A Mechanism for Void Avoidance in Real-Time Routing oriented Medical Applications

To avoid the negative impact of void areas (i.e. holes)on medical application routing efficiency, we propose a neworiented void avoidance mechanism for wireless sensor networks embedded in medical environment. To choose the forwarding region (clockwise or anticlockwise) around the void, proposed mechanism is guided by the destination location with respect to the void. Our mechanism uses the right-hand rule to discover boundary nodes of the void and geometric formulas to obtain the forwarding region of a source node near the void. This node reduces its forwarding candidate set according to its already obtained forwarding region. Proposed approach is simple to implement, economic and could incorporate various other optimizations studies. Simulation results showed the effectiveness of the proposed mechanism which gives better performancecompared to traditional schemes

Friction and Wear Performance of Biomaterials Alloy AISI 316L and Ti-6Al-7Nb

We became interested in this work to study the tribological behavior of two total hip replacements steel AISI 316L and titanium alloy Ti-6Al-7Nb tests performed in this work are essays with reciprocating movement. The tribological properties of wear by sliding (reciprocating) for the different samples were evaluated in the air on a tribometer with a tribotester software software following standards: ISO 7148, ASTM G99-95a, ASTM G 133-95, with a relative humidity of 33-38% at a temperature 24 to 27°C and a non-lubricated state. The ball 100C6 steel of 10 mm diameter, 835 HV hardness and Young’s modulus 310 GPa was chosen as the antagonist to prevent further chemical reactions. Three different speeds (1, 6 and 15 mms-1) and four normal forces (2, 4, 6 and 10 N) were applied, which allowed us to test twelve different conditions. The values of the friction coefficient obtained in this work are confirmed by the bibliographical results and meet the standards imposed by biomedical particularly at the joint surface state of hip prostheses

Characterisation of R.F. magnetron sputtered Cr-N, Cr-Zr-N and Zr-N coatings

Binary Cr-N, Zr-N and Cr-Zr-N films were synthesised using a R.F. reactive magnetron sputtering technique by co-sputtering Cr and Zr. The crystalline structure, morphology, mechanical and tribological properties of the films as a function of Zr content were characterised by X-ray diffraction, microanalysis X (WDS, EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, nanoindentation, scratch adhesion and pin-on-disc sliding wear tests. The residual stress was calculated with the Stoney formula. The Cr-Zr-N films exhibit a two-phase microstructure, containing a cubic (CrN, ZrN) with hexagonal (Cr2N, Zr2N) phases, as shown by X-ray diffraction. As the Zr content increased, a columnar and compact structure is developed with a low surface roughness. The results reveal that the mechanical and tribological properties of the films were found to depend on the Zr content and the hardness (maximum 26.3 GPa) is greatly improved in comparison with CrN and ZrN films, especially at 31 at.-% Zr. In the scratch test, the hardest film (Cr0.18Zr0.31N0.47) exhibited an adhesive failure at Lc2 = 34.3 N

Synthesis, microstructural and tribological characterization of calcined nano-bioceramic α- al2o3, sintered at different temperatures

The current research was undertaken to study the improvement of the tribological behavior of nanocrystalline bioceramic, α-alumina sample, produced by the calculations of gibbsite at different temperatures (300 to 1200°C), followed by uniaxial pressing, sintering and HIP treatment. The improved friction and wear resistance is attributed to the fine microstructure of the sample calcined at 1400 °C

Structural and mechanical properties of Cr–Zr–N coatings with different Zr content

Cr–Zr–N films have been synthesised using R.F reactive magnetron sputtering system on Si (100) wafer and XC100 steel substrate without heating. The structural, mechanical and friction coefficient evolution as a function of the Zr content were investigated by XRD, (EDS, WDS), WPS, XPS, SEM, AFM, nanoindentation, Scratch adhesion and pin-on-disc sliding wear tests. The results show, that, with increasing Zr content, the film structure changed with the coexistence of (Cr–N, Zr–N) crystallographic orientation mixture. The films formed a (Cr, Zr) N solid solution where Zr atoms substitute Cr atoms. CrN lattice parameter increased from 4.17 to 4.32 Å with the crystallite size refinement. The mechanical parameters (H, σ, E, H/E and H3/ E2) were significantly improved in comparison to binary films, especially at 29 at.-% Zr. The friction and wear behaviour of the Cr–Zr (29 at.-% Zr)–N coating also showed a significant improvement

Thermal treatment effect on structural and mechanical properties of Cr–C coatings

In the present study, the effect of thermal treatment on the mechanical and structural properties of chromium carbide coatings with different thicknesses is evaluated. The coatings were deposited by cathodic magnetron sputtering on XC100 steel substrates. Samples were annealed in vacuum, at different temperatures ranging from 700 to 1000°C for 1 h, resulting in the formation of chromium carbides. X-ray diffraction (XRD), microanalysis X/energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy analysis were used to characterise the samples. Mechanical properties were evaluated by nano-indentation tests and the residual stress was calculated with the Stoney formula. The XRD analysis suggests the formation of the Cr7C3, Cr23C6 carbides at 900°C. For thin films, they transformed totally to ternary (Cr, Fe)7C3 carbides and their partial transformation has been observed in the case of thick films at 1000°C, without the formation of Cr3C2. The EDS and XPS showed the diffusion mechanism between the chromium film and the steel substrate for the Cr, Fe, C, O elements during the annealing treatment. The increase of chromium film thickness from 0.5 to 2.64 μm, contributed to the significant enhancement of mechanical properties such as hardness (H) (from 12 to 26.3 GPa) and Young’s Modulus (E) (from 250 to 330 GPa), respectively

Effect of Replacing Vanadium by Niobium and Iron on the Tribological Behavior of HIPed Titanium Alloys

This study aims to examine the effect of replacing vanadium by niobium and iron on the tribological behavior of hot-isostatic-pressed titanium alloy (Ti–6Al–4V) biomaterial, using a ball-on-disk-type oscillating tribometer, under wet conditions using physiological solution in accordance with the ISO7148 standards. The tests were carried out under a normal load of 6 N, with an AISI 52100 grade steel ball as a counter face. The morphological changes and structural evolution of the nanoparticle powders using different milling times (2, 6, 12 and 18 h) were studied. The morphological characterization indicated that the particle and crystallite size continuously decrease with increasing milling time to reach the lowest value of 4 nm at 18-h milling. The friction coefficient and wear rate were lower in the samples milled at 18 h (0.226, 0.297 and 0.423; and 0.66 × 10−2, 0.87 × 10−2 and 1.51 × 10−2 µm3 N−1 µm−1) for Ti–6Al–4Fe, Ti–6Al–7Nb and Ti–6Al–4V, respectively. This improvement in friction and wear resistance is attributed to the grain refinement at 18-h milling. The Ti–6Al–4Fe samples showed good tribological performance for all milling times

LEÓN, JOSÉ CLAUDIO DE Y SRA. [Material gráfico]

Copia digital. Madrid : Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, 201

Routing optimization in wireless sensor netwoks for real-time applications

La résolution du problème des vides dans le routage géographique dédié aux réseaux de capteurs sans fil (RCS), rencontrés lors de la remontée des informations vers les nœuds collecteurs à partir des nœuds du réseau, constitue un verrou technologique qui reste un problème ouvert encore aujourd'hui. Cette thèse, contrairement aux méthodes traditionnelles, propose une nouvelle approche pour la prise en charge de ces vides tout en optimisant l'efficacité énergétique des nœuds déployés dans un RCS faisant ainsi du routage proposé une solution adéquate pour l'acheminement des informations en temps réel. Celui-ci se base sur l'information géographique concernant le nœud courant, les vides voisins et le nœud destinataire du paquet. Notre proposition agit aussi sur des mécanismes assurant la découverte, l'annonce et la maintenance des vides d'un RCS. Le premier protocole proposé, appelé VT-SPEED, est construit sur la base d'une fonction évolutive intégrant un mécanisme d'évitement adaptatif des vides et considérant simultanément la charge des nœuds candidats au routage et leur information géographique de localisation. Afin d'optimiser l'efficacité énergétique de VT-SPEED, notre proposition inclut par ailleurs de nouvelles routines sur la base de fonctions paramétriques pour la prise en compte de l'énergie dans le routage : (a) suppression des paquets retardés sur la base de leur échéance et (b) équilibrage de charge dans le choix des sauts des paquets. Les résultats enregistrés par le protocole résultant, appelé VE-SPEED, montrent que l'approche proposée prend en compte les flux de type temps-réel, possède une grande tolérance aux vides, conserve mieux l'énergie des nœuds de bordure, assure un meilleur équilibrage de charge, et consomme de manière optimisée l'énergie des nœuds capteursResolution of the void-problem in geographical routing in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is an open problem and it can be considered as key issue in disseminating data from sensor nodes to sinks. In this thesis, unlike previously-proposed methods, we address this problem in a different manner by proposing a novel approach to handle both voids and real-time flows with optimizing energy-efficiency of deployed nodes in a WSN. The proposed approach is based on the geographic information of the current node, of the neighbor voids and of the sink. Our proposal relies on the mechanisms that discover voids, announce them and then maintain them. The first proposed protocol, called VT-SPEED, is based on an adaptive void-avoidance mechanism that considers both load of routing candidate nodes and their localization information. To make VT-SPEED energy-aware, we also propose new routines based on parameterized functions that handle routing dissipation energy : (a) dropping out-of-order packets and (b) load-balancing when choosing next hop of packets. The resulting protocol, called VE-SPEED, has satisfactory results which show that the proposed approach satisfies the real-time constraints of data flows, tolerates voids, preserves energy resources of boundary nodes, balances load between nodes and has optimal energy consumptio

Void Avoiding in Advance Real-Time Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

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