Analisi e valutazione delle performance acustiche degli aeromobili nella fase di atterraggio

Nella tesi si analizzano le principali fonti del rumore aeronautico, lo stato dell'arte dal punto di vista normativo, tecnologico e procedurale. Si analizza lo stato dell'arte anche riguardo alla classificazione degli aeromobili, proponendo un nuovo indice prestazionale in alternativa a quello indicato dalla metodologia di certificazione (AC36-ICAO) Allo scopo di diminuire l'impatto acustico degli aeromobili in fase di atterraggio, si analizzano col programma INM i benefici di procedure CDA a 3° rispetto alle procedure tradizionali e, di seguito di procedure CDA ad angoli maggiori in termini di riduzione di lunghezza e di area delle isofoniche SEL85, SEL80 e SEL75.

Influence of particle size, density and concentration on bend erosive wear in pneumatic conveyors

Particle concentration is a principal factor that affects erosion rate of solid surfaces under particle impact, such as pipe bends in pneumatic conveyors; it is well known that a reduction in the specific erosion rate occurs under high particle concentrations, a phenomenon referred to as the “shielding effect”. The cause of shielding is believed to be increased likelihood of inter-particulate collisions, the high collision probability between incoming and rebounding particles reducing the frequency and the severity of particle impacts on the target surface. In this study, the effects of particle concentration on erosion of a mild steel bend surface have been investigated in detail using three different particulate materials on an industrial scale pneumatic conveying test rig. The materials were studied so that two had the same particle density but very different particle size, whereas two had very similar particle size but very different particle density. Experimental results confirm the shielding effect due to high particle concentration and show that the particle density has a far more significant influence than the particle size, on the magnitude of the shielding effect. A new method of correcting for change in erosivity of the particles in repeated handling, to take this factor out of the data, has been established, and appears to be successful. Moreover, a novel empirical model of the shielding effects has been used, in term of erosion resistance which appears to decrease linearly when the particle concentration decreases. With the model it is possible to find the specific erosion rate when the particle concentration tends to zero, and conversely predict how the specific erosion rate changes at finite values of particle concentration; this is critical to enable component life to be predicted from erosion tester results, as the variation of the shielding effect with concentration is different in these two scenarios. In addition a previously unreported phenomenon has been recorded, of a particulate material whose erosivity has steadily increased during repeated impacts.

Design and implementation of an anonymous peer-to-peer iaas cloud

Cloud services are becoming ever more important for everyone's life. Cloud storage? Web mails? Yes, we don't need to be working in big IT companies to be surrounded by cloud services. Another thing that's growing in importance, or at least that should be considered ever more important, is the concept of privacy. The more we rely on services of which we know close to nothing about, the more we should be worried about our privacy. In this work, I will analyze a prototype software based on a peer to peer architecture for the offering of cloud services, to see if it's possible to make it completely anonymous, meaning that not only the users using it will be anonymous, but also the Peers composing it will not know the real identity of each others. To make it possible, I will make use of anonymizing networks like Tor. I will start by studying the state of art of Cloud Computing, by looking at some real example, followed by analyzing the architecture of the prototype, trying to expose the differences between its distributed nature and the somehow centralized solutions offered by the famous vendors. After that, I will get as deep as possible into the working principle of the anonymizing networks, because they are not something that can just be 'applied' mindlessly. Some de-anonymizing techniques are very subtle so things must be studied carefully. I will then implement the required changes, and test the new anonymized prototype to see how its performances differ from those of the standard one. The prototype will be run on many machines, orchestrated by a tester script that will automatically start, stop and do all the required API calls. As to where to find all these machines, I will make use of Amazon EC2 cloud services and their on-demand instances.

Effetto di impatti sul comportamento crashworthiness di materiali compositi

Attività sperimentale riguardante lo studio dei materiali compositi, nell’ambito della progettazione a crashworthiness, svolto, tramite test dei provini realizzati nell’attività di tirocinio, presso i laboratori didattici della Scuola di ingegneria e architettura, sede di Forlì. Il lavoro di tesi, si è basato sulla valutazione dell’energia assorbita dai provini in materiale composito, tramite prove quasi-statiche; per questo tipo di prove sono stati utilizzati provini autostabilizzanti, rinforzati in fibra di carbonio e matrice in resina epossidica. Prima di procedere alla sperimentazione, sono stati studiati i risultati ottenuti da precedenti sperimentazioni eseguite da colleghi, per valutare quale fosse la configurazione migliore di provino, in termini di geometria, e trigger, che garantisse elevate energie di assorbimento. Dopo una panoramica dei materiali compositi, con riferimento alle caratteristiche e proprietà, alle diverse tipologie che si possono avere in ambito industriale, è spiegato il concetto di crashworthiness, le varie tipologie di test di impatto e le varie tipologie di rottura alla quale può essere soggetto un provino. Si è di seguito descritto come è stata valutata la scelta del tipo di geometria e del trigger, che sarebbero stati utilizzati per la progettazione del provino, e si è accennato al processo di laminazione svolta presso i laboratori della Scuola per la fabbricazione del provino. Al termine della descrizione dei tester usati per la sperimentazione sono, infine, illustrati i risultati delle prove svolte, con successivi commenti.