Electro-hydraulic actuator tester for fly-by-wire aircrafts

An 8051-based microcontroller tester has been designed to reduce troubleshooting time of the Electro-Hydraulic Actuators (EHA) installed in fly-by-wire aircrafts. The tester algorithm first evaluates EHA pressure and position sensor signals to emit either a pass or fail message. The evaluation is based on predefined ranges of EHA pressure and position signals. Next, the instrument tests the EHA response capability - a way of dynamic response evaluation, again issuing a suitable response. The instrument proved to be reliable after being successfully evaluated in laboratory and in a real model test airplane. © 2007 IEEE.

Fly by data link: feasibility of a relative navigation solution for aviation relying on a future L-band data link

Trabalho final de Mestrado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações

Improvisação na música contemporânea de concerto : parâmetros para execução da cadenza da peça "The days fly by" de Frederic Rzewski

A presente pesquisa apresenta uma proposta de treinamento para a improvisação de uma cadenza na peça “The Days Fly By” de Frederick Rzewski. A improvisação é um aspecto que se manifesta de várias maneiras no trabalho e na trajetória deste compositor, sendo ele próprio pianista reconhecido por seus improvisos de cadenzas em concertos tradicionais. Seu processo de composição está intimamente relacionado ao da improvisação. É comum em suas composições a inclusão de uma seção em aberto para ser improvisada pelo intérprete. Utilizo os conceitos de referente, base de conhecimento de Jeff Pressing e ponto de partida de Bruno Nettl associados a um modelo de aprendizagem da improvisação proposto por Barry J. Kenny & Martin Gellrich. Esta pesquisa apresenta proposta de exercícios de improvisação fundamentados nos elementos detectados em uma análise da peça.

Comet 1P/Halley multifluid MHD model for the Giotto fly-by

The interaction of comets with the solar wind has been the focus of many studies including numerical modeling. We compare the results of our multifluid MHD simulation of comet 1P/Halley to data obtained during the flyby of the European Space Agency's Giotto spacecraft in 1986. The model solves the full set of MHD equations for the individual fluids representing the solar wind protons, the cometary light and heavy ions, and the electrons. The mass loading, charge-exchange, dissociative ion-electron recombination, and collisional interactions between the fluids are taken into account. The computational domain spans over several million kilometers, and the close vicinity of the comet is resolved to the details of the magnetic cavity. The model is validated by comparison to the corresponding Giotto observations obtained by the Ion Mass Spectrometer, the Neutral Mass Spectrometer, the Giotto magnetometer experiment, and the Johnstone Plasma Analyzer instrument. The model shows the formation of the bow shock, the ion pile-up, and the diamagnetic cavity and is able to reproduce the observed temperature differences between the pick-up ion populations and the solar wind protons. We give an overview of the global interaction of the comet with the solar wind and then show the effects of the Lorentz force interaction between the different plasma populations.

Computational design of a new type of sandwich cross-section for a defined solution of a tree-like column produced by wire-and-arc additive manufacturing

When it comes to designing a structure, architects and engineers want to join forces in order to create and build the most beautiful and efficient building. From finding new shapes and forms to optimizing the stability and the resistance, there is a constant link to be made between both professions. In architecture, there has always been a particular interest in creating new shapes and types of a structure inspired by many different fields, one of them being nature itself. In engineering, the selection of optimum has always dictated the way of thinking and designing structures. This mindset led through studies to the current best practices in construction. However, both disciplines were limited by the traditional manufacturing constraints at a certain point. Over the last decades, much progress was made from a technological point of view, allowing to go beyond today's manufacturing constraints. With the emergence of Wire-and-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) combined with Algorithmic-Aided Design (AAD), architects and engineers are offered new opportunities to merge architectural beauty and structural efficiency. Both technologies allow for exploring and building unusual and complex structural shapes in addition to a reduction of costs and environmental impacts. Through this study, the author wants to make use of previously mentioned technologies and assess their potential, first to design an aesthetically appreciated tree-like column with the idea of secondly proposing a new type of standardized and optimized sandwich cross-section to the construction industry. Parametric algorithms to model the dendriform column and the new sandwich cross-section are developed and presented in detail. A catalog draft of the latter and methods to establish it are then proposed and discussed. Finally, the buckling behavior of this latter is assessed considering standard steel and WAAM material properties.

Estudo sobre qualidade de voo no modo longitudinal da aeronave e análise do critério de largura de banda

The flight quality describes the skills of the pilot realize a given task and its difficulty to perform it. Flight quality criteria provide a valuable reference for the designers during the requirements definitions phase and to develop them during the phase of flight testing. These criteria were taken important for the development of a fly-by-wire system. There are several flight quality criteria and this work analyzes the bandwidth criteria, this is evaluated according to a model an aircraft using the SIMULINK/MATLAB. In addition, the paper also describes in detail what is a flight quality criteria and shows an overview of the bandwidth criteria

Toward reliable estimates of seed removal by small mammals and birds in the Neotropics

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

Risco, corpo e socialidade no voo livre

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Feasibility of industrial implementation of laser cutting into paper making machine

Laser cutting implementation possibilities into paper making machine was studied as the main objective of the work. Laser cutting technology application was considered as a replacement tool for conventional cutting methods used in paper making machines for longitudinal cutting such as edge trimming at different paper making process and tambour roll slitting. Laser cutting of paper was tested in 70’s for the first time. Since then, laser cutting and processing has been applied for paper materials with different level of success in industry. Laser cutting can be employed for longitudinal cutting of paper web in machine direction. The most common conventional cutting methods include water jet cutting and rotating slitting blades applied in paper making machines. Cutting with CO2 laser fulfils basic requirements for cutting quality, applicability to material and cutting speeds in all locations where longitudinal cutting is needed. Literature review provided description of advantages, disadvantages and challenges of laser technology when it was applied for cutting of paper material with particular attention to cutting of moving paper web. Based on studied laser cutting capabilities and problem definition of conventional cutting technologies, preliminary selection of the most promising application area was carried out. Laser cutting (trimming) of paper web edges in wet end was estimated to be the most promising area where it can be implemented. This assumption was made on the basis of rate of web breaks occurrence. It was found that up to 64 % of total number of web breaks occurred in wet end, particularly in location of so called open draws where paper web was transferred unsupported by wire or felt. Distribution of web breaks in machine cross direction revealed that defects of paper web edge was the main reason of tearing initiation and consequent web break. The assumption was made that laser cutting was capable of improvement of laser cut edge tensile strength due to high cutting quality and sealing effect of the edge after laser cutting. Studies of laser ablation of cellulose supported this claim. Linear energy needed for cutting was calculated with regard to paper web properties in intended laser cutting location. Calculated linear cutting energy was verified with series of laser cutting. Practically obtained laser energy needed for cutting deviated from calculated values. This could be explained by difference in heat transfer via radiation in laser cutting and different absorption characteristics of dry and moist paper material. Laser cut samples (both dry and moist (dry matter content about 25-40%)) were tested for strength properties. It was shown that tensile strength and strain break of laser cut samples are similar to corresponding values of non-laser cut samples. Chosen method, however, did not address tensile strength of laser cut edge in particular. Thus, the assumption of improving strength properties with laser cutting was not fully proved. Laser cutting effect on possible pollution of mill broke (recycling of trimmed edge) was carried out. Laser cut samples (both dry and moist) were tested on the content of dirt particles. The tests revealed that accumulation of dust particles on the surface of moist samples can take place. This has to be taken into account to prevent contamination of pulp suspension when trim waste is recycled. Material loss due to evaporation during laser cutting and amount of solid residues after cutting were evaluated. Edge trimming with laser would result in 0.25 kg/h of solid residues and 2.5 kg/h of lost material due to evaporation. Schemes of laser cutting implementation and needed laser equipment were discussed. Generally, laser cutting system would require two laser sources (one laser source for each cutting zone), set of beam transfer and focusing optics and cutting heads. In order to increase reliability of system, it was suggested that each laser source would have double capacity. That would allow to perform cutting employing one laser source working at full capacity for both cutting zones. Laser technology is in required level at the moment and do not require additional development. Moreover, capacity of speed increase is high due to availability high power laser sources what can support the tendency of speed increase of paper making machines. Laser cutting system would require special roll to maintain cutting. The scheme of such roll was proposed as well as roll integration into paper making machine. Laser cutting can be done in location of central roll in press section, before so-called open draw where many web breaks occur, where it has potential to improve runability of a paper making machine. Economic performance of laser cutting was done as comparison of laser cutting system and water jet cutting working in the same conditions. It was revealed that laser cutting would still be about two times more expensive compared to water jet cutting. This is mainly due to high investment cost of laser equipment and poor energy efficiency of CO2 lasers. Another factor is that laser cutting causes material loss due to evaporation whereas water jet cutting almost does not cause material loss. Despite difficulties of laser cutting implementation in paper making machine, its implementation can be beneficial. The crucial role in that is possibility to improve cut edge strength properties and consequently reduce number of web breaks. Capacity of laser cutting to maintain cutting speeds which exceed current speeds of paper making machines what is another argument to consider laser cutting technology in design of new high speed paper making machines.

L'enfant au cinéma : la condition tragique d'une figure traumatique

La recherche vise à élaborer la condition tragique qui émane de la figure de l'enfant au cinéma – à travers ses traumas, ses blessures, voire sa destruction et sa perte – devant laquelle le spectateur adulte éprouve un certain malaise. Nous pouvons voir au cinéma des enfants aux prises avec des conditions de vie traumatisantes, voire inhumaines. Que ce soit les enfants abandonnés ou orphelins, les enfants violés, les enfants maltraités, les enfants victimes de guerre – incluant la dualité paradoxale qu’instaure l'enfant-soldat, de Ivan (« L’enfance d’Ivan », Tarkovski, 1962) à Komona (« Rebelle », Kim Nguyen, 2012) – ou les enfants face à la mort, diverses situations peuvent contribuer à inscrire l'enfance dans le registre du tragique, par la destruction ou la perte de l'enfance. L'enfance détruite porte en elle une blessure (trauma) – qu'elle soit physique ou psychique – qui renvoie au « manque », ou à la fragilité humaine que traduit l'image de l'enfant dit « sans secours ». Quand l’enfant doit faire face à une situation tragique où il est sans défense et confronté à son propre anéantissement, sa figure devient pour nous traumatique. Nous suggérons que le tragique place l’enfant au cinéma dans un après-coup qui renvoie à un traumatisme premier fondamental, prototype de toute situation traumatique. Pour le psychanalyste Sigmund Freud, ce serait un traumatisme lié à la détresse infantile – le « Hilflosigkeit » – qui correspond à la première angoisse vécue par le nourrisson dû à son impuissance (« Inhibition, symptôme et angoisse », [1926] 1951, Paris : PUF). Dans cette lignée, certains psychanalystes (comme Otto Rank ou Jean-Marie Delassus) préciseraient que le traumatisme s'installe dès la naissance, qui marque de manière universelle le premier sentiment de perte et d'angoisse suite à l'éjection dans un monde étranger et d'abord impossible, ce qui correspond à une dislocation première (suivant le sens qu’en propose Benoit Goetz dans « La dislocation » (2002, Paris : Éditions de la Passion)). L'enfant au cinéma, qui traverse des épreuves qui nous sont difficiles à concevoir, nous regarde et pointe en nous nos propres faiblesses, et cela interagit avec nos propres traumatismes. Quelques exemples filmiques viendront soutenir la recherche, avec principalement l’analyse d’un film exemplaire, « Les tortues volent aussi » de Bahman Ghobadi (2004).

Estudo da compatibilidade eletromagnética em placa de circuito impresso de centrais telefônicas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Sazonalidade, sinantropia e preferência por iscas de dípteros necrófagos da região de Rio Claro, SP

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBRC

Caracterização mecânica e análise microestrutural com a utilização da técnica de tríplice ataque do aço multifásico AISI 4350

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Caracterização de espécies de Leishmania isoladas de Flebotomíneos sp. de três ecótopos da Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brasil

A leishmaniose tegumentar americana (LTA) é uma doença infecciosa, sendo uma zoonose de alta freqüência, endêmica na região Amazônica, transmitidas por flebotomíneos dos gêneros Psychodopygus e Lutzomyia. A Serra dos Carajás, situada no Sudeste do Pará, é amplamente explorada por empresas extrativistas e como resultado, concerniu-se que a LTA transformar-se-ia em um dos principais perigos de saúde para os trabalhadores, devido à prática de desmatamento e a construção de estradas de acesso e escoamento do minério. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a infecção natural por Leishmania em flebotomíneos da região da Serra dos Carajás através da técnica PCR. As capturas de flebotomíneos foram realizadas em três diferentes ecótopos, Parque Zoobotânico de Quarentena, APA do Gelado e Tapirapé-Aquirí, com auxílio de armadilhas de luz tipo CDC e Shannon, durante o período noturno a partir do crepúsculo vespertino. Os flebotomíneos capturados foram identificados de acordo com Young & Duncan, 1994 e congelados em N2. Foram congelados 5.947 flebotomíneos, com 3.495 fêmeas, dentre estas, 550 espécimes foram testadas. Foi realizada as extrações de DNA das amostras utilizando-se SDS e KOAc e precipitação com etanol 96%. Foi realizada a PCR, amplificando-se a região do gene do mini-exon com os iniciadores S1629 (5’GGGAATTCAATAWAGTACAGAAACTG3’) e S1630 (5’GGGAAGCTTCTGTACTWTATTGGTA 3’). O DNA de Leishmania foi detectado em 36 (6,5%) flebotomíneos, sendo 34 do subgênero Viannia detectados em 30 Psychodopygus wellcomei/complexus, três Lutzomyia whitmani e um Lutzomyia shawi. Duas infecções por Leishmania amazonensis foram detectados em Psychodopygus wellcomei/complexus. Tapirapé – Aquirí, APA do Gelado e Parque Zoobotânico de Quarentena apresentaram altas taxas de infecção natural em flebotomíneos 6,54 %, 5,96 % e 7,92%, respectivamente. Psychodopygus wellcomei/complexus ainda apresenta destacado papel de vetor de Leishmania causadoras de LTA na região em questão. Estudos sobre o poder vetorial das espécies Lu. whitmani e Lu. shawi infectados naturalmente por Leishmania na Serra dos Carajás devem ser intensificados, verificando se essas espécies podem estar atuando no ciclo de transmissão da LTA na Serra dos Carajás. Estudos que melhor esclareçam a variação da prevalência de diferentes espécies de flebotomíneos e o conhecimento das taxas de infecção também devem ser intensificadas na região da Serra dos Carajás.