Intelligent DMU creation: Nominal CAD model preparation for automated tolerance allocation

This paper examines the integration of a tolerance design process within the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) environment having identified the potential to create an intelligent Digital Mock-Up [1]. The tolerancing process is complex in nature and as such reliance on Computer-Aided Tolerancing (CAT) software and domain experts can create a disconnect between the design and manufacturing disciplines It is necessary to implement the tolerance design procedure at the earliest opportunity to integrate both disciplines and to reduce workload in tolerance analysis and allocation at critical stages in product development when production is imminent.
The work seeks to develop a methodology that will allow for a preliminary tolerance allocation procedure within CAD. An approach to tolerance allocation based on sensitivity analysis is implemented on a simple assembly to review its contribution to an intelligent DMU. The procedure is developed using Python scripting for CATIA V5, with analysis results aligning with those in literature. A review of its implementation and requirements is presented.

TRIPPy: Trailed Image Photometry in Python

Photometry of moving sources typically suffers from a reduced signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) or flux measurements biased to incorrect low values through the use of circular apertures. To address this issue, we present the software package, TRIPPy: TRailed Image Photometry in Python. TRIPPy introduces the pill aperture, which is the natural extension of the circular aperture appropriate for linearly trailed sources. The pill shape is a rectangle with two semicircular end-caps and is described by three parameters, the trail length and angle, and the radius. The TRIPPy software package also includes a new technique to generate accurate model point-spread functions (PSFs) and trailed PSFs (TSFs) from stationary background sources in sidereally tracked images. The TSF is merely the convolution of the model PSF, which consists of a moffat profile, and super-sampled lookup table. From the TSF, accurate pill aperture corrections can be estimated as a function of pill radius with an accuracy of 10 mmag for highly trailed sources. Analogous to the use of small circular apertures and associated aperture corrections, small radius pill apertures can be used to preserve S/Ns of low flux sources, with appropriate aperture correction applied to provide an accurate, unbiased flux measurement at all S/Ns.

Regelgestützte und interaktive Formatvorlagenzuweisung für XML-basierte Dokumentformate unter Verwendung von XProc, XSLT und JavaScript

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Grading mit Grappa - Ein Werkstattbericht

„Grappa“ ist eine Middleware, die auf die Anbindung verschiedener Autobewerter an verschiedene E-Learning-Frontends respektive Lernmanagementsysteme (LMS) spezialisiert ist. Ein Prototyp befindet sich seit mehreren Semestern an der Hochschule Hannover mit dem LMS „moodle“ und dem Backend „aSQLg“ im Einsatz und wird regelmäßig evaluiert. Dieser Beitrag stellt den aktuellen Entwicklungsstand von Grappa nach diversen Neu- und Weiterentwicklungen vor. Nach einem Bericht über zuletzt gesammelte Erfahrungen mit der genannten Kombination von Systemen stellen wir wesentliche Neuerungen der moodle-Plugins, welche der Steuerung von Grappa aus moodle heraus dienen, vor. Anschließend stellen wir eine Erweiterung der bisherigen Architektur in Form eines neuentwickelten Grappa-php-Clients zur effizienteren Anbindung von LMS vor. Weiterhin berichten wir über die Anbindung eines weiteren Autobewerters „Graja“ für Programmieraufgaben in Java. Der Bericht zeigt, dass bereits wichtige Schritte für eine einheitliche Darstellung automatisierter Programmbewertung in LMS mit unterschiedlichen Autobewertern für die Studierenden absolviert sind. Die praktischen Erfahrungen zeigen aber auch, dass sowohl bei jeder der Systemkomponenten individuell, wie auch in deren Zusammenspiel via Grappa noch weitere Entwicklungsarbeiten erforderlich sind, um die Akzeptanz und Nutzung bei Studierenden sowie Lehrenden weiter zu steigern.

Desarrollo de un módulo TDABC, aplicado al Centro de Docuemntación Regional Juan Bautista Vázquez

En los últimos años el presupuesto de las bibliotecas a nivel general se ha mantenido o inclusive ha tendido a disminuir, por lo que éstas se ven obligadas a operar con esos fondos decrecientes. Por otro lado, los costos de los servicios son cada vez más altos, haciendo que las bibliotecas deban adaptarse al nuevo entorno, tratando de limitar sus gastos. Para mejorar la gestión de la biblioteca adaptándose al presupuesto asignado es necesario conocer el costo real de sus procesos, así se puede tomar decisiones para mejorar o incrementar los servicios prestados. Para solventar este problema existen varias técnicas para la gestión de costos, y uno de los más avanzados al momento descrito en esta tesis es el Costeo Basado en Actividades manejadas por Tiempo (TD-ABC). Este modelo nos proporciona información esencial de las funciones de la biblioteca, nos ayuda a comprender los factores de costo relevantes así como el mejorar la asignación presupuestaria. El presente trabajo de titulación tiene como objetivo el desarrollo de un módulo que aplique la metodología TD-ABC para el manejo de procesos, el mismo que ha sido implementado siguiendo la misma estructura del sistema de Automatización de Bibliotecas y Centros de Documentación (ABCD) que se encuentra funcionando en el Centro de Documentación Regional "Juan Bautista Vázquez" (CDRJBV). El módulo de TD-ABC ha sido desarrollado bajo plataforma de Software Libre, utilizando el lenguaje PHP y base de datos MYSQL, además de herramientas para el desarrollo web HTML, CSS, AJAX, JAVASCRIPT y API GOOGLE.

Database-backed library web sites: a case study of the use of PHP and MySQL at the University of Nottingham

This paper discusses the advantages of database-backed websites and describes the model for a library website implemented at the University of Nottingham using open source software, PHP and MySQL. As websites continue to grow in size and complexity it becomes increasingly important to introduce automation to help manage them. It is suggested that a database-backed website offers many advantages over one built from static HTML pages. These include a consistency of style and content, the ability to present different views of the same data, devolved editing and enhanced security. The University of Nottingham Library Services website is described and issues surrounding its design, technological implementation and management are explored.

On the fly type specialization without type analysis

Les langages de programmation typés dynamiquement tels que JavaScript et Python repoussent la vérification de typage jusqu’au moment de l’exécution. Afin d’optimiser la performance de ces langages, les implémentations de machines virtuelles pour langages dynamiques doivent tenter d’éliminer les tests de typage dynamiques redondants. Cela se fait habituellement en utilisant une analyse d’inférence de types. Cependant, les analyses de ce genre sont souvent coûteuses et impliquent des compromis entre le temps de compilation et la précision des résultats obtenus. Ceci a conduit à la conception d’architectures de VM de plus en plus complexes. Nous proposons le versionnement paresseux de blocs de base, une technique de compilation à la volée simple qui élimine efficacement les tests de typage dynamiques redondants sur les chemins d’exécution critiques. Cette nouvelle approche génère paresseusement des versions spécialisées des blocs de base tout en propageant de l’information de typage contextualisée. Notre technique ne nécessite pas l’utilisation d’analyses de programme coûteuses, n’est pas contrainte par les limitations de précision des analyses d’inférence de types traditionnelles et évite la complexité des techniques d’optimisation spéculatives. Trois extensions sont apportées au versionnement de blocs de base afin de lui donner des capacités d’optimisation interprocédurale. Une première extension lui donne la possibilité de joindre des informations de typage aux propriétés des objets et aux variables globales. Puis, la spécialisation de points d’entrée lui permet de passer de l’information de typage des fonctions appellantes aux fonctions appellées. Finalement, la spécialisation des continuations d’appels permet de transmettre le type des valeurs de retour des fonctions appellées aux appellants sans coût dynamique. Nous démontrons empiriquement que ces extensions permettent au versionnement de blocs de base d’éliminer plus de tests de typage dynamiques que toute analyse d’inférence de typage statique.

Un entorno de test colaborativo en JavaScript para Siette

En este proyecto nosotros vamos a hacer una pasada por un sistema colaborativo de resolución de test. En este entorno el estudiante resuelve preguntas en un grupo de estudiantes en tres fases diferentes (individual, colaborativa y final). Este sistema ha demostrado que los alumnos que resuelven los test en este entorno mejoran sus respuestas. Esto se debe a que los estudiante aprenden como sus compañeros se enfrentan a las cuestiones planteadas y como las resuelven. Este sistema esta actualmente funcionando en la plataforma siette, pero esta teniendo problemas de compatibilidad con algunos navegadores y esto presenta un problema para desarrollar nueva funcionalidad. Nosotros queremos resolver esto con la utilización de HTML5, CSS y JavaScript. Este Sistema será diseñado para funcionar en conjunto con la plataforma de resolución de tests (Siette) en un modo que llamaremos modo colaborativo que solo será usado para resolver test en grupo con otros compañeros. Siette nos propone un entorno donde trabajan profesores diseñando test y alumnos que testean su conocimiento.

Front end development for building automation systems using JavaScript Frameworks

Automation technologies are widely acclaimed to have the potential to significantly reduce energy consumption and energy-related costs in buildings. However, despite the abundance of commercially available technologies, automation in domestic environments keep on meeting commercial failures. The main reason for this is the development process that is used to build the automation applications, which tend to focus more on technical aspects rather than on the needs and limitations of the users. An instance of this problem is the complex and poorly designed home automation front-ends that deter customers from investing in a home automation product. On the other hand, developing a usable and interactive interface is a complicated task for developers due to the multidisciplinary challenges that need to be identified and solved. In this context, the current research work investigates the different design problems associated with developing a home automation interface as well as the existing design solutions that are applied to these problems. The Qualitative Data Analysis approach was used for collecting data from research papers and the open coding process was used to cluster the findings. From the analysis of the data collected, requirements for designing the interface were derived. A home energy management functionality for a Web-based home automation front-end was developed as a proof-of-concept and a user evaluation was used to assess the usability of the interface. The results of the evaluation showed that this holistic approach to designing interfaces improved its usability which increases the chances of its commercial success.

Sistema de soporte a la decisión para la agilización del proceso de investigación que realiza la Asociación Pro-Búsqueda en los casos de niños y niñas desaparecidos durante el conflicto armado en El Salvador

El sistema de soporte a la decisión para la agilización del proceso de investigación que realiza la Asociación Pro-Búsqueda, como su nombre indica, facilita y agiliza la búsqueda de coincidencias entre los expedientes ingresados de manera masiva por instituciones externas con los expedientes creados por los casos recibidos de familiares que buscan a sus menores desaparecidos durante el conflicto armado en El Salvador. También el sistema se encarga de gestionar los usuarios y generar reportes de las acciones realizadas por estos. Asimismo, genera reportes estadísticos de avances que los investigadores tienen respecto a los expedientes asignados a cada uno de ellos. El sistema se desarrolló en PHP, Postgres y Javascript, con una arquitectura de dos capas

EFFECTIVE FUNCTION CHOICE IN THE R SCRIPTING LANGUAGE

This project examines the current available work on the explicit and implicit parallelization of the R scripting language and reports on experimental findings for the development of a model for predicting effective points for automatic parallelization to be performed, based upon input data sizes and function complexity. After finding or creating a series of custom benchmarks, an interval based on data size and time complexity where replacement becomes a viable option was found; specifically between O(N) and O(N3) exclusive. As data size increases, the benefits of parallel processing become more apparent and a point is reached where those benefits outweigh the costs in memory transfer time. Based on our observations, this point can be predicted with a fair amount of accuracy using regression on a sample of approximately ten data sizes spread evenly between a system determined minimum and maximum size.

PycoTCP: Una libreria Python per l'Internet of Threads

Grazie all'evoluzione dei servizi di rete indirizzare le interfacce di rete come se fossero i veri destinatari delle comunicazioni è diventato obsoleto. Per questo è nato il concetto di Internet of Threads, in cui gli indirizzi IP sono assegnati ad ogni processo in esecuzione nel computer mediante una rete ethernet virtuale. Attualmente esistono progetti che forniscono la gestione della rete virtuale e librerie che forniscono lo stack TCP/IP da integrare all'interno dei propri programmi. Queste librerie richiedono però la modifica e ricompilazione del proprio codice, anche a causa della loro interfaccia differente dai Berkeley Socket. Attraverso PycoTCP è possibile sperimentare all'interno di un ambiente IoTh senza riscrivere il proprio codice. Inoltre unifica le API fornite dalle librerie sottostanti esponendo una interfaccia identica a quella standard del Python, in modo che non sia necessario imparare un altro metodo di programmazione per utilizzare il nuovo paradigma.

Políticas educativas, trabajo docente y cotidiano escolar : Cuesta, Carolina y Sawaya, Sandra (comps.) (2016): Lectura y escritura como prácticas culturales. La investigación y sus contribuciones para la formación docente. Buenos Aires, Edulp, pp. 101. Libro digital disponible en: http://libros.unlp.edu.ar/ index.php/unlp/catalog/book/512

Fil: Marcos Bernasconi, Luisina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

Stress Concentration Factor and Fatigue Life Evaluation in offshore tubular KT-Joints

In the last few decades, offshore field has grown fast especially after the notable development of technologies, explorations of oil and gas in deep water and the high concern of offshore companies in renewable energy mainly Wind Energy. Fatigue damage was noticed as one of the main problems causing failure of offshore structures. The purpose of this research is to focus on the evaluation of Stress Concentration Factor and its influence on Fatigue Life for 2 tubular KT-Joints in offshore Jacket structure using different calculation methods. The work is done by using analytical calculations, mainly Efthymiou’s formulations, and numerical solutions, FEM analysis, using ABAQUS software. As for the analytical formulations, the calculations were done according to the geometrical parameters of each method using excel sheets. As for the numerical model, 2 different types of tubular KT-Joints are present where for each model 5 shell element type, 3 solid element type and 3 solid-with-weld element type models were built on ABAQUS. Meshing was assigned according to International Institute of Welding (IIW) recommendations, 5 types of mesh element, to evaluate the Hot-spot stresses. 23 different types of unitary loading conditions were assigned, 9 axial, 7 in-plane bending moment and 7 out-plane bending moment loads. The extraction of Hot-spot stresses and the evaluation of the Stress Concentration Factor were done using PYTHON scripting and MATLAB. Then, the fatigue damage evaluation for a critical KT tubular joint based on Simplified Fatigue Damage Rule and Local Approaches (Strain Damage Parameter and Stress Damage Parameter) methods were calculated according to the maximum Stress Concentration Factor conducted from DNV and FEA methods. In conclusion, this research helped us to compare different results of Stress Concentration Factor and Fatigue Life using different methods and provided us with a general overview about what to study next in the future.

applicazione del paradigma digital twin nell’ambito della gestione di sale operatorie per ausl romagna: architettura e implementazione del backend

L’obiettivo di questa tesi è quello di esplorare l’utilizzo del paradigma Digital Twin in ambito sanitario, specificatamente nella modellazione degli interventi chirurgici e della gestione delle sale operatorie. Questo progetto, svolto in collaborazione con AUSL Romagna, origina dalla necessità delle strutture ospedaliere di avere a disposizione un quadro completo della situazione dei vari interventi che vengono svolti ogni giorno.