Morfologia e anatomia foliar de dicotiledôneas arbóreo-arbustivas do cerrado de São Paulo, Brasil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Morfoanatomia do pericarpo, semente, folha de Psychotria hoffmannseggiana (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Müll. Arg. e Psychotria trichophora Müll. Arg., e desenvolvimento morfológico da plântula de Psychotria hoffmannseggiana (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Müll. Arg. (Rubiaceae, Rubioideae, Psychotrieae)

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Vegetal) - IBRC

Caracterização pedométrica de atributos de argissolos coesos do leste Maranhense

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Ciência do Solo) - FCAV

Desenvolvimento de cerâmicas multicamadas de carbeto de silício destinadas a aplicações térmicas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Preferência estética do perfil facial avaliado on-line por brasileiros

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Interpretação e conceituação dos tipos de perfis faciais por meio de paquímetro do perfil facial e de comitê de avaliadores utilizando fotografias faciais

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação das mudanças tegumentares naturais e induzidas pelo aparelho de Herbst, em indivíduos com má oclusão classe II, divisão 1, na fase da dentadura mista

Pós-graduação em Ciências Odontológicas - FOAR

Agricultura de precisão em argissolo com variação nas formas de relevo sob o cultivo de cana-de-açúcar

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Aeroelastic stability analysis using linear matrix inequalities

The present work describes an alternative methodology for identification of aeroelastic stability in a range of varying parameters. Analysis is performed in time domain based on Lyapunov stability and solved by convex optimization algorithms. The theory is outlined and simulations are carried out on a benchmark system to illustrate the method. The classical methodology with the analysis of the system's eigenvalues is presented for comparing the results and validating the approach. The aeroelastic model is represented in state space format and the unsteady aerodynamic forces are written in time domain using rational function approximation. The problem is formulated as a polytopic differential inclusion system and the conceptual idea can be used in two different applications. In the first application the method verifies the aeroelastic stability in a range of air density (or its equivalent altitude range). In the second one, the stability is verified for a rage of velocities. These analyses are in contrast to the classical discrete analysis performed at fixed air density/velocity values. It is shown that this method is efficient to identify stability regions in the flight envelope and it offers promise for robust flutter identification.

Restauração de imagens utilizando projeções em conjuntos convexos e algoritmos evolucionistas

Pós-graduação em Ciência da Computação - IBILCE

Control of Limit Cycle Oscillation in a Three Degrees of Freedom Airfoil Section Using Fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno Modeling

This work presents a strategy to control nonlinear responses of aeroelastic systems with control surface freeplay. The proposed methodology is developed for the three degrees of freedom typical section airfoil considering aerodynamic forces from Theodorsen's theory. The mathematical model is written in the state space representation using rational function approximation to write the aerodynamic forces in time domain. The control system is designed using the fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno modeling to compute a feedback control gain. It useds Lyapunov's stability function and linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) to solve a convex optimization problem. Time simulations with different initial conditions are performed using a modified Runge-Kutta algorithm to compare the system with and without control forces. It is shown that this approach can compute linear control gain able to stabilize aeroelastic systems with discontinuous nonlinearities.

Home range and habitat selection by the tropical screech-owl in a Brazilian savanna

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Variabilidade espacial de atributos de solos coesos do leste maranhense

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

A mixed-integer quadratically-constrained programming model for the distribution system expansion planning

This paper presents a mixed-integer quadratically-constrained programming (MIQCP) model to solve the distribution system expansion planning (DSEP) problem. The DSEP model considers the construction/reinforcement of substations, the construction/reconductoring of circuits, the allocation of fixed capacitors banks and the radial topology modification. As the DSEP problem is a very complex mixed-integer non-linear programming problem, it is convenient to reformulate it like a MIQCP problem; it is demonstrated that the proposed formulation represents the steady-state operation of a radial distribution system. The proposed MIQCP model is a convex formulation, which allows to find the optimal solution using optimization solvers. Test systems of 23 and 54 nodes and one real distribution system of 136 nodes were used to show the efficiency of the proposed model in comparison with other DSEP models available in the specialized literature. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

The triple near-Earth asteroid (153591) 2001 SN263: an ultra-blue, primitive target for the Aster space mission

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)