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Arietta all'antico

Soitinnus: piano.

Menuetto all'antico

Soitinnus: melodia.

Fatigue analysis of brackets with and without scallop for bridge and other deck structure using effective notch stress.

Due to functional requirement of a structural detail brackets with and without scallop are frequently used in bridges, decks, ships and offshore structure. Scallops are designed to serve as passage way for fluids, to reduce weld length and plate distortions. Moreover, scallops are used to avoid intersection of two or more welds for the fact that there is the presence of inventible inherent initial crack except for full penetrated weld and the formation of multi-axial stress state at the weld intersection. Welding all around the scallop corner increase the possibility of brittle fracture even for the case the bracket is not loaded by primary load. Avoiding of scallop will establish an initial crack in the corner if bracket is welded by fillet welds. If the two weld run pass had crossed, this would have given a 3D residual stress situation. Therefore the presences and absence of scallop necessitates the 3D FEA fatigue resistance of both types of brackets using effective notch stress approach ( ). FEMAP 10.1 with NX NASTRAN was used for the 3D FEA. The first and main objective of this research was to investigate and compare the fatigue resistance of brackets with and without scallop. The secondary goal was the fatigue design of scallops in case they cannot be avoided for some reason. The fatigue resistance for both types of brackets was determined based on approach using 1 mm fictitiously rounded radius based on IIW recommendation. Identical geometrical, boundary and loading conditions were used for the determination and comparison of fatigue resistance of both types of brackets using linear 3D FEA. Moreover the size effect of bracket length was also studied using 2D SHELL element FEA. In the case of brackets with scallop the flange plate weld toe at the corner of the scallop was found to exhibit the highest and made the flange plate weld toe critical for fatigue failure. Whereas weld root and weld toe at the weld intersections were the highly stressed location for brackets without scallop. Thus weld toe for brackets with scallop, and weld root and weld toe for brackets without scallop were found to be the critical area for fatigue failure. Employing identical parameters on both types of brackets, brackets without scallop had the highest except for full penetrated weld. Furthermore the fatigue resistance of brackets without scallop was highly affected by the lack of weld penetration length and it was found out that decreased as the weld penetration was increased. Despite the fact that the very presence of scallop reduces the stiffness and also same time induce stress concentration, based on the 3D FEA it is worth concluding that using scallop provided better fatigue resistance when both types of brackets were fillet welded. However brackets without scallop had the highest fatigue resistance when full penetration weld was used. This thesis also showed that weld toe for brackets with scallop was the only highly stressed area unlike brackets without scallop in which both weld toe and weld root were the critical locations for fatigue failure when different types of boundary conditions were used. Weld throat thickness, plate thickness, scallop radius, lack of weld penetration length, boundary condition and weld quality affected the fatigue resistance of both types of brackets. And as a result, bracket design procedure, especially welding quality and post weld treatment techniques significantly affect the fatigue resistance of both type of brackets.

Line filter optimization in elevator use

The purpose of this thesis was to create design a guideline for an LCL-filter. This thesis reviews briefly the relevant harmonics standards, old filter designs and problems faced with the previous filters. This thesis proposes a modified design method based on the “Liserre’s method” presented in the literature. This modified method will take into account network parameters better. As input parameters, the method uses the nominal power, allowed ripple current in converter and network side and desired resonant frequency of the filter. Essential component selection issues for LCL-filter, such as heating, voltage strength, current rating etc. are also discussed. Furthermore, a simulation model used to verify the operation of the designed filter in nominal power use and in transient situations is included in this thesis.

Hybrid du/dt-filter in frequency converter applications

The aim of the thesis is to investigate the hybrid LC filter behavior in modern power drives; to analyze the influence of such a du/dt filter on the control system stability. With the implementation of the inverter output RLC filter the motor control becomes more complicated. And during the design process the influence of the filter on the motor should be considered and the filter RLC parameters should be constrained.

Simulating the performance of paper machine control

The topic of this thesis is the simulation of a combination of several control and data assimilation methods, meant to be used for controlling the quality of paper in a paper machine. Paper making is a very complex process and the information obtained from the web is sparse. A paper web scanner can only measure a zig zag path on the web. An assimilation method is needed to process estimates for Machine Direction (MD) and Cross Direction (CD) profiles of the web. Quality control is based on these measurements. There is an increasing need for intelligent methods to assist in data assimilation. The target of this thesis is to study how such intelligent assimilation methods are affecting paper web quality. This work is based on a paper web simulator, which has been developed in the TEKES funded MASI NoTes project. The simulator is a valuable tool in comparing different assimilation methods. The thesis contains the comparison of four different assimilation methods. These data assimilation methods are a first order Bayesian model estimator, an ARMA model based on a higher order Bayesian estimator, a Fourier transform based Kalman filter estimator and a simple block estimator. The last one can be considered to be close to current operational methods. From these methods Bayesian, ARMA and Kalman all seem to have advantages over the commercial one. The Kalman and ARMA estimators seems to be best in overall performance.

Determination of atenolol in pharmaceutical formulations by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

A simple analytical method for quantification of atenolol in pharmaceutical formulations by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy is described. The method is based on the reaction, on the filter paper surface, between the drug and p-chloranil producing a colored compound. The best reaction conditions were obtained with 20 µL of atenolol solution and 20 µL of p-chloranil. All reflectance measurements were carried out at 550 nm and the linear range was from 1.13x10-2 to 7.88x10-2 mol L-1 (r = 0.9992). The limit of detection was 2.80 x 10-3 mol L-1. The proposed method was successfully applied to analysis of different commercial brands of pharmaceutical formulations and the results obtained by the proposed method were in good agreement with those obtained using the British Pharmacopoeia method.

Influence of substrates, light, filter paper and pH on the sporulation of Cercospora sojina

Fungi require special substrates for their isolation, vegetative growth and sporulation. In experiments conducted in the laboratory, the influence of substrates, light, filter paper and pH on the sporulation of Cercospora sojina conidia, the causal agent of soybean frogeye leaf spot, was assessed. The media potato sucrose agar, V-8 agar, tomato extract agar, soybean leaf extract agar, soybean seed extract agar, soybean meal agar, soybean flour agar and wheat flour agar were tested, added on the surface, with and without filter paper and under two light regimes, with 12 h light at 25°± 2°C and in the dark. A triple factorial 8x2x2 (substrates x light/dark x with/without filter paper) design with four replicates was used. V-8 agar medium was employed and the pH was adjusted with HCl 0.1N or NaOH 0.1N before autoclaving to the values: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and the pH of V-8 agar medium is 6.7. The evaluation was done on the seventh day of incubation. Data underwent regression analysis. Sporulation was maximized on the agar media V-8, seed extract, oat flour, tomato extract, and potato sucrose in the presence of filter paper and 12h light. On V-8 medium, maximal sporulation was obtained with pH 6.7.

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Soitinnus: big band.

Escaping the flybottle: solipsism and method in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Remarks

The paper supports a dialectical interpretation of Wittgenstein's method focusing on the analysis of the conditions of experience presented in his Philosophical Remarks. By means of a close reading of some key passages dealing with solipsism I will try to lay bare their self-subverting character: the fact that they amount to miniature dialectical exercises offering specific directions to pass from particular pieces of disguised nonsense to corresponding pieces of patent nonsense. Yet, in order to follow those directions one needs to allow oneself to become simultaneously tempted by and suspicious of their all-too-evident "metaphysical tone" - a tone which, as we shall see, is particularly manifest in those claims purporting to state what can or cannot be the case, and, still more particularly, those purporting to state what can or cannot be done in language or thought, thus leading to the view that there are some (determinate) things which are ineffable or unthinkable. I conclude by suggesting that in writing those remarks Wittgenstein was still moved by an ethical project, which gets conspicuously displayed in these reiterations of his attempts to cure the readers (and himself) from some of the temptations expressed by solipsism.

Diversidade e estrutura genética espacial em duas populações de Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. sob diferentes condições antrópicas

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar, por locos isoenzimáticos, a diversidade e a estrutura genética espacial de genótipos de Myracrodruon urundeuva em duas populações naturais, uma no Sudoeste (Selvíria-SEL) e outra no Sudeste (Paulo de Faria-PFA) do Brasil. Para isso, foram avaliados cinco sistemas isoenzimáticos, 25 e 30 indivíduos adultos das populações SEL e PFA, respectivamente. A estimativa da divergência genética entre populações foi baixa (=0,043). As heterozigosidades observada e esperada foram altas nas populações (0,317 e 0,511, respectivamente), e o excesso significativo de heterozigotos foi detectado na população PFA (= -0,252). A análise da distribuição genética espacial dos genótipos a partir do índice I de Moran revelou estruturação significativa até 5.224 m na população mais explorada (SEL, =0,09) e tendência à distribuição aleatória na população menos explorada (PFA, = -0,02). A provável causa da estruturação na população SEL foi a dispersão de sementes próxima às árvores-matriz, associada ao processo de recolonização a partir de sementes oriundas de poucos genótipos remanescentes. As implicações dos resultados são discutidas do ponto de vista da conservação e do melhoramento genético.

Efeito de temperaturas e substratos na germinação de sementes de Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. (Anacardiaceae)

Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. (Anacardiaceae) é uma espécie arbórea nativa que apresenta excelentes propriedades físicas, químicas e biológicas. Entretanto, devido à exploração predatória, está na lista oficial das espécies brasileiras ameaçadas de extinção. Este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a germinação das sementes de M. urundeuva sob diferentes substratos e regimes de temperatura. O delineamento experimental adotado foi o inteiramente casualizado, em arranjo fatorial 8 x 7 (oito substratos - entre e sobre: papel mata-borrão, areia, vermiculita e pó de coco; sete temperaturas: 25, 27, 30, 35, 20-27, 20-30 e 20-35 ºC), com quatro repetições de 25 sementes cada. Avaliaram-se as seguintes características: germinação (%), primeira contagem (%), índice de velocidade de germinação, tempo médio de germinação (dias) e comprimento (cm) do hipocótilo e da raiz primária. Nas temperaturas constantes ocorreram os tempos médios menores de germinação de sementes e desenvolvimento maior do hipocótilo. As temperaturas de 25 e 27 ºC proporcionaram às sementes resultados satisfatórios de germinação em todos os substratos testados, com exceção do substrato entre papel a 27 ºC. Os substratos vermiculita e pó de coco permitiram bom desempenho germinativo e não exigiram reumedecimento diário, mostrando-se adequados para a avaliação da qualidade fisiológica de sementes de M. urundeuva.

Efeito de fontes e doses de nitrogênio sobre o crescimento inicial e qualidade de mudas de jacarandá-da-bahia (Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Fr. All. ex Benth.)

O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito de fontes e doses de nitrogênio no crescimento inicial e na qualidade de mudas de jacarandá-da-bahia (Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Fr. All. ex Benth.) produzidas em três tipos de solo (Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo, Cambissolo e Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo). As fontes de N utilizadas foram nitrato de amônio, nitrato de cálcio e sulfato de amônio em cinco doses (0, 50, 100, 150 e 200 mg/dm³ de N) igualmente parceladas e aplicadas aos 25, 50, 75 e 100 dias após a semeadura. O delineamento estatístico adotado foi o inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial (3 fontes de nitrogênio x 5 doses x 3 tipos de solos), com quatro repetições. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância, testes de médias e análise de regressão. Aos 125 dias após a semeadura, o melhor padrão de qualidade foi observado nas mudas produzidas no Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo, tendo como fonte o sulfato de amônio, com dose de 180 mg/dm³ de N.

Influência da saturação por bases e da relação Ca:Mg do substrato sobre o crescimento inicial de jacarandá-da-bahia (Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Fr. All. ex Benth.)

Com o objetivo de verificar a influência da saturação por bases do substrato sobre o crescimento e qualidade de mudas de Dalbergia nigra (jacarandá-da-bahia), desenvolveu-se este trabalho. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado com quatro repetições por tratamento, e cada vaso com uma planta foi considerado uma repetição. Foram utilizados três tipos de solo como substrato (dois latossolos e um argissolo), e em cada um deles a saturação por bases original foi elevada para os seguintes valores: latossolo distrófico: 30,0, 50,0 e 70,0%; Latossolo álico: 25,0; 45,0; e 65,0%; Argissolo: 50,0; 60,0; e 70,0%. Para avaliar os efeitos das diferentes relações Ca:Mg do corretivo, elevou-se a saturação por bases do solo para 60,0% no argissolo, 50,0% no latossolo distrófico e 45,0% no latossolo álico, utilizando como corretivo uma mistura de CaCO3 e MgCO3 nas seguintes relações estequiométricas: 1:0, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 e 4:1. Foram avaliados os parâmetros morfológicos das mudas, suas relações e o índice de qualidade de Dickson. Observou-se uma resposta linear quando as diferentes relações Ca:Mg do corretivo foram analisadas em função da variação do peso de matéria seca da parte aérea, bem como o peso de matéria seca total quando o substrato era o Argissolo, porém nos demais substratos e características não houve influência significativa. Pode-se concluir que, quando a saturação original do solo for igual ou superior a 14,0% no Latossolo distrófico e 4% no Latossolo álico, não há necessidade de se proceder à correção do solo, enquanto no Argissolo as mudas de melhor qualidade são obtidas quando a saturação está em torno de 60,0%.