42 research outputs found

    ARTEMIS: A complete mission architecture to bridge the gap between humanity and near-Earth asteroids

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    Asteroid retrieval missions have recently attracted increasing interest from the community and could provide opportunities for scienti c exploration, resource utilisation and even the development of planetary defence strategies. This paper was developed as a result of a 6-month MSc group project, realised by a total of 14 students at Cran eld University pursuing the Astronautics & Space Engineering degree. An overall system design is proposed for a technology demonstrator mission to move a near-Earth asteroid into an easily-accessible location where it could be further explored by future missions. The target nal orbit is a southern halo orbit around the Lagrange point (L2) on the Sun-Earth system. ARTEMIS (Asteroid Retrieval Technology Mission) abides by ESAs constraints for a Large (L) mission call: realised in only one launch with Ariane 64, an operational duration of less than 15 years and a cost at completion of at most e1100M. The proposed mission combines the design of optimal trajectories, employs advanced solar electric propulsion and introduces a be tting level of spacecraft autonomy. The target is the 2006 RH120 asteroid, with an approximate diameter of 6.5 m and mass of roughly 350 tons. To re ne existing data, the ARROW CubeSat mission (Asteroid Reconnaissance to Research Object Worthiness) is to be launched a year prior to the main mission to probe the asteroid via a y-by. ARROW will provide valuable information, such as the asteroids spin rate, rotational axis and better mass estimate, increasing the overall chance of mission success. The main mission will then capture and secure the asteroid using a mechanism of arm-like booms with xenon- lled VectranTM bags. To allow for proper adaptability to the objects shape and mass distribution, as well as preserve the asteroid unaltered, the mechanism is fully contained in fabric that encapsulates the asteroid. The paper concludes that such a mission is conditionally feasible, and summarises the design process resulting in the nal overall mission baseline design. It also examines the practicality of the suggested design for future missions such as space debris removal or its ability to retrieve celestial bodies with variable mass and shape. Proper adaptation of the design could allow for retrieval of similar size or smaller objects. The future implementation of this mission may further the understanding of the origin of the solar system and act as a catalyst to a new celestial body exploitation industry

    Thermographic imaging in sports and exercise medicine: a Delphi study and consensus statement on the measurement of human skin temperature

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    The importance of using infrared thermography (IRT) to assess skin temperature (tsk) is increasing in clinical settings. Recently, its use has been increasing in sports and exercise medicine; however, no consensus guideline exists to address the methods for collecting data in such situations. The aim of this study was to develop a checklist for the collection of tsk using IRT in sports and exercise medicine. We carried out a Delphi study to set a checklist based on consensus agreement from leading experts in the field. Panelists (n = 24) representing the areas of sport science (n = 8; 33%), physiology (n = 7; 29%), physiotherapy (n = 3; 13%) and medicine (n = 6; 25%), from 13 different countries completed the Delphi process. An initial list of 16 points was proposed which was rated and commented on by panelists in three rounds of anonymous surveys following a standard Delphi procedure. The panel reached consensus on 15 items which encompassed the participants’ demographic information, camera/room or environment setup and recording/analysis of tsk using IRT. The results of the Delphi produced the checklist entitled “Thermographic Imaging in Sports and Exercise Medicine (TISEM)” which is a proposal to standardize the collection and analysis of tsk data using IRT. It is intended that the TISEM can also be applied to evaluate bias in thermographic studies and to guide practitioners in the use of this technique

    Dinâmica e origem de asteroides de alta inclinação

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    Asteroides de alta inclinação são objetos com sin(i) > 0.3. Entre estes asteroides podemos distinguir objetos com inclinação menor que o centro da ressonância secular ν6 = g−g6 e objetos com inclinação superior. Os atuais mecanismos de mobilidade dinâmica não podem aumentar facilmente inclinações menores do que do centro da ressonância ν6. A presença de objetos de alta inclinação pode, portanto, estar relacionada com fases iniciais do Sistema Solar. Neste trabalho obtemos elementos próprios sintéticos para a região da família de Pallas, encontramos grupos dinâmicos e determinamos a significância estatística destes grupos. Estudamos a evolução dinâmica devida a perturbações planetárias e efeitos não gravitacionais das famílias e clumps identificados na região das famílias de Pallas e Hansa (Carruba 2010b). Estudamos regiões dinamicamente estáveis, que são surpreendentemente caracterizadas por um número muito baixo de asteroides, contrariamente a objetos de baixa inclinação que ocupam tudo a região dinamicamente viável. Identificamos duas areas caracterizadas por tempos de permanência de 100 milhões de anos o mais, quando a força Yarkovsky é considerada, com baixa densidade de asteroides. Obtemos elementos próprios sintéticos para 10865 objetos na região da família de Euphrosyne e identificamos famílias e clumps no domínio dos elementos próprios e frequências. Com relação a outros trabalhos sobre identificação de famílias na área, aqui nos investigamos o efeito que a rede local de ressonâncias seculares tem sobre a evolução dinâmica das famílias e clumps. Identificamos por primeira vez, novas populações de objetos em estados ressoantes de libração anti-alinhada de ν6 e anti-alinhada e alinhada de ν5.Highly inclined asteroids are objects with sin(i) > 0.3. Among these asteroids we can distinguish between objects with inclinations lower than the center of the secular resonance ν6 = g−g6 and objects with higher inclinations. The current mechanisms of dynamical mobility cannot easily increase inclinations to value higher than that of the center of the ν6 resonance. The presence of high inclination objects may therefore be related to early stages of the Solar System. In this work we obtained synthetic proper elements for the region of the Pallas family, we found dynamical groups and determined the statistical significance of these groups. We studied the dynamic the dynamical evolution caused by planetary perturbations and non-gravitational effects of the families and clumps identified in the region of the Pallas and Hansa families (Carruba 2010b). We studied regions dynamically stable that on surprisingly characterized by a low number of asteroids, contrary to objects of lower inclinations that tend to occupy all the viable stable regions. We identified two areas characterized by permanence time of 100 Myr or more when the Yarkovsky force is considered, but with a small number density of bodies. We obtained synthetic proper elements for 10865 objects in the region of the Euphrosyne families and identify families and clumps in the domain of proper elements and frequencies. With respect to other work on family identification in the area, here we investigated the role that the local web of secular resonances has had on the dynamical evolution of families and clumps. We identify for the first time, new populations of objects inν6 anti-aligned libration and ν5 anti-aligned and aligned resonant states.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES

    Ingeniería de métodos para incrementar la productividad en la línea de polo camisero de la empresa Grupo Saldaña Ate, 2020

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    El presente trabajo va a determinar de qué manera la ingeniería de métodos incrementa la productividad en la línea de polo camisero de la empresa Grupo Saldaña Ate, 2020. Disminuyendo las operaciones que implican fatigas y recorridos innecesarios del personal durante la producción, así como también la reducción de productos defectuosos. El tipo de investigación es aplicada, de enfoque cuantitativo, diseño preexperimental, la población y la muestra se estableció por conveniencia 30 días en la medición de nuestras variables, re realizo un plan de acción donde se ejecutó la propuesta, la implementación del diagrama de análisis de proceso, diagrama bimanual, tiempo estándar y balance de línea para conocer el cuello de botella. los resultados en la productividad antes tienen un promedio total de 60.50%, el después tiene un promedio de 80.89% y se tiene un incremento de 20.40%. La eficiencia antes tiene un promedio total de 88.66%, el después tiene un promedio de 92.22% incremento en un 3.56%. Y la eficacia antes tiene un promedio total de 68.24%, el después tiene un promedio de 87.71% incremento en 19.48%. concluimos que la ingeniería de métodos incrementa la productividad en la línea de polo camisero de la empresa Grupo Saldaña Ate, 202
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