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Computational analysis of projectile impact resistance on aluminium (a356) curvilinear surface reinforced with carbon nanotubes (cnts) for applications in systems of protection
Computational tests for ballistic impact energy absorption were developed on A356/CNTs composite material with the goal of estimating the improvement of the material’s mechanical properties by the contribution of the CNTs [1]. For the implementation of computational tests on the material exposed to projectile impact, A356/CNTs was configured by means of generalized Hooke’s model for anisotropic materials [1] and Johnson-Cook’s model was used to determine material failure and propagation of energy [2]. A curvilinear surface (semi-spheres on a plaque) with an area of 23x23 cm and thickness of 12 mm was elaborated to represent the composite material. The impact on surface was done with a 9 mm projectile and the surface was developed with 4.5 mm radium semi-spheres. It was used a 0.3% of nanotube insertions on the composite total volume. The results indicated the plaque stopped the impact without drilling. Incidence of damage to wearer, as well as possibility of composite material improvement and the diffusion/dispersion analysis on the curvilinear surface was also done
An X-ray characterization of the central region of the SNR G332.5-5.6
We present an X-ray analysis of the central region of supernova remnant (SNR)
G332.5-5.6 through an exhaustive analysis of XMM-Netwon observations with
complementary infrared observations. We characterize and discuss the origin of
the observed X-ray morphology, which presents a peculiar plane edge over the
west side of the central region. The morphology and spectral properties of the
X-ray supernova remnant were studied using a single full frame XMM-Newton
observation in the 0.3 to 10.0 keV energy band. Archival infrared WISE
observations at 8, 12 and 24 \mu m were also used to investigate the properties
of the source and its surroundings at different wavelengths. The results show
that the extended X-ray emission is predominantly soft (0.3-1.2 keV) and peaks
around 0.5 keV, which shows that it is an extremely soft SNR. X-ray emission
correlates very well with central regions of bright radio emission. On the west
side the radio/X-ray emission displays a plane-like feature with a terminal
wall where strong infrared emission is detected. Our spatially resolved X-ray
spectral analysis confirms that the emission is dominated by weak atomic
emission lines of N, O, Ne, and Fe, all of them undetected in previous X-ray
studies. These characteristics suggest that the X-ray emission is originated in
an optically thin thermal plasma, whose radiation is well fitted by a
non-equilibrium ionization collisional plasma (VNEI) X-ray emission model. Our
study favors a scenario where G332.5-5.6 is expanding in a medium with an
abrupt density change (the wall), likely a dense infrared emitting region of
dust on the western side of the source.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables. Accepted for publication in A&
Detailed study of SNR G306.3-0.9 using XMM-Newton and Chandra observations
We used combined data from XMM-Newton and Chandra observatories to study the
X-ray morphology of SNR G306.3-0.9. A spatially-resolved spectral analysis was
used to obtain physical and geometrical parameters of different regions of the
remnant. Spitzer infrared observations were also used to constrain the
progenitor supernova and study the environment in which the SNR evolved. The
X-ray morphology of the remnant displays a non-uniform structure of
semi-circular appearance, with a bright southwest region and very weak or
almost negligible X-ray emission in its northern part. These results indicate
that the remnant is propagating in a non-uniform environment as the shock
fronts are encountering a high-density medium, where enhanced infrared emission
is detected. The X-ray spectral analysis of the selected regions shows distinct
emission-line features of several metal elements, confirming the thermal origin
of the emission. The X-ray spectra are well represented by a combination of two
absorbed thermal plasma models: one in equilibrium ionization with a mean
temperature of ~0.19 keV, and another out of equilibrium ionization at a higher
temperature of ~1.1 or 1.6-1.9 keV. For regions located in the northeast,
central, and southwest part of the SNR, we found elevated abundances of Si, S,
Ar, Ca, and Fe, typical of ejecta material. The outer regions located northwest
and south show values of the abundances above solar but lower than to those
found in the central regions. This suggests that the composition of the
emitting outer parts of the SNR is a combination of ejecta and shocked material
of the interstellar medium. The comparison between the S/Si, Ar/Si, and Ca/Si
abundances ratios (1.75, 1.27, and 2.72 in the central region, respectively),
favor a Type Ia progenitor for this SNR, a result that is also supported by an
independent morphological analysis using X-ray and IR data.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures. Accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysic
Water maser detections in southern candidates to post-AGB stars and Planetary Nebulae
We intended to study the incidence and characteristics of water masers in the
envelopes of stars in the post-AGB and PN evolutionary stages.
We have used the 64-m antenna in Parkes (Australia) to search for water maser
emission at 22 GHz, towards a sample of 74 sources with IRAS colours
characteristic of post-AGB stars and PNe, at declination . In our
sample, 39% of the sources are PNe or PNe candidates, and 50% are post-AGB
stars or post-AGB candidates.
We have detected four new water masers, all of them in optically obscured
sources: three in PNe candidates (IRAS 12405-6219, IRAS 15103-5754, and IRAS
16333-4807); and one in a post-AGB candidate (IRAS 13500-6106). The PN
candidate IRAS 15103-5754 has water fountain characteristics, and it could be
the first PN of this class found.
We confirm the tendency suggested in Paper I that the presence of water
masers in the post-AGB phase is favoured in obscured sources with massive
envelopes. We propose an evolutionary scenario for water masers in the post-AGB
and PNe stages, in which ``water fountain'' masers could develop during
post-AGB and early PN stages. Later PNe would show lower velocity maser
emission, both along jets and close to the central objects, with only the
central masers remaining in more evolved PNe.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures. Accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysic
E-pSylon: una herramienta para la teleenseñanza síncrona
Muchas de las herramientas de teleenseñanza actuales corresponden al modelo asíncrono, donde instructor y alumnos interactúan desde espacios y tiempos diferentes. El modelo de teleenseñanza síncrona permite incorporar estrategias probadas con éxito en la enseñanza presencial, donde el apoyo visual del instructor a las explicaciones facilita la comprensión por parte de los alumnos. Se consigue así una enseñanza guiada y una realimentación inmediata de los alumnos. En este trabajo se propone una herramienta
de teleenseñanza síncrona de sencillo manejo que permite el desarrollo de clases virtuales donde instructor y alumnos interactúan en tiempo real. También
se presenta la experiencia con el uso de la herramienta en asignaturas relacionadas con la Ingeniería Informática y algunas conclusiones al respecto.Peer Reviewe
Observational - relation for Sct stars using eclipsing binaries and space photometry
Delta Scuti ( Sct) stars are intermediate-mass pulsators, whose
intrinsic oscillations have been studied for decades. However, modelling their
pulsations remains a real theoretical challenge, thereby even hampering the
precise determination of global stellar parameters. In this work, we used space
photometry observations of eclipsing binaries with a Sct component to
obtain reliable physical parameters and oscillation frequencies. Using that
information, we derived an observational scaling relation between the stellar
mean density and a frequency pattern in the oscillation spectrum. This pattern
is analogous to the solar-like large separation but in the low order regime. We
also show that this relation is independent of the rotation rate. These
findings open the possibility of accurately characterizing this type of
pulsator and validate the frequency pattern as a new observable for
Sct stars.Comment: 11 pages, including 2 pages of appendix, 2 figures, 2 tables,
accepted for publication in ApJ
Current sensorless power factor correction based on digital current rebuilding
A new digital control technique for power factor correction is presented. The main novelty of the method is that there is no current sensor. Instead, the input current is digitally rebuilt, using the estimated input current for the current loop. Apart from that, the ADCs used for the acquisition of the input and output voltages have been designed ad-hoc. Taking advantage of the slow dynamic behavior of these voltages, almost completely digital ADCs have been designed, leaving only a comparator and an RC filter in the analog part. The final objective is obtaining a low cost digital controller which can be easily integrated in an ASIC along with the controller of paralleled and subsequent power section
Experimental study of solid mixing mechanism in a 2D fluidized bed
The main mechanism of solids mixing in bubbling fluidized beds is well understood. When a bubble rises through the bed, it carries a wake of particles to the bed surface. A downflow of solids exists in the region surrounding the rising bubbles, resulting on an overall convective circulation of particles in the axial direction (1).
In this work, a new method to characterize solids mixing in a 2D fluidized bed is developed. This mixing index is able to macroscopically characterize the rate of mixing in a fluidized bed by means of DIA. The mixing index is analogous to the Lacey’s mixing index of particle mixing (2). The experiments are carried out in a pseudo-2D fluidized bed using glass beads as bed material. These glass beads have the same density and diameter but half of them are painted in black (Figure-1). At the beginning of each experiment, the particles are placed in a perfectly lateral segregated state and then the fluidizing air is suddenly injected while images are recorded.
Two different regions are detected in the time evolution of the mixing index. The first one is a region with a fast convective mixing, where the initial boundary between the black and white particles is broken. The second one is a region where diffusive mixing is dominant and the particles clusters are mixed with the bulk following an exponential trend (Figure-1). These two mechanisms, as well as the overall mixing time are characterized for different superficial gas velocities and particle sizes.
REFERENCES M.J. Rhodes, X.S. Wang, M. Nguyen, P. Stewart, K. Liffman. Study of mixing in gas-fluidized beds using DEM model. Chem. Eng. Sci., 56(8):2859-2866, 2001. P.M.C. Lacey. Developments in the theory of particle mixing. J. Appl. Chem., 4:257-268, 1954.
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