Дисертації з теми "Grains de silt"

L’étude de la microstructure des roches est indispensable pour nos enjeux contemporains et futurs en matière d'énergie, d’ingénierie et de construction. D’autre part, cette étude permet de caractériser les processus de déformation géologique ayant conduit à l’état actuel des unités lithologiques. Les roches clastiques à grain fin, communément appelées "shales" en anglais, représentent environ deux-tiers de l’ensemble des roches sédimentaires. Les données 3D relatives aux grains de silt ou clastes inclus dans la matrice argileuse et poreuse de ce type de roche sont peu fréquentes. Ces données sont pourtant cruciales pour comprendre les propriétés anisotropes à l’échelle macroscopique mais aussi pour évaluer l’état de déformation de la matrice rocheuse. Mieux connaitre la microstructure de ces roches permettrait d’être prédictif quant à leurs propriétés mécaniques ou physiques indispensables pour les applications du secteur de l’énergie par exemple. La tomographie à rayons X (XCT) est une technique non destructive permettant d’obtenir une image 3D de la microstructure d'un objet. Une caractérisation géométrique directe des constituants des roches clastiques à grain fin est envisageable grâce à cette technique. Sur la base d'images XCT, cette thèse vise d’abord à développer des aspects méthodologiques pour étudier la fabrique de forme 3D des clastes ainsi que leur distribution spatiale. Ces aspects sont élaborés à partir de la méthode des moments d’inertie qui est appliquée sur les grains segmentés des images 3D numériques. Nous présentons ensuite des applications sur des roches à grain fin possédant une fabrique sédimentaire et sur des roches à grain fin déformées présentant une fabrique d’origine tectonique. Le premier volet applicatif de la thèse s’intéresse à une même unité lithologique ayant enregistrée différentes quantités de déformation. Des échantillons du bassin sud-pyrénéen et des échantillons issus d’un affleurement historique dans les Appalaches centrales ont été collectés. Nous apportons de nouvelles données sur l’évolution de la forme 3D des grains et des pores à l’échelle micrométrique et sur leur agencement dans la matrice rocheuse en fonction de la déformation. Les données obtenues permettent de discuter des mécanismes de déformation à l’échelle du grain des différentes phases minéralogiques. Cependant, la petite taille des échantillons imagés par XCT (≤ 2 mm de diamètre) soulève la question de la représentativité de ces analyses. Sur le chantier sud-pyrénéen, certains échantillons sont étudiés de manière plus approfondie pour vérifier l’homogénéité des résultats. Nous y montrons que les données XCT complètent les mesures indirectes pétrophysiques en permettant de décrire et de localiser les sous-fabriques intégrées dans une mesure globale de la fabrique. Les limites apparaissent lorsque la dimension caractéristique des structures de déformation avoisine la taille de l'échantillon imagé par XCT. Dans le second volet applicatif, des échantillons provenant de systèmes turbiditiques du bassin sud-pyrénéen sont analysés. Ces systèmes, lorsque déformés en tectonique compressive, présentent l’avantage d’enregistrer la même quantité de raccourcissement différemment exprimée dans les unités lithologiques qui les constituent. Les résultats obtenus à partir de la forme des clastes sont comparés à nos mesures magnétiques globales de la fabrique et montrent une bonne cohérence. La méthodologie présentée dans ce travail peut s’étendre à d'autres types de milieux poreux et granulaires pour une meilleure compréhension de l'influence de l'anisotropie structurale sur leurs propriétés macroscopiques et leur comportement mécanique
The study of the microstructure of rocks is essential for our contemporary and future challenges in energy, engineering and construction. Furthermore, this study allows us to characterize the geological deformation processes that led to the current state of geological formations. Fine-grained clastic rocks, commonly called "shales", represent about two-thirds of all sedimentary rocks. 3D data concerning silt-sized grains or clasts embedded in the porous clay-rich matrix of this type of rock are relatively scarce despite the fact that these data are crucial to understand the anisotropic properties of these rocks at the macroscale but also to evaluate the deformation state of the rock matrix. A better understanding of the microstructure of these rocks would allow us to predict their mechanical or physical properties, which are essential for applications in the energy sector, among others. X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is a non-destructive technique providing a 3D image of the microstructure of any object. A direct geometric characterization of the constituents of fine-grained clastic rocks is possible with this technique. Based on XCT images, this thesis aims first to develop methodological aspects to study the 3D shape fabric of silt particles and their spatial distribution. The moments of inertia of segmented grains from 3D digital images are used for this development. We then present applications on fine-grained rocks with a sedimentary fabric and on deformed fine-grained rocks with a tectonic fabric. The first application part of the thesis focuses on the same lithologic unit having experienced different amounts of deformation. Samples from the South Pyrenean Basin and samples from a historical outcrop in the Central Appalachians were collected. We provide new data on the evolution of the 3D shape of grains and pores at the micrometer scale and their arrangement in the rock matrix with respect to the deformation intensity. The obtained data allow discussing the deformation mechanisms at the grain scale of the different mineralogical phases. However, the limited size of the imaged samples by means of XCT (≤ 2 mm diameter) raises the question of the representativeness of these analyses. On the South Pyrenean site, some samples are studied in more detail to evaluate the homogeneity of the results. We show that the XCT data complement the indirect petrophysical measurements by providing access to localized sub-fabrics that are integrated in a bulk measurement of the rock fabric. The limits are reached when the characteristic length of the deformation structures are on the order of the sample size imaged by XCT. In the second application part, samples from turbiditic systems of the South Pyrenean basin are analyzed. These systems, when deformed in compressive tectonic settings, record the same amount of shortening differently expressed in the various siliciclastic matrices. The results obtained from the shape data of the clasts are compared to our bulk magnetic fabric measurements and show a good consistency. The methodology presented in this work can be extended to other types of porous and granular media for a better understanding of the influence of fabric anisotropy on their macroscopic properties and mechanical behavior

For decades commercial silos in South Africa was the only option in which maize could be delivered and sold. After deregulation in the late 1990s commercial silo owners came to face the challenge of alternative storage solutions and loss of market share. The reasons are determined for a shift from commercial storage to on-farm storage. The extent to which on-farm storage will change the current maize storage industry is discussed. The study commences by describing the birth and rapid growth of maize production in South Africa. Soon after maize became a major role-player in the export industry, it was characterised by regulation. The rationale why the market was regulated and how it influenced grain storage is explained. The deregulation process and the objectives of the new Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, No. 47 of 1996, are paraphrased. In the deregulated market, current and future, maize prices are determined by supply and demand. Incentives for storage emerged and cheaper substitutes with various other advantages began to propose alternative storage solutions to farmers. These concurrences of circumstances then lead to fragmentation of grain storage in South Africa. As a relatively young free market, the maize value chain is described to illustrate the position of each role-player in relation to the silo owner. The new price determination factors, price movement rationale and the use of market instruments are subsequently explained. Naturally, a critical assessment of the main different storage solutions available for farmers, are investigated next. Fragmentation is defined and discussed in terms of market equilibrium. A comparison is drawn between the South African and the Australian as well as the US maize storage industry. The empirical research was conducted on two sample groups of farmers in the Free State. The first group is farmers that already make use of an on-farm storage facility. The second group is farmers that annually produce more than 5000 tons of maize and currently do not make use of an on-farm storage facility. Seven important reasons for an on-farm storage facility are determined in the literature study as well as a qualitative study that preceded the quantitative study. Respondents are asked to rank the reasons in order of, in their opinion, importance. A generalized profile of a respondent in each sample group was compiled. Hereafter the outcome of the reasons ranked by both sample groups is discussed. It appeared that Flexible Marketing Option was the most important reason for farmers that already make use of on-farm storage. Farmers did not indicate that Handling and Storage costs are the most important reason why they would invest in an on-farm storage facility. Correlations are drawn between groups and the significance of differences is determined. It is concluded that on-farm storage is sustainable and there will be an increase of the phenomenon over the next three years. Recommendations are given for commercial silo owners to regain market share. Costs analyses and effective cost management along with the promotion that marketing options are just as flexible within commercial silos, as it is outside, are some of the recommendations made.
Thesis (MBA)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

Au cours de cette thèse expérimentale et numérique nous avons étudié le comportement d'un empilement de grains dans deux situations différentes. Dans une première partie, une piste en sable est soumise au passage répété de véhicules, sous certaines conditions un motif régulier de rides apparaît spontanément : c'est l'instabilité de tôle ondulée. Ce phénomène, très répandu sur les routes en terre ou en gravier, est bien sûr très gênant pour les automobilistes mais est aussi très dangereux à cause des pertes d'adhérence qu'il provoque. Nous avons alors reproduit ce phénomène à l'échelle du laboratoire et également dans des simulations numériques de dynamique moléculaire de sphères molles. Grâce à ces outils expérimentaux et numériques nous avons pu mettre en évidence certaines propriétés de l'instabilité. Nous avons notamment mesuré la relation de dispersion des rides et mis en évidence que ce phénomène suit une instabilité de type fourche super-critique. En mesurant les contraintes agissant sur le véhicule nous avons alors pu construire une analyse de stabilité linéaire prédisant quantitativement le seuil de l'instabilité ainsi que la longueur d'onde du motif. Enfin, nous avons étudié des cas plus complexes où différents véhicules circulaient simultanément sur la piste. Nous avons également considéré des cas où la piste était humide et donc cohésive. Dans une seconde partie, nous avons étudié le comportement d'un silo rempli de grains soumis à des variations de température. On observe alors un lent fluage de la colonne que nous avons caractérisé. Deux régimes de fluage sont observés selon l'amplitude des cycles de température et nous avons obtenu une expression de la température critique séparant les deux régimes en fonction des paramètres microscopiques des grains (élasticité et rugosité de surface). Nous avons également étudié le mouvement individuel de chaque grain afin d'interpréter la dynamique macroscopique de l'empilement.

Timber is widely used in the construction industry, because of its availability and good properties. The compressive strength perpendicular to grain (bearing strength) is one property of wood which is important for structural design. The bearing strength is important for the behavior of the structure in all contact points between wooden members. The calculations models for bearing strength have been a subject of discussion for many years and the different building codes in Europe has treated it differently during the years. The aim of this thesis was to compare different calculations models for bearing strength with the results of an experimental study. In this study the bearing strength for a fully supported beam loaded with a point load was studied. Two different loading lengths were studied as well as loading in a point in the middle of the beam, at the edge of the beam and at a distance of 10 mm between the edge and the loading point. The loading was made with a steel stud. Calculations were also performed according to the following standards; Eurocode 5 (EN1995-1-1:2004) before and after amendment, the German Code (DIN 1052:2004), the Italian Code (CNR-DT 206:2006) and two versions of the Swedish Code (BKR). The results showed that the results from the new version of Eurocode 5 agreed best with the experimental results. The tested results, however, were lower than the values calculated using Eurocode (and all the other codes); this might be explained by the hard loading conditions using a steel stud instead of a wood stud.

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vital process that transfers heat and nutrients throughout the world's oceans, helping to regulate global climate and support marine ecosystems. The timing and nature of the shift to modern AMOC, and especially to deep-water formation in the North Atlantic, has been a topic of ongoing study, with the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT, ~34 Ma) as a potential focal point of this shift. However, the role played by abrupt EOT cooling and Antarctic glaciation in North Atlantic circulation remains unclear. Improved constraints on Paleogene circulation will provide insight into the sensitivity of AMOC to perturbations in global climate, which is particularly relevant in light of contemporary climate change. To examine deep North Atlantic circulation response to the EOT we obtained grain-size data from the terrigenous fraction of the mud-dominated sediments of the Southeast Newfoundland Ridge contourite drift complex at IODP Site U1411, which is interpreted to have formed under the influence of the Deep Western Boundary Current. We analyzed 195 samples that span 150 m of stratigraphy from 36-26 Ma. The main objective was to use the 'sortable silt' fraction (10-63 µm) to generate a record of relative change in bottom-current intensity. These data are complemented with a record of the abundance and size of lithogenic sand (>63 µm). Here we present the first physical proxy record of abyssal current intensity in the North Atlantic, from late Eocene to mid Oligocene. Invigoration of North Atlantic deep circulation occurred gradually (over Myr timescales), with no significant changes linked temporally to the EOT. We infer that deep circulation in the North Atlantic was not sensitive to the abrupt global cooling and Antarctic glaciation associated with the EOT. Rather, our data suggest that changes in North Atlantic circulation were likely governed by longer-term processes related to the opening of key tectonic gateways, such as the Greenland-Scotland Ridge in the North Atlantic, and the Drake and Tasman Passages in the Southern Ocean. Additionally, we identify a significant mid-Oligocene invigoration of North Atlantic abyssal circulation, which climaxes around 27.9 Ma, and is coeval with a decrease in atmospheric CO2.
Master of Science

Item of diploma thesis is project of steel construction with 6 steel silos for storage the grain. The construction is situated inside hall. Silos are high 24 meter and diameter is 6 meter. The load-bearing steel structure for silos is designed in a variant solution. Silos are assessed by ČSN 73 5570 and ČSN EN 1991-4

Nous considérons un scénario hypothétique d’accident initié par une insertion de réactivité nucléaire entrainant la rupture de la gaine d’un crayon combustible. La violence du contact avec le fluide caloporteur dépendrait fortement du débit de fragment combustible, initialement confiné avec un gaz pressurisé, sortant du crayon. Ce travail de thèse a consisté à étudier cette dynamique en la modélisant par la vidange d’un milieu granulaire hors d’un silo pressurisé. Nous nous sommes d’abord concentrés sur le rôle de la géométrie interne du silo grâce à un fond incliné. Pour un faible angle d’inclinaison, l’orientation de l’écoulement granulaire (donc le débit) est contrôlée par la friction pariétale, tandis qu’une grande inclinaison détermine cette orientation. Nous nous sommes ensuite intéressés au rôle du gaz pressurisé d’abord en imposant une surpression d’air constante puis en considérant un cas transitoire dans lequel une surpression initiale provoque la rupture de l’orifice. Dans les deux configurations, le débit granulaire est mis à l’échelle par une loi de Beverloo modifiée où le gradient de pression du gaz près de l’orifice agit comme une force motrice supplémentaire qui peut être décrite par la loi de Forchheimer. Nous proposons un modèle quasi-stationnaire pour le débit granulaire ainsi qu’une simulation continue basée sur un modèle multiphasique qui reproduisent bien les résultats expérimentaux. A forts débits, nous observons une instabilité du jet, initiée par des oscillations de pression à l’orifice. Enfin nous avons montré que le milieu environnant agit sur la condition de pression à la sortie du silo
We consider a hypothetical scenario of reactivity initiated accident in a nuclear power plant. The violence of the so-called fuel-coolant interaction phenomena depends strongly on the flow rate of particles out of the gas pressurized rod. The aim of this thesis was to study how this discharge rate is driven by the internal geometry and the pressurized gas. We focused firstly on the discharge of a rectangular silo with an inclined bottom. For a small inclination angle, the granular flow orientation is controlled by the wall friction, whereas a large inclination angle fully determines this orientation. Secondly, we focused on two configurations with pressurized gas : a case with constant gas overpressure at the top of the silo and a more transient case for which an initial larger overpressure initiates the rupture of an orifice. The granular flow rate increases significantly with the gas flow, especially for the finer particles and the large overpressures. In both cases, the flow rate scales with a modified Beverloo law where the gas pressure gradient near the outlet acts as an additional driving force. The pressure gradient is well described by a Forchheimer resistance law through the granular medium. We therefore propose a quasi-steady model for the transient description of the granular flow rate. The two configurations were successfully reproduced by numerical simulations based on a continuum multiphase model. For the larger flow rates, instabilities of the granular jet were found to be initiated by pressure oscillations in the outlet region. The presence of water surrounding the silo only acts through an additional hydrostatic pressure effect

Le present memoire propose une etude experimentale des transferts de chaleur et de masse dans un silo a grains soumis a un flux de chaleur parietal instationnaire. Les travaux ont ete conduits sur une maquette cylindrique, metallique, de diametre 40 cm et de hauteur 2 m, ouverte a ses extremites inferieure et superieure et contenant des billes d'argile expansee humidifiees qui simulent le grain. Dans une premiere partie on s'interesse a l'obtention experimentale des cinetiques de sechage pour bien caracteriser le materiau de simulation et rechercher la limite de validite de ces cinetiques en presence d'une variation brusque de temperature. Dans une deuxieme partie nous avons modelise et etudie experimentalement l'influence de la convection naturelle sur le sechage d'une masse de grain. L'ecriture du systeme d'equations adimensionnelles permet de mettre en evidence les nombres qui gouvernent le probleme. La determination experimentale du champ de temperature permet de remonter a celui de la vitesse de convection naturelle. La convection massique reste du second ordre devant la convection thermique. Le sechage du grain s'effectue progressivement des parois vers le centre et du bas vers le haut suivant un front determine par la vitesse de convection naturelle. La quantite d'eau evaporee est une fonction du flux applique a la paroi et de la duree d'application. L'experience effectuee justifie parfaitement les previsions que l'on peut faire en utilisant les nombres adimensionnels resultant de l'analyse des equations de transferts

O presente trabalho de investigação apresenta um estudo sistemático da expressão arquitetónica que teve na região do Alentejo a implantação agro-industrial da cultura do trigo, em especial, durante a "Campanha do Trigo", iniciada em 1929 e prosseguida durante o Estado Novo, até 1969. Para tanto, procede ao mapeamento dos elementos edificados, em ligação com os processos de produção, silagem e moagem industrial do trigo, bem como ao seu transporte, estabelecendo uma análise comparativa com outras regiões e países, com o intuito de revelar o impacto destes equipamentos nos diversos territórios e paisagens. Assim, procura-se compreender as relações que se estabeleceram entre a forma arquitetónica do silo (cujo desenho resulta fundamentalmente de uma resposta programática intrinsecamente ligada à sua função primordial - armazenamento do cereal) e os lugares, onde se implantaram e com os quais se procuraram articular, e as paisagens, com as quais perspetivaram dialogar. Para tal, procede-se a descrição do estado atual de cada exemplar das denominadas "arquiteturas do trigo", com o objetivo de gerar, num primeiro nível, o entendimento de cada caso em particular e, posteriormente, estabelecer, por efeito de comparação, um confronto, quer entre os diferentes contextos em que se inserem, quer entre as suas caraterísticas formais, de modo a tirar ilações que possibilitem problematizar o seu uso futuro, equacionando diferentes perspetivas de atuação sobre o edificado. Finalmente procura-se introduzir uma discussão segundo diferentes orientações e posicionamentos, de modo a invocar perspetivas de atuação sobre os silos, que se adequem a cada situação específica, a cada contexto e a cada lugar. É no confronto entre as abordagens enunciadas, que se evidencia, mais do que a pertinência, a emergência social e cultural de uma ação diligente, quer ao nível particular de cada peça silar, quer do sistema, do qual era parte integrante a linha de caminho de ferro, que através do seu traçado permitia interligar todas as peças silares e garantir o seu funcionamento a escala industrial; ABSTRACT: This research presents a systematic study of architectural expression of wheat crop agro-industrial development, in particular the "Wheat Campaign", started in 1929 and continue during the "New State", until 1969. We first proceed to map the built elements related to production processes, silage and wheat industrial grinding, as well as the ways of transportation, establishing a comparative analysis with other countries and regions, in order to reveal the impact of these objects in various territories and landscapes. We seek to understand the relationships between the architectural form of the silo (whose design is mainly a result of an intrinsically programmatic response linked to its primary function - cereal storage) and the places where they are implemented and the landscapes which they sought to communicate and articulate. Secondly, we describe the current status of each copy of the "wheat architectures" in Alentejo, with the main objective of attain, at first, the understanding of each particular case and, then, to establish a connection between the different contexts in which they operate and their formal characteristics, in order to conceive and discuss their future use, equating different perspectives of action in the buildings. Finally seeks to introduce a discussion according to different orientations and positions in order to invoke prospects for action on the grain elevators that are appropriate to each specific situation, every context and every place. It is the clash between the stated approaches, which shows more than the relevance, it shows social and cultural emergence of a diligent action on the particular level of each grain elevator on the system, which was an integral part of the railway, which through its tracing allowed to interconnect all grain elevators and assure its operation on an industrial scale

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, 2016.
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Na segmentação de objetos em vídeos por intermédio de um rastreamento quadro a quadro de regiões, a manutenção da coerência temporal depende diretamente da qualidade desse rastreamento ao longo dos quadros. Para esse fim, adaptou-se para o domínio dos superpixels processados como grafos de regiões, princípios de um extrator de características bastante difundido, o SIFT, que exibe grande eficiência na identificação/rastreamento de objetos em cenas. Um descritor é criado para cada região, a partir de histogramas de orientação do gradiente de setores ao redor do vértice, calculado de forma a garantir, como no SIFT, invariância à escala, rotação e iluminação. As contribuições do descritor proposto na segmentação de objetos em vídeo, feita a partir de corte em grafos, são testadas em três níveis: ajuste, ou compensação, de movimento do objeto em cena; reforço nos pesos de ligação entre arestas dos grafos, para os elementos considerados correspondentes entre os quadros e; determinação de grafos equivalentes com redução no número elementos guiada pela correspondência encontradas a partir algoritmo proposto. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
In the segmentation of object in video through frame to frame region tracking, the temporal coherence maintenance depends directly on the quality of the regions tracking along the frames. To this aim, principles of a widespread feature extractor, the SIFT, were adapted for the superpixels domain rendered as region graphs, which exhibits high efficiency in identification/tracking of objects in scenes. A descriptor is created to each vertex of graph, from orientation histograms of the gradient of bins around the vertex, calculated to ensure, as the SIFT, a scale, rotation and lighting invariance. The contributions of the proposed descriptor in the segmentation of objects in video, performed by a graph cut, are tested on three levels: the adjustment or compensation of the movement of object in scenes; the strengthening of the connection weights between edges of the graphs for the elements considered matches between frames and; the determination of equivalent graphs with reduction in the number elements guided by matches found through the proposed algorithm.

Orientador: Alexandre Dal Pai
Banca: Roberto Lyra Villas Bôas
Banca: Francisco Sérgio dos Santos
Resumo: O presente trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento e implantação de um sistema de aquisição de dados de temperatura, em um silo de armazenamento de grãos, carregado com milho. Os dados foram coletados no silo por um sistema Arduíno ao qual são acoplados os sensores de temperatura. Após a leitura os dados são transmitidos via rádio e exibidos em tempo real em uma tela de computador criada especificamente para que o usuário do sistema consiga identificar os pontos de medição rapidamente. Essa informação é importante para subsidiar o operador do sistema na tomada de decisão sobre intervir ou não no processo de aeração dos grãos para manter a qualidade do produto armazenado. Os dados coletados são armazenados e podem compor uma série histórica do comportamento da temperatura dos grãos durante o armazenamento, bem como serem utilizados em pesquisas acadêmicas. A parte experimental deste trabalho, corroborou para a validação do mesmo. O sistema contou com 12 sensores distribuídos dentro do silo, e as leituras foram realizadas com intervalo de 15 minutos no período entre 16 de julho e 18 de outubro de 2018. Nesse período foram coletados 104640 medidas de temperatura, que permitiram realizar diversas análises. Foi verificado que o sistema pode ser usado para avaliar como foi o comportamento térmico dos grãos e quais foram as reações do milhos depois de atuações para diminuição da temperatura. A partir da variação de temperatura entre o volume do silo sem grãos e com a presença dos mesmo... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: This paper presents the development and implementation of a temperature data acquisition system in a grain storage silo loaded with corn. Data were collected in the silo by an Arduino system to which the temperature sensors are coupled. After reading the data is transmitted by radio and displayed in real time on a computer screen specifically designed so that the system user can identify the measuring points quickly. This information is important to support the system operator in deciding whether or not to intervene in the grain aeration process to maintain the quality of the stored product. The collected data are stored and can compose a historical series of grain temperature behavior during storage, as well as being used in academic research. The experimental part of this work corroborated its validation. The system had 12 sensors distributed inside the silo, and the readings were taken with a 15-minute interval between July 16 and October 18, 2018. During this period 104640 temperature measurements were collected, which allowed to perform various analyzes. It was verified that the system can be used to evaluate how was the thermal behavior of the grains and what were the reactions of the corn after actions to decrease the temperature. From the temperature variation between the volume of the silo without grains and with their presence it is possible to estimate the volume occupied by the grain in it.
Mestre

La vidange de grains dans un silo est une application très présente en industrie mais aussi un cas typique d'écoulement de milieux granulaires encore mal compris. Faute d'une réelle compréhension fondamentale, l'optimisation de cette application se fait de manière empirique comme par exemple en appliquant des vibrations pour aider l'écoulement. Comprendre cet écoulement, et en particulier le lien entre le débit apparent et la dynamique de réorganisation des particules, permettrait une avancée théorique et ouvrirait des pistes d'optimisation pratiques de ces écoulements en configuration industrielle. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons les résultats de l'analyse de la vidange de milieux granulaires modèles (billes sphériques monodispersées) dans un silo quasi-2D soumis à des vibrations mécaniques. Des expériences et des simulations numériques par éléments discrets (DEM) ont été menées pour comprendre l'influence de la géométrie du silo, des propriétés des grains et des caractéristiques des vibrations. Deux régimes d'écoulement ont ainsi été mis en évidence, gouvernés par le nombre de Froude Fr et la fréquence relative Ω des vibrations. Dans le premier régime, une diminution du débit est observée lorsque l'on augmente l'intensité des vibrations. Ce comportement est expliqué par la mise en mouvement par les vibrations de zones précédemment à l'arrêt et une plus forte dissipation d'énergie. Dans le second régime, une augmentation du débit est observée lorsque l'on augmente l'intensité des vibrations. Ce comportement provient de la nature intermittente de l'écoulement, qui se fait sous la forme de jets de matière engendrés par la propagation d'onde de choc dans tout le silo. Dans un premier temps, nous proposons pour chaque régime une loi empirique permettant de rendre compte de l'évolution du débit à partir des différents paramètres. Dans un second temps, nous analyserons l’écoulement à l’échelle locale pour relier le débit apparent à la dynamique locale des particules à travers la rhéologie de l'écoulement
The discharge of grain in a silo is a common application in industry, but this typical granular flow is still not fully understood. Without a real fundamental understanding, the optimization of this application is done by empirical means, for example by applying vibrations to improve the discharge. Understanding the behaviour of this flow, and in particular the link between the apparent flow rate and the particle reorganization dynamics, would therefore allow a theoretical breakthrough and would open up practical ways of optimizing these flows in an industrial configuration. In this thesis, we study the discharge of model granular matter (monodisperse spherical beads) in a quasi-2D silo under the influence of mechanical vibrations. Experimental measurements and discrete element simulations (DEM) are performed to determine the effect of the geometry, particle properties and vibration characteristics. We evidence that vibrations make appear two distinct regimes, governed by the Froude number Fr and the relative frequency Ω of the vibrations. In the first regime, a decreased flow rate is observed when increasing the vibration intensity. This behavior is explained by the setting in motion, due to the vibration, of areas previously at rest and a higher energy dissipation. In the second regime, an increased flow rate is observed when increasing the vibration intensity. We find this behavior comes from the intermittent nature of the flow, with bursts of flow rate created by the propagation of shock waves all along the silo. As a first step, we propose for each regime an empirical law for the flow rate depending on the different parameters. Then, we studied the flow at the local scale in order to relate the apparent flow rate to local particle dynamics through flow rheology

This Project identified the relationships between storage conditions, dry matter losses (DMLs) caused by Fusarium species in cereal grains and mycotoxin contamination and assessed novel control strategies for post-harvest grain management including chemical control and ozone. F. graminearum, F. verticillioides and F. langsethiae were inoculated on wheat, maize and oats and stored under environmental conditions where marginal to optimum spoilage and mycotoxin contamination can occur. DMLs were calculated from the CO2 produced and were significantly correlated with deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEA), fumonisins (FUMs) and T-2 and HT-2 toxins respectively. Mycotoxin levels in wheat and maize exceeded the EU legislative limits with 0.9-1% DMLs. Therefore, CO2 monitoring during storage can indicate the level of contamination in a stored batch. Using CO2 production data at different water activity (aw) and temperature conditions, the environmental regimes at which F. langsethiae can grow and contaminate oats with T-2 and HT-2 toxins were identified for the first time. Five acids were examined in vitro and little effect was observed on Fusarium growth, in the aqueous form, while the effect on mycotoxin production varied. Dissolved in ethanol, adipic, fumaric and ferulic acids inhibited fungal growth and controlled DON and FUMs, but T-2 toxin was stimulated by the ethanol. Two garlic essential oils, propyl-propylthiosulfinate (PTS) and propyl propylthiosulfonate (PTSO) were studied for the first time. In vitro, 200 ppm reduced fungal growth (50-100%) and mycotoxin production by >90%. The efficacy was species-dependent. In naturally contaminated oats of 0.93 aw stored for 20 days, 16 ppm PTSO reduced T-2 and HT-2 toxins by 66% and ochratoxin A (OTA) by 88%, while 200 ppm PTS reduced OTA by 95%. In wheat, 100 ppm PTS reduced DON and ZEA and 300 ppm PTS reduced fumonisins by 40-80%. PTSO:PTS (1:1) at 400 and 600 ppm was very effective against DON and ZEA in wheat of 0.92 aw. Ozone (O3) exposure at 200 ppm for 30 min delayed Fusarium spore germination on media of 0.98 aw and inhibited germination at 0.94 aw. O3 was more effective against fungal spores than mycelium and little effect was observed on growing cultures. In vitro, mycotoxin production after exposure depended on the stage of life of the fungi. O3 reduced fungal populations in grains. Mycotoxin production in wet grains treated with 100-200 ppm O3 for 60 min and stored for up to 30 days was reduced or completely inhibited, depending on the species and the exposure system. Simultaneous drying of the grain due to the O3 passage was observed.

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O Pantanal da Nhecolândia, localizado no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, é parte do Pantanal Brasileiro e possui características específicas, dentre elas a existência de lagos salinos, comumente conhecidos como Salinas. Para se estimar uma possível influência humana no Pantanal da Nhecolândia quatro perfis de sedimento foram coletados, em 2010, nas Salinas A, 6, M e V com o objetivo de se fazer a caracterização química inorgânica dos sedimentos determinando os elementos As, Ba, Ca, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Lu, Na, Nd, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sm, Ta, Tb, Th, U, Yb e Zn pela técnica de análise por ativação com nêutrons instrumental nas frações fina (silte + argila) e grossa (areia média + areia fina) do sedimento e também determinar as taxas de sedimentação e idade do sedimento pelo método do 210Pb. Para auxiliar na interpretação dos resultados determinou-se a composição granulométrica e o conteúdo de água das amostras de sedimento. A análise granulométrica indicou que as Salinas possuem um percentual da fração fina oscilando entre 3,5 % na Salina M a 70 % na Salina A, o que é característico dessa região. Os quatro perfis de sedimento apresentaram diferentes taxas de sedimentação, o que está provavelmente relacionado aos períodos de seca e enchentes. Os resultados obtidos de concentração dos elementos químicos foram comparados com os valores da Upper Continental Crust UCC e da North American Shale Composite NASC, e alguns elementos, como As, Hf, Rb e Sb, apresentaram valores acima destes nas duas frações granulométricas do sedimento, sugereindo à existência de depósitos naturais destes elementos nas quatro Salinas estudadas. Os resultados de concentração dos elementos estudados indicam a não existência de influência antrópica na região. Calculou-se também o fator de enriquecimento - FE dos elementos químicos usando como valores de referência os valores da UCC, NASC, e os valores da base do perfil-FEB, concluindo-se que o FEB foi a melhor metodologia para se avaliar o enriquecimento dos elementos.
Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear)
IPEN/D
Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Bedömning och betygsättning är ett ständigt diskuterat ämne inom lärarkåren och det finns inga tydliga svar på hur arbetet med det ska gå till. Syftet med denna studie var att, genom kvalitativa intervjuer, undersöka hur åtta lärare i ämnet idrott och hälsa arbetar med bedömning och betygsättning. Syftet uppnås med tre olika frågeställningar som rör lärarnas uppfattningar kring bedömning och betygsättning, bedömningar som ligger till grund för betygen samt vad som påverkar lärarnas bedömningar. Metoden som används i studien var av kvalitativ art och genomfördes med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer.Den insamlade empirin analyserades med studiens utvalda teoretiska utgångspunkter som rör läroplansteori, ramfaktorteori och praxisgemenskapsteori (community of practice). Resultatet som framkom i studien var att lärarna upplevde en stor tolkningsfrihet när det kommer till läroplanen och hur undervisningen planerades. Detta gjorde att lärarnas arbetssätt, kring bedömning och betygsättning, skiljde sig åt trots att vissa lärare samarbetade med andra lärare i ämnet kring just de frågorna. Arbetssättet som lärarna använde sig av var en kombination av summativ och formativ bedömning. Enligt lärarna har ämnet idrott och hälsa för få timmar för att hinna med allt som står i läroplanen och att bedömning och betygsättning upplevs som orättvis.
Assessment and grading is a constantly debated topic among teachers and there are no given answers about how it should be done. The purpose of this study was to analyze how eight teachers are working with assessment and grading in physical education. To fulfill the purpose of the study three different questions was used as a starting point. These questions concerns teachers approach to assessment and grading, which assessments underlying the grade and what affects teachers during the assessment. The method used in this study is qualitative with semi-structured interviews.The collected empirical data was analyzed through the theoretical framework which is concerning curriculum theory, framework theory and community of practice. The result that emerges from the study showed that teachers experience a considerable freedom of interpretation concerning the curriculum and how education should be planned. This seems to affect the way teachers work with assessment and grading, even though some of the teachers collaborated during assessment and grading. Common for all the teachers was that they were using a combination of formative and summative assessment. According to the teachers, physical education doesn´t get enough time to complete all the moments that the teachers need to do a fair assessment.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka lärares uppfattningar om läs- och skrivsvårigheter hos elever på mellanstadiet och hur mellanstadielärare uppger att de arbetar med dessa elever. Det teoretiska ramverk som ligger till grund för studien är kognitiva processer och läsningens fem utvecklingsdimensioner. Sju kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer utförs för att samla in data. Resultatet visar att mellanstadieelevers svårigheter är läsförståelse, fonologisk medvetenhet, avkodning, stavning och grammatik. När lärare upptäcker läs- och skrivsvårigheter tar de direktkontakt med elever, anpassar materialet efter elevers behov, tar kontakt med speciallärare eller specialpedagog och kontaktar vårdnadshavare. Resultatet visar även att mellanstadielärare använder sig av grupp- och pararbeten, en-till-en undervisning, motivationsskapande undervisning, undervisning som är fokuserad på språk- och läsförståelse och digitala verktyg. Elever i läs- och skrivsvårigheter behöver varierad undervisning och olika arbetsmetoder för att utveckla deras läs- och skrivförmågor. Om eleverna tidigt och utifrån sina egna behov får hjälp, stöttning och anpassningar kan det hjälpa dem att komma ur dessa svårigheter.

Le stockage des céréales se fait en milieu rural au nord du Bénin dans des greniers (silo) en terre qui ont une contenance limitée. Les nombreuses tentatives d’introduction de magasins modernes ont essuyé le rejet des populations. Le présent travail a pour but d’étudier la possibilité d’augmenter le volume de stockage du grenier de type Yom sans changer ni sa forme architecturale, ni le composite argile-paille-décoction de néré. La caractérisation expérimentale du comportement mécanique du banco, matériau de construction de ces greniers a permis de définir le meilleur dosage pour des caractéristiques maximales. En faisant varier la proportion de paille et de décoction de néré, l’influence sur la terre crue de la paille et de la décoction est mise en évidence. La simulation de l’action des grains, à la vidange et au remplissage sur la paroi du grenier et l’analyse des déformations induites montrent qu’il y a possibilité de construire des greniers de plus grande taille. Une optimisation paramétrique des dimensions a été faite. L'effet des échauffements successifs sur la paroi du grenier a été pris en compte à travers la modélisation des transferts thermiques. La modélisation des profils de température dans diverses coupes orientées du silo montre que le flux est bien amorti et les conditions d'ambiance dans le grenier garantissent une bonne conservation. Il est donc possible de construire des greniers de grande capacité de stockage qui serviraient de greniers communautaires ou banques de céréales à disposition des coopératives villageoises. Cette solution règlerait le problème de l’insécurité alimentaire au niveau du monde rural
The storage of cereals is done in rural areas in northern Benin in earth silo that have a limited capacity. The numerous attempts to introduce modern shops have been rejected by the population. This work aims to study the possibility of increasing the storage volume of Yom type silo without changing its architectural form, nor the clay-straw-nere composite. The experimental characterization of the mechanical behaviour of the banco, the construction material of these silo made it possible to define the best dosage for maximum characteristics. By varying the proportion of straw and decoction of nere, the influence on the raw earth of the straw and the decoction is highlighted. The simulation of grain action (filling and discharging) on the silo wall and the analysis of the induced deformations shows that there is a possibility of building larger earth silo. A parametric optimization of the dimensions was made. The effect of successive heating on the silo wall has been considered by modelling heat transfer. The modelling of the temperature profiles in various silo-oriented sections shows that the flow is well damped and the ambient conditions in the attic guarantee good conservation. It is therefore possible to build earth silo with large storage capacity that could be used as community silo or cereal banks for village cooperatives. This solution would solve the problem of food insecurity in rural areas

Syftet med studien var att öka kunskapen om hur grundlärare i årskurs 4–6 resonerar om valet av skönlitteratur i sin undervisning och vad dessa val grundar sig på. Frågeställningarna i studien är följande:  ·       Hur beskriver lärarna skönlitteraturens betydelse och funktion i sin undervisning?  ·       Vilka faktorer tar lärarna hänsyn till i sina val av skönlitterära böcker?  Som metod för att besvara studiens syfte har kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer använts. Intervjuerna har genomförts med fyra grundlärare från tre olika län som har ett särskilt intresse för skönlitteraturen i sin undervisning.  I resultatet framgår att det som påverkar lärarnas litteraturval allra mest är deras elever. Dock upplever lärarna att det kan vara svårt att hitta skönlitteratur som passar alla elever och poängterar därför vikten av att ha tillgång till en variation av skönlitterära böcker. En annan aspekt som lärarna uppmärksammade som betydelsefull var att själva vara pålästa om boken för att kunna diskutera innehållet och svara på elevernas frågor. För tankar skall aldrig lämnas åt sitt öde menade lärarna.
The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of the selection process used by elementary school teachers for literary fiction and their reasoning behind it. The following questions are included in this study: ·       How do teachers describe the meaning and function of literature in their teaching? ·       What factors do teachers consider in their choice of fiction?  Semi-structured interviews have been used as a research method. The interviews were conducted with four elementary school teachers from three different schooling districts in Sweden. The teachers selected were responsible for choosing the literary fiction.   The results show that the teacher’s choices are made for the benefit of the students. However, teachers experienced difficulties finding literature that suits every student. It is important that the reading selection is varied. Another important aspect that was highlighted during this study was that teachers themselves are knowledgeable and well-read on the subject. This enhances their ability to answer student’s questions and to further academical discussions. Like the teachers said, thoughts should never be left to their fate.

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The study was conducted at the Experimental Farm Rafael Fernandes, Mossoró city, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil, with the objective to verify the effect of irrigation levels and planting densities on the castor bean production, BRS ENERGIA . Thus, we used the experimental design in randomized blocks in a split-plot 5 x 2, with four replications. The treatments consisted of irrigation levels (0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 and 1.4 of ETc) in main plots and plant densities in the sub-plots formed by arrangements 1.50 m x 0.30 m x 0.30 m (D1 - 37,037 plants ha-1) and 1.50 m x 0.30 m x 0.40 m (D2 - 27,778 plants ha-1). The main plots were 18 m in length, 9 m for each of the densities. The irrigation levels were differentiated by the application time using the tubes, each of which had a strip of the water distribution system independent. The main bunches fruits income decreased with the applied levels and the secondary bunches income (in fruits and grains) followed quadratic polynomial model. How much to the total income, was gotten 3,974 kg ha-1 of fruits and 2,691 kg ha-1 of grains with irrigation based on 1,20 and 1,25 of the etc, respectively.
FREITAS, Romenique da Silva. Qualidade de grãos de feijão armazenados sob atmosfera modificada. Mossoró, UFERSA, 2009. 62 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Agronomia: Fitotecnia) Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Mossoró-RN, 2009. Professor Orientador: D. Sc. Patrício Borges Maracajá. Co- orientador: Profa. D. Sc. Lêda Rita D Antonino Faroni. Conselheiros: Prof. D. Sc. Glauber Henrique de Sousa Nunes e Profa. D. Sc. Danila Kelly Pereira Neri. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a qualidade de grãos de feijão com diferentes teores de água, armazenados em condições herméticas, ao longo do armazenamento. O experimento foi realizado no Setor de Pré-Processamento e Armazenamento de Produtos Agrícolas do Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola da Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Foram utilizados grãos de feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) do grupo vermelho, cultivar vermelhinho, com teores de água de 12,3, 15,7 e 17,8% b.u., produzidos na safra de inverno (2008), no município de Viçosa-MG. Os grãos foram acondicionados em embalagens herméticas e armazenados em câmara climática, por 0, 30, 60, 90 e 120 dias, à temperatura de 25 °C e umidade relativa de 70±5%. No armazenamento foram utilizadas bolsas plásticas, impermeáveis com capacidade para três quilogramas e garrafas pet transparente com capacidade para 1,5 L. O delineamento utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial com parcelas subdivididas e três repetições, sendo as parcelas representadas pelo fatorial condição de armazenamento (silo tipo bolsa, garrafa pet e testemunha) e teor de água do grão (12,3, 15,7 e 17,8% b.u.) e as subparcelas representadas pelos períodos de armazenamento (0, 30, 60, 90 e 120 dias). Avaliou-se o teor de água, grau de infestação por insetos-praga, massa específica aparente, condutividade elétrica, percentual de germinação, tempo de cocção e classificação dos grãos, após cada período de armazenamento. Todas as variáveis analisadas variaram significativamente (p<0,05) entre os teores de umidade, condições (hermética/não hermética) e períodos de armazenamento. Grãos de feijão com teores de água de 12,3 e 15,7% b.u., armazenados em condições herméticas, mantiveram as características analisadas por 120 dias, exceto o tempo de cocção. Grãos de feijão com teores de água de 17,8% b.u., armazenados em condições herméticas, mantiveram as características analisadas por um período de 60 dias, exceto o tempo de cocção. A perda de qualidade, caracterizada pelo aumento no tempo de cocção, foi maior nos grãos com maior teor de água, armazenados em condições herméticas. Nos grãos com menor teor de água o tempo de cocção foi mantido por 90 dias. O armazenamento hermético é capaz de manter a qualidade de grãos de feijão com teores de água variando de 12,3 a 15,7% b.u. por 120 dias.

The goal of the Master thesis is to design a grain container. The thesis involves a possible method of grain storage depending on the quality and condition of the grain and also the ways of filling and emptying the container with all the problems that might occur. The thesis deals for example with a possibility of occurrence of vault and with it associated change of state of stress, or with the pressure surges in the container. The thesis involves an analysis of an appropriate construction solution, a design of the main dimensions of the container and a test calculation of the container ´s strength.

On s'intéresse dans le présent travail au comportement au gel des sols fins limono-argileux traités à la chaux seule, sols valorisables qui sont couramment rencontrés sur les chantiers de terrassement. Trois sols appartenant aux classifications A1, A2, A3 selon la norme NF P 11300, ont été choisis pour cette étude. Ces sols sont traités à 3 dosages en chaux correspondant à 3 objectifs : 1) amélioration (dosage en chaux minimal), 2) stabilisation et insensibilité à l'eau (dosage en chaux intermédiaire), 3) stabilisation et résistance au gel (dosage en chaux le plus élevé). Les sols traités sont ensuite conservés pendant quatre périodes de cure : 7 jours, 28 jours, 90 jours et 365 jours. Les deux processus de gel - le géligonflement et la gélifraction sont étudiés, parallèlement à l'évaluation des performances mécaniques, hydrauliques et microstructurales. Les résultats expérimentaux ont montré que les propriétés hydrauliques (la succion au front de gel, sp et la conductivité hydraulique à l'état non-saturé, kunsat) sont les paramètres qui gouvernent le phénomène de géligonflement des sols, traités ou non. Les résultats ont également mis en évidence le lien direct existant entre la microstructure (la distribution porale) et les propriétés hydrauliques du sol, principalement en termes de capacité de rétention d'eau et conductivité hydraulique. Le traitement augmente les performances mécaniques des sols d'une part, et amène d'autre part à des modifications de leur microstructure ; ceci induit des changements vis-à-vis de leur sensibilité au gel. Les sols sont plus gélifs directement après le traitement, cette sensibilité au gel diminuant avec le temps de cure. Une modélisation simple permettant d'estimer le gonflement au gel à partir de la succion au front de gel et de la valeur de conductivité hydraulique à l'état non-saturé a été proposée et validée. Vu que la détermination de la conductivité hydraulique à l'état non-saturé n'est pas un essai couramment pratiqué au sein de la plupart des laboratoires, un critère basé sur la succion au front de gel, sp, et la conductivité hydraulique à l'état saturé, ksat a été proposé pour évaluer la sensibilité des sols au gel. L'essai de gélifraction consiste à évaluer un coefficient de résistance de l'éprouvette de sol après 10 cycles de gel/dégel, RFT (%) - « retained strength factor after freeze-thaw testing ». Les résultats expérimentaux montrent que la valeur RFT des sols traités varie de 0% (lorsque les éprouvettes de sol perdent totalement leur résistance à la compression simple et sont détruites après 10 cycles de gel/dégel) à 90%. Quand RFT ≥ 60%, aucune dégradation visuelle de la surface des éprouvettes des sols traités n'est constatée. Ainsi, cette valeur est proposée comme critère d'acceptation des matériaux constitutifs d'une couche de forme subissant le gel avant son recouvrement. L'étude de l'effet du nombre des cycles de gel/dégel montre une diminution importante de la performance mécanique (RFT) durant trois premiers cycles de gel/dégel, et ce paramètre se stabilisant après 10 cycles. A l'aide de la technique de µ Tomographie X, l'endommagement interne des éprouvettes de sol ayant subi des cycles de gel/dégel a été quantifié. Une corrélation directe entre la diminution de performance mécanique et l'augmentation de l'indice de l'endommagement de l'éprouvette a été mise en évidence. Enfin, un modèle d'endommagement permettant d'évaluer la dégradation de la performance mécanique avec l'augmentation de l'indice d'endommagement a été établi
The present work deals with the behaviour of fine-grained silty and clayey soils treated with lime under frost. Those soils are frequently encountered in earthworks. Three soils corresponding to A1, A2, A3 classes according French NF P 11-300 standard were chosen for this study. These soils were treated with 3 lime dosages corresponding to three objectives: 1) improvement (minimum dosage), 2) stabilization and insensitivity to water (intermediate dosage), 3) stabilization and frost resistance (highest dosage). Lime-treated soils were subsequently cured for different times: 7, 28, 90, 365 days. Two frost processes, frost heave and freeze-thaw cycles, were applied in parallel with the assessment of mechanical, hydraulic and microstructural properties. Experimental results evidenced that it is the hydraulic properties (suction at frost front, sp and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, kunsat) that govern the frost heave phenomenon of soils, treated or not. In addition, this study demonstrates the direct link between the microstructure (the pore size distribution) and the hydraulic properties (water retention curve and hydraulic conductivity). The treatment on one hand improves the mechanical performances of soils, and on the other hand modify their microstructure, and thus changes their frost sensitivity. The frost susceptibility increases directly after treatment, and then decreases with curing time. Based on the suction at frost front and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, a simple model was proposed and validated allowing to estimate the frost heave. Considering that the determination of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity is not a test commonly performed by most laboratories, a criterion based on the suction at frost front and the saturated hydraulic conductivity was proposed to estimate the frost sensibility of soils. The second frost resistance test consists of measuring the retained strength factor after 10 freeze-thaw cycles, RFT (%). The results obtained show that RFT of lime treated soil varies from 0% (when soil specimen completely loses its resistance and collapses after 10 freezethaw cycles) to 90%. When RFT is higher than 60%, no visual damage was observed on the specimen surface; consequently, this value is proposed as a criterion for acceptance of lime treated soil in capping layer before covering. In addition, the study of effect of freeze-thaw cycles showed a significant decrease of mechanical performance (RFT) during the first three cycles, and a stabilization after 10 cycles. Using X-ray Tomography, the intern damage of specimens due to freeze-thaw cycles was quantified. A correlation between the decrease of mechanical performance and the increase of damage index was evidenced. A model was then developed to evaluate the degradation of mechanical performance with the increase of damage index

Les matériaux constitutifs des digues sont souvent des sables silteux dont le comportement mécanique peut manifester une « instabilité » à des états de contraintes situés bien avant la limite de plasticité de Mohr-Coulomb. Ce mécanisme de rupture pourrait expliquer plusieurs brèches dont l'occurrence n'a pas été attribuée aux mécanismes classiques de rupture de digues telle que l'érosion interne. L'objectif de cette thèse est de mieux comprendre, au regard de ce phénomène d'instabilité, le comportement mécanique d'un sable silteux provenant de la zone adjacente à une brèche de digue du Rhône lors de la crue de 2003, à l'aide d'essais triaxiaux.Les résultats sur le sable propre montrent que le matériau étudié est très sensible au phénomène d'instabilité. Ce dernier peut être prédit par une courbe d'instabilité reliant, au déclenchement de l'instabilité, le rapport des contraintes au paramètre d'état. L'analyse de ces résultats suggère qu'une forte contractance du matériau est la condition nécessaire pour que l'instabilité du sable lâche ait lieu et qu'une direction appropriée du vecteur d'incrément de contraintes est la condition suffisante.Les résultats sur les mélanges constitués du sable avec des fines montrent qu'un départ de fines, causé par exemple une érosion de type suffusion, favorise l'occurrence de l'instabilité dans les digues. Par ailleurs, ces résultats révèlent que l'indice des vides équivalent est un paramètre pertinent dans l'analyse du comportement du sable silteux. Le calcul de l'indice des vides équivalent nécessite la détermination du paramètre b pour lequel une nouvelle formule a été proposée
The constitutive materials of dikes are often silty sands whose mechanical behavior can become unstable at stress states located well under the Mohr-Coulomb plasticity limit criterion. This failure mechanism could explain several dike breaches whose occurrence has not been assigned to conventional mechanisms of dike failure such as internal erosion. The objective of this thesis is to better understand, with respect to the instability phenomenon, the mechanical behavior of a silty sand which is collected in the area adjacent of a breach of the Rhone embankment dike during the flood of 2003, by means of triaxial tests.The test results obtained on clean sand show that this material is very sensitive to the instability phenomenon. The occurrence of the latter can be predicted by an instability curve relating, at the onset of instability, the stress ratio to the state parameter. The analysis of these results suggests that a strong contractiveness of the material is the necessary condition for instability of loose sand and an appropriate direction of stress increment vector is the sufficient condition.The test results obtained on mixtures of sand with fines show that a removal of fine particles caused by an erosion, such as suffusion for example, favors the occurrence of instability in the dikes. Moreover, these results indicate that the equivalent void ratio is a relevant parameter in analyzing the behavior of silty sand. The calculation of the equivalent void ratio requires the determination of the parameter b for which a new formula has been proposed

Spannmål med varierande fuktighetsgrad kan lagras i kvadratiska silor med väggelement bestående av korrugerad plåt. Då det lagrade spannmålet ska tömmas har det fuktiga spannmålet en tendens att fastna på väggarna, vilket medför att spannmålet i efterhand måste avlägsnas manuellt. För att slippa denna tidskrävande process monteras en slät plåt på den korrugerade plåten, för att på så vis hindra det fuktiga spannmålet från att fastna. Om samma plåtdimensioner för den korrugerade plåten används då den släta plåten är och inte är monterad kan väggelementen utsättas för buckling. Det här examensarbetet handlar således om hur väggelementen ska dimensioneras för att strukturen inte ska utsättas för buckling. De silor som undersöks har tvärsnitten 3,0 x 3,0 m och 2,5 x 2,5 m med väggelement som består av endast korrugerad plåt samt med slät plåt monterad på korrugerad plåt. Vidare har silorna vertikala väggar med höjden 8,4 m som består av tio sektioner. Beräkningar har utförts då fyllnadsmaterialet är vete.   För att väggelementen ska kunna dimensioneras beräknas vilka trycksituationer som uppstår i de olika silorna med hjälp av den svenska och europeiska standarden Eurokod (2006), EN 1991-4 för tryckberäkningar i silor och behållare. För att beräkna trycksituationerna delas de aktuella silorna in i åtgärdsklass 1 då deras kapacitet understiger 100 ton, vilket innebär att osymmetriska tryck kan ignoreras. Silorna klassas även som slanka. Då silornas utlopp består av en pyramidformad tratt med centriskt utlopp och då trattens halva inre vinkel är 45° uppstår ett inre rörflöde vid tömning. Detta medför enligt Eurokod att silorna ska dimensioneras enligt trycken som uppstår vid fyllning. Det horisontella och vertikala trycket samt trycket som uppstår från friktionen beräknas för de olika tvärsnitten.   CAD-programmet Pro Engineer och finita elementtillägget Mechanica används för att modellera de aktuella silorna och utföra analyser med avseende på spänning och buckling. Modellerna har fyra symmetriplan, därför modelleras endast en åttondel av de aktuella strukturerna. Detta motsvarar ett halvt väggelement och en halv stolpe. Modellerna skapas som skalmodeller och randvillkor ansätts i alla snittytor samt på stolpens över och underkant. I modellerna förenklas strukturen genom att inga skruvar eller radier modelleras. Trycken framräknade enligt Eurokod räknas om till krafter och appliceras på modellerna. Hela strukturen modelleras i stål med sträckgränsen 180 MPa.   En av företagets äldre dimensioneringsstandarder undersöks genom att väggelementen tilldelas plåttjocklekar enligt denna. För att undersöka var de mest kritiska områdena för buckling uppstår utförs en bucklingsanalys grundad på en statisk analys för modellerna. Resultatet från bucklingsanalysen för silon med väggelement bestående av korrugerad plåt med väggbredden 3,0 m visar att buckling uppstår på den näst nedersta sektionen vid 72 % av den applicerade kraftresultanten. För silon med samma väggelement fast med bredden 2,5 m uppstår buckling på den översta sektionen där bucklingskraften uppgår till 62 % av den applicerade kraftresultanten. För silorna med väggelement bestående av slät plåt monterad på korrugerad plåt uppstår buckling redan vid 3-4 % av den applicerade kraftresultanten, för båda väggbredderna. Då det genom analyser framkommit att det är lokala bucklingar enbart på den släta plåten som ger dessa låga värden friläggs den korrugerade plåten för att trycksituationen som verkar från den släta plåten på så vis ska kunna erhållas. Med kraften från den släta väggen kan den korrugerade plåten därmed dimensioneras mot buckling. Vid bucklingsanalys av den korrugerade plåten som är tryckbelastad av den släta plåten framgår att buckling då väggbredden är 3,0 m uppstår på silons näst understa sektion. Bucklingskraften uppgår till 59 % av den applicerade kraftresultanten. För silon med väggbredden 2,5 m uppstår buckling vid 51 % av den applicerade kraftresultanten på silons översta sektion.   Då målet är att de korrugerade plåtarna inte får utsättas för buckling provas plåttjocklekar fram i finita elementmodellerna tills att bucklingskraften uppgår till minst 110 % av den applicerade kraftresultanten. Detta genererar att plåttjocklekarna för de nedre fyra sektionerna av väggelementen bestående av korrugerad plåt med bredden 3,0 m behöver ökas. För silon med samma väggelement fast med väggbredden 2,5 m behöver dimensionen på de två översta sektionerna ökas. För silorna med väggelement bestående av slät plåt monterad på korrugerad plåt behöver den korrugerade plåten för väggbredden 3,0 m ökas för de fem understa sektionerna medan samma dimensioner för väggbredden 2,5 m kan användas som för silon med väggelement bestående av enbart korrugerad plåt. Om den släta plåten inte får utsättas för buckling behöver plåttjocklekarna ökas från mellan 5,5 mm och 1,5 mm. Vid beräkningar av plåtdimensioner har ett konservativ förfarande använts vilket innebär att företagets dimensionering kan vara korrekt. Erhållna dimensioneringsförslag är emellertid rimliga för de korrugerade plåtarna.
Grains with varying humidity can be stored in square silos with wall elements consisting of corrugated sheet. When the stored grain is to be emptied from the silos it has tendency to stick to the walls, especially if humid, which means that the grain must be removed manually. To avoid this time-consuming process a flat sheet is mounted on the corrugated sheet to prevent the moist grain from sticking to the wall. If the same dimension on the corrugated sheet is used when the flat sheet is or is not mounted the walls may be subjected to buckling. This thesis is thus about how the wall elements shall be designed in order to prevent buckling. The silos that have been examined have a cross section of 3.0 x 3.0 m and 2.5 x 2.5 m respectively with wall elements consisting of only corrugated sheet or smooth sheet mounted on corrugated sheet. Furthermore, the silos got vertical walls with a height of 8.4 m consisting of ten sections. Calculations are made with wheat as the stored grain.   To be able to dimension the wall elements the pressure is calculated for the different silos, using the Swedish and European standard Eurocode (2006), EN 1991-4 for pressure calculations in silos and tanks. To calculate the pressure the silos are assigned into action assessment class 1, since their capacity are less than a 100 tons, which further means that the unsymmetrical pressure can be ignored. The silos are also classified as slender. As the silos outlet consists of a square pyramidal hopper with centric outlet and a half internal angel of 45° an inner pipe flow occurs during emptying. This means according to Eurocode that the dimension shall be based on the pressure which occurs during filling. The horizontal and vertical pressure and the pressure made from the friction are calculated for the different cross sections.   The CAD software Pro Engineer and the finite element extension Mechanica is used to model the current silos and perform analysis for stress and buckling. The models have four symmetry planes therefore only one eighth of the current structure is modeled, corresponding to half a wall element and half a pole. The models are created as shell models and boundary conditions are applied in all symmetrical planes and on the top and bottom of the pole. The structure of the silos is simplified since no screws or radius is modeled. The pressure calculated according to Eurocode is converted into forces and applied to the models. The whole structure is modeled in steel with yield strength of 180 MPa.   The company’s older dimension standards are applied on the wall elements and analyzed. To investigate where to most critical areas for buckling occurs a buckling analysis based on a static analysis of the models is performed. The results from the buckling analysis for the silo wall element consisting of corrugated sheet with the width of 3.0 m shows that buckling occurs on the second bottom section at 72 % of the applied force. For the silo consisting of the same wall element but with the width of 2.5 m buckling occurs at the top section where the buckling force amounts to 62 % of the applied force. For the silos with wall elements consisting of plain sheet mounted on corrugated sheet buckling occurs at 3-4 % of the applied force for the two wall widths. Analysis show that the low values of buckling load on the plane sheet is a result from local buckling. In order to dimension the corrugated sheet to prevent it from buckling when the plane sheet is mounted a free body diagram is made for the corrugated sheet to obtain the acting forces. The buckling analysis of the corrugated sheet, with wall width 3.0 m, which is pressurized by the plane sheet shows that buckling occurs on the silos second bottom section. Buckling occurs at 59 % of the applied force for the silo with wall width of 2.5 m buckling occurs at 51 % of the applied force on the silo top section.   Since the goal is that the corrugated sheets are not to be subject to buckling, the thickness of the sheets is iterated until the buckling force is equal to at least 110 % of the applied force. This generates an increased thickness for the lower four sections for the silo with wall element consisting of corrugated sheet with wall width of 3.0 m. For the silo with the same wall elements but with a wall width of 2.5 m, the dimensions of the top two sections need to increase. Regarding the silos with wall elements consisting of plane sheet mounted on corrugated sheet an increase in dimension is needed for the corrugated sheet for the five lowest sections for the wall width of 3.0 m.   With a wall width of 2.5 m the same dimension can be used as when the silo wall elements consist of only corrugated sheet. If the plane sheet is not to be exposed for buckling the thickness of the sheets needs to be increased from between 5.5 mm and 1.5 mm. All calculations of the sheet dimensions are obtained by a conservative thinking which means that the company’s older dimensions may be correct. However, the resulting dimensions are reasonable for the corrugated sheets.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2000.
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Whole grain is associated with rougher texture and off-flavours which has decreased consumer acceptance. Pasta drying is also critical during production because of influence on texture and quality. The effects of drying type and whole grain content on physicochemical and qualitative properties of pasta were investigated. Increasing whole grain content lowered paste viscosity and increased cooking loss while low temperature drying improved quality. The impact of these effects on pasta texture and flavour was further explored. While bitterness, branniness, and surface roughness positively correlated with whole grain content, drying type only affected firmness. Phenolic content, headspace, and textural analysis corroborated this data. Change in pasta flavour upon addition of sodium-reduced cheese sauce was also examined. Sodium not only enhances flavour of dishes, it also suppresses bitterness. While flavours were uniquely affected upon sauce addition, sodium content did not affect bitterness. Headspace analysis using SIFT-MS showed volatile concentration to reduce, likely caused by a barrier created from the sauce.
MITACS Accelerate, Kraft Mississauga Mill

碩士
國立臺灣海洋大學
航運管理學系
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Shore based grain terminals in Taiwan have been over-supply during the past several years in terms of discharging and storing capacity for imported bulk grains. Not only because of the fierce competition of containerized grain transportation, but also due to the reduction of imported grain cargo quantities, the degree of utilization of grain terminals of Taiwan has thus been greatly reducing. This study takes up the case of using current terminal complex as a transshipping hub, discusses the possible difficulties this complex is going to confront with this transshipping operation and explore the conceivable solutions to those difficulties. By employing the method of semi-structured interview, practitioners including traders, silo operators and shipping companies are interviewed. Opinions as to difficulties and solutions are gathered, analyzed, and concluded. Among those difficulties listed by those interviewed, cargo wastage in the process of transshipment is the most concerned one, followed by the transshipment risk as the second one, the storage cost as the third, and the other 14 items. To cope with those difficulties, this study sums up findings including, though being situated in an ideal location for transshipment of grain cargoes, Taiwan still has to improve the relevant laws and regulations, as well as shore base grain facilities in order for the grain cargoes to be transshipped there. The most feasible way to conduct the transshipment, according to interviewees’ common view, is to transship cargoes into smaller vessels such as handy size bulk carriers after the cargoes are discharged and stored in the on-shored grain terminals. The turnover of those shore based grain terminals can thus be increased, their income, too.

Diverse fiber-forming proteins are found in nature that accomplish a wide range of functions including signaling, cell adhesion, and mechanical support. Unique sequence characteristics of these proteins often lead to their specialized roles. However, these proteins also share a common organizational hierarchy in primary and secondary structures that strongly influence both their intramolecular folding and intermolecular interactions. Based on what is known regarding protein fiber assembly of silk peptides, shear-induced elongation of the molecular strands drives interchain secondary structure crystallization via anisotropic alignment, which creates a molecular superstructure that forms the basis a fiber network. In this work, the hypothesis is this type of protein fiber assembly is not unique to silk sequences and that other proteins can be spun into fibers in similar fashion while maintaining unique functionality given by their specialized amino acid sequences such as RGD, GX1X2, and so forth. This was investigated by modeling the manner in which hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks of amino acids create interacting secondary structures at the chain level when exposed to shear. It was determined computationally and then verified experimentally that fiber spinning success is most likely to occur after shear processing if the protein sequence exhibits a balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic content and has sufficient length. Applied to the biological scale, both pure and mixed solutions of proteins such as fibronectin, laminin, and silk fibroin were spun into fibers. In particular, alloy protein fibers of silk fibroin mixed with fibronectin exhibited the characteristic mechanical integrity of silk and the bioactivity of fibronectin. This simple method of creating protein fibers with hybrid characteristics is significantly faster, less expensive, and less technically intensive than chimeric protein production, which purports to do the same. This finding also provides insight into a fundamental means by which protein fibers may be assembled in vivo by taking advantage of the thermodynamically favorable assembly of peptide sequences at the chain level under proper molecular orientation. Taken together, a high throughput means of producing a wide-range of pure and hybrid protein fibers has been developed for various biological applications and research investigations into the fibrous elements of biology.

This study seeks to examine how the conversion of grain elevators into housing is an effective method of adaptive reuse. It uses theories and concepts on heritage preservation, downtown revitalization, place theory and environmental sustainability. Based on the literature review, there is a need for change in planning policy and there are both advantages and disadvantages to adaptive reuse. The methodology and data sources include examining and analyzing planning documents, surveys for the public and professionals, and demographic data. Case studies included converted grain elevators located in Australia and Norway and also a case study in Canada for the purpose of future recommendations. These methods answer the research question of how do planning policies and the perspectives of planning professionals and the public affect the process of the adaptive reuse of grain elevators into housing? Subsequent questions include topics such as whether adaptive reuse is an effective approach to downtown revitalization, which policies impede or facilitate the process, how perspectives influence decisions, and how demographics are linked to housing availability. The significance of this study on planning practice is that it helps form policy recommendations to address the needs of the public and help improve the efficiency of adaptive reuse in the planning process. In conclusion, the public and professionals were generally in favour of this type of adaptive reuse but many had concerns about cost and gentrification. Also, more policies need to be created that address adaptive reuse specifically. For the future use of the Toronto case study I recommended that converting the grain elevator into housing is the optimal choice. The limitations of this study include data availability, non-responses for surveys, language barriers, case study locations, and time constraints.

A new laboratory permeameter was developed for measuring the hydraulic conductivity of gravels ranging from 0.1 to 2 m/s. The release of pneumatic pressure applied to the test specimen induces an underdamped oscillatory response of the water level above the permeameter, similar to an underdamped in situ slug test response in monitoring wells. A closed form model was derived to calibrate the hydraulic minor losses in the permeameter and the hydraulic conductivity of the specimen by performing tests without and with a specimen. The majority of each test series performed on individual specimens produced hydraulic conductivity values within 10% of the average, which is very small for such a measurement. Tests were performed using the permeameter on a collection of subrounded and angular gravels prepared to measured grain size distributions and porosities. The surface area was determined by evaluating the shape and angularity using a method developed in this research and these parameters were used with the measured tortuosity and hydraulic conductivity, to back calculate the packing factor of the Kozeny-Carman equation. The results show that the packing factor for the gravels and materials tested is proportional to the tortuosity cubed. These results provide a valuable update to the Kozeny-Carman equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of gravels. Field slug interference tests were performed in pairs of monitoring wells installed at the same elevation in a floodplain deposit of silty sand in Dedham MA. Slug tests were performed in one of the wells while the response was monitored simultaneously in both wells. The measured responses were both analyzed by modifying the KGS model of Hyder et al. (1994) to consider the wellbore storage and filter packs effects. This modification was found to produce estimates of hydraulic conductivity based on the slugged well response that compared well with that estimated based on the observation well's response. Calibrated hydraulic conductivities for the pairs of wells tested ranged from 4x10-6 to 1.5x10-5 m/s and specific storage ranged from 2x10-5 to 7x10-4 m-1.

Att besitta en god läsförståelse är viktigt för att kunna fungera i samhället men också lyckas i skolan. Läsförståelse är en komplex process vilken innefattar många olika delar. För att eleverna ska utveckla sin läsförståelse är lärarens val i undervisningen avgörande. I forskning framkommer mycket information om hur läraren kan arbeta för att utveckla läsförståelse. Forskning är dock bristfällig rörande hur lärare beskriver att de arbetar i praktiken med läsförståelse och vad de uppfattar som gynnsamt för att alla elever ska utveckla läsförståelse. Särskilt lite forskning finns gällande elever i läsförståelsesvårigheter. Syftet med denna studie är därför att öka kunskapen om hur lärare i F-3 beskriver att de arbetar för att utveckla läsförståelse. Särskilt fokus läggs på elever i läsförståelsesvårigheter. Syftet avses att uppfyllas med hjälp av följande frågeställningar:  ·       Hur förklarar och motiverar lärare i årskurs F-3 sitt arbete med att utveckla elevers läsförståelse?    ·       Hur förklarar och motiverar lärare i årskurs F-3 sitt arbete med att utveckla läsförståelse för elever i läsförståelsesvårigheter? I studien användes en kvalitativ semistrukturerad fokusintervju för att samla in materialet. Det var sex lärare från tre skolor som deltog. Resultatet analyserades sedan med utgångspunkt i ett sociokulturellt perspektiv. Resultatet i studien visar att lärarna anser det är viktigt att arbeta med utveckling av förmågorna avkodning, ord- och begreppsförståelse samt förmågan att använda läsförståelsestrategier genom varierade arbetssätt. För de elever i läsförståelsesvårigheter är den komponent som eleven brister i gällande ovanstående det som hen behöver arbeta med både genom intensivträning och genom anpassade arbetsformer tillsammans i klassen, där arbete med bildstöd och förförståelse kan fungera som stödjande verktyg för eleven. Sammanfattningsvis är det svårt att beskriva exakt hur lärare arbetar för att bana väg för alla elevernas läsförståelseutveckling. Alla elever är olika och läraren behöver anpassa sin undervisning efter elevgruppen.
Developing reading comprehension is an important competence for being able to function in society but also to succeed in school. Reading comprehension is a complex process which involves many different parts. For students to develop their reading comprehension, the teacher's choice in teaching is crucial. Research reveals a lot of information about how the teacher can work to develop reading comprehension. However, there is a lack in research regarding how teachers describe that they work in practice with reading comprehension and what they perceive as favorable for all students to develop reading comprehension. There is very little research regarding students with reading comprehension difficulties. The aim of this study is therefore to increase the knowledge of how teachers in grades F-3 describe that they work to develop reading comprehension. A special focus is placed on students with reading comprehension difficulties. The aim will be fulfilled with the help of the following questions: • How do teachers in grades F-3 explain and motivate their work to develop students' reading comprehension?• How do teachers in grades F-3 explain and motivate their work to develop reading comprehension for students with reading comprehension difficulties?  In the study, qualitative semi-structured focus interviews are used to collect data. Six teachers from three schools participated. The results were then analyzed based on a socio-cultural perspective. The results of the study show that the teachers consider it important to work with the development of the abilities decoding, word and concept comprehension as well as the ability to use reading comprehension strategies through varied working methods. For students with reading comprehension difficulties, the component that the student lacks in the above is what he or she needs to work with both through intensive training and through adapted working methods together in class, where work with pictures and pre-understanding can serve as supportive tools for the student. In summary, it is difficult to describe exactly how teachers work to pave the way for all students' reading comprehension development. All students are different, and the teacher needs to adapt his or her teaching to the student group.