental da baixada santista da Ponta de Itaipu ao Maciço de Itatins (SP)

Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE

Zoneamento geotécnico do sítio urbano do município de Rio Branco/AC e seus arredores, para fins de planejamento com ênfase à expansão urbana, através do sensoriamento remoto

Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE

Desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta personalizada em sistema de informações geográficas, para identificar áreas de risco a inundação em obras lineares: uma aplicação prática em dutovias

Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE

Análise da dinâmica do uso da terra e sua interferência em inundações na cidade de Rio Claro (SP)

Pós-graduação em Geologia Regional - IGCE

Avaliação de impacto ambiental do cemitério Jardim dos Lírios do município de Bauru - SP

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Planejamento urbano sustentável: diretrizes de urbanização embasadas nas características geomorfológicas/pedológicas de vertentes

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