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Transferts De Chaleur Dans Un Réacteur Thermochimique Solaire Muni D’Un Récepteur Volumique Poreux, Hernando Romero Paredes Rubio

Hernando Romero Paredes Rubio

Un réacteur thermochimique solaire de 1 kW muni d’une structure céramique poreuse en céramique est modélisé pour simuler les transferts thermiques a l’intérieur du récepteur volumétrique. Le modèle développé a été utilisé pour prévoir le comportement thermique du réacteur en fonction des différentes conditions opératoires qui concernent le débit de gaz inerte, le flux solaire incident, la porosité, la longueur du récepteur, et la prise en compte de réactions chimiques. Les résultats montrent que la température maximale est de 1850K pour une concentration solaire de 1000 soleils. La température diminue de manière significative lorsque le débit de gaz augmente. Un …

Variability Analysis Of Undrained Shear Strength For Reliability-Based Design, Site Onyejekwe, Xin Kang, Louis Ge, Richard Wesley Stephenson

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Description of the Spatial Variation of Compositional and Mechanical Soil Parameters is Often Paramount in Site Characterization of Geotechnical Design and Analysis. the Values of the Parameters Themselves Largely Depend on In-Situ State Factors Which Are Related to Spatial Locations. Also, for Large-Scale Engineering Projects Such as Earth Dams or Highways, It is Generally Expected that Heterogeneous Site Characteristics Will Be Revealed by Investigations at Spatially Distant Locations. Currently, Most Reliability-Based Design Methods Are based on the Second-Moment Statistics (Mean and Variance). However, They Are Unable to Adequately Describe the Spatial Variation of Soil Properties. in This Paper, Spatial Correlation …

Spatial Variation And Correlation Between Undrained Shear Strength And Plasticity Index, Xin Kang, Site Onyejekwe, Louis Ge, Richard Wesley Stephenson

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A Soil Variability Analysis is Presented in This Paper. About 317 Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Tests (UU) Were Carried Out on Undisturbed Samples from Four Locations in Missouri. the Spatial Variation of the Undrained Shear Strength and Plasticity Index Was Described by the Second-Moment Statistics (Mean and Variance). Meanwhile, the Correlation between the Undrained Shear Strength and Plasticity Index Was Established and Compared with Other Published Empirical Equations. the Results from the Soil Variability Analysis Provide a Framework to the Reliability-Based Design. © 2011 ASCE.

Sprawl In Canada And The United States (Powerpoint), Michael E. Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

PowerPoints for a speech explaining that sprawl in Canada is (1) less extensive than in the USA and (2) caused partially by government regulation.

The Value Of Built Heritage: Community, Economy And Environment, Janine Irons, Lynne Armitage

Lynne Armitage

Whilst legislatures at all levels of Australian government have been slower to establish heritage protection than many other OECD countries, the community’s commitment predates identifiable involvement by government in the conservation arena by more than two decades as illustrated by the foundation, in Sydney in the mid 1940’s, of the National Trust of Australia (AGPC 2006). It was not until the 1970’s that formal frameworks were established through statutory control mechanisms for the identification and protection of Australia’s rich stock of heritage places (Irons and Armitage 2010). Similarly, at the professional level, the relatively recent emergence and dissemination of standardised …

Understanding The Diversity Of Non-Specialised Units Within Australian Property Degrees, Connie Susilawati, Lynne Armitage

Lynne Armitage

Building on the recommendations of the Bradley Review (2008), the Australian Federal government intends to promote a higher level of penetration of tertiary qualification across the broader Australian community which is anticipated to result in increased levels of standardisation across university degrees. In the field of property, tertiary academic programs are very closely aligned to the needs of a range of built environment professions and there are well developed synergies between the relevant professional bodies and the educational institutions. The strong nexus between the academic and the professional content is characterised by ongoing industry accreditation which nominates a range of …

15 M: La Rebelión De Los Indignados, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Lo que está ocurriendo en el mundo árabe (Siria, Libia), el derrocamiento de Mubarak en Egipto, las movilizaciones contra Sarkozy o las estudiantiles en Inglaterra e Italia parecen haber llegado a España; pero no para quedarse allí, sino para regarse inconteniblemente por el mundo: Berlín, Paris, Londres, Lisboa en Europa; Nueva York y México, Bogotá y Buenos Aires en América, entre muchas ciudades. El escenario de la protesta son las ciudades y dentro de ellas, es el espacio público con mayor carga simbólica: la plaza o la calle frente a las Embajadas de España. En Madrid el epicentro de la …

A Virtual Supply Airflow Rate Meter In Rooftop Air Conditioning Units, Daihong Yu

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Dissertations, Thesis, and Student Research

Virtual sensing technology aims to estimate difficult to measure, expensive, or new quantities by using multifarious mathematical models along with non-invasive and low-cost measurements. Such embedded intelligence is a key to improving the performance of building systems in terms of functionality, safety, energy efficiency, environmental impacts, and costs. Considering the progress that has been achieved over many various fields (e.g., process controls, automobiles, avionics, autonomous robots, telemedicine) within the last two decades, numerous intelligent features have been incorporated and enabled that would otherwise not be possible or economical.

To identify the potential opportunities and research/development needs of virtual sensing technology …

On Archetypes And Building Adaptive Reuse, Craig Langston

Craig Langston

Building adaptive reuse is increasingly being applied as a solution to urban renewal where existing facilities have become obsolete but where significant physical life remains embedded in their structure and materials and/or where heritage and cultural values deserve to be protected. Revitalisation of buildings in this context is a valid response to climate change and sustainability agenda as it has the potential to reuse a large proportion of resources in place without destruction or substantial replacement. There are now a large number of examples of successful adaptive reuse projects across a broad range of facility types worldwide. This paper applies …

Border City, Gabriel Thomas Jewell-Vitale

Architecture Senior Theses

Thesis submitted by Gabriel Thomas Jewell-Vitale for completion of the B.Arch degree. Border city does not acknowledge border as a line, but as a territory. Border city opportunistically looks toward the merging of cultures and the exchange of people and flows. Border city is both port, souk, caravanserai, city and border crossing. Border city is a framework for a borderless city.

Social Infusion: The Theatre Of Spatial Diplomacy, Daley Wilson

Architecture Senior Theses

Due to the present global condition, urban environments that do not conform to

late-capitalistic desires, have faced the threat of gentrification. Through methods of

spatial diplomacy such as Brechtian programmatic pairings, this thesis will allow the

existing Kunsthaus Tacheles, which faces a crisis of squatter/artist culture versus

private commercial, to coexist in tension with new capital-producing programs

forming a social and spatial dialectic.

Casa Como Yo, Gabriela Montilla

Architecture Senior Theses

"The key to addressing Puerto Rico’s increased life expectancy is to provide housing that improves people’s quality of life while growing older. I contend that the role of architecture is to encourage people to embrace aging through a re-conceptualization of senior housing: designed as “not so senior” (which stigmatizes the older individual as being less capable) and more focused on life satisfaction- promoting free will, flexibility, and program integration. Housing for the aging population should accommodate spatial needs over time in a self-directed personal environment, as well as provide interest and connection to the larger urban community."

La (In) Consulta, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

En el fútbol es ampliamente conocido el aforismo popular que dice: el buen arbitro es aquel que no se lo siente. Trasladado este dicho al ámbito de la política actual en el país, podríamos decir que el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) se lo ha sentido en demasía en la Consulta Popular del 7 de mayo. La confianza sobre este árbitro se ha resquebrajado fuertemente, al extremo que se siente su desinstitucionalización y deslegitimidad. Pero también tenemos que el resultado de las empresas encuestadoras, nuevamente, no han funcionado. Es más, el exit poll de Santiago Pérez ha sido un verdadero desastre, …

¿Prevenir O Gobernar La Violencia?, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Un fantasma se cierne sobre América Latina: el fantasma de la violencia. Contra este fantasma se han conjurado en santa unión todos los organismos de cooperación internacional, los gobiernos de nuestros países, los partidos políticos de todos los signos, los medios de comunicación y las sociedades victimizadas.

Es un fantasma porque es la imagen de las personas muertas que, según dicen, se les aparecen permanentemente a los vivos; y se les aparece como percepción porque existe un crecimiento significativo de las tasas de homicidio, que en veinticinco años se han duplicado: se pasó de los 12 homicidios por cien mil …

How Much Do U.S. University Students Know, And Want To Know, About Sustainability And Green Building? The Findings Of A Survey, And Possible Implications For General Elective Curricula., Jeremy R. Farner

Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses

Using the survey approach, this investigation examined the attitudes and interest of college students at two universities in different geographic locations within the United States. Approximately 24,000 students from all disciplines and majors at Weber State University (WSU) in Utah, and 4,000 at Purdue University in Indiana, were invited to participate in a study to determine current knowledge, familiarity, and interest in topics within the sustainability and Green Building educational arena. The goal of this study was to determine what students already know, would like to know, and how much interest there would be in developing …

The Impacts Of Road Capacity Removal, Jason E. Billings

Master's Theses

The road infrastructure of North America is aging, and many governments are faced with a critical decision: do we repair or remove freeways from our urban centers? Freeway repair is exceptionally expensive, but removing a freeway is widely seen as a risky venture which may result in negative traffic effects. Therefore, it is necessary to gain a clearer understanding of how removing road capacity effects traffic distribution. Three freeway segments were ultimately selected for case study analysis: two in San Francisco and one in Milwaukee. This analysis consisted of identifying changes in the traffic volumes and volume-capacity (V/C) ratios in …

La Consulta Popular En Su Tramo Final, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Hemos llegado al final del referéndum y la consulta popular, convocadas por el Consejo Nacional Electoral, ante solicitud de la Presidencia de la República. Son 10 preguntas divididas en dos: las primeras como enmiendas Constitucionales y las otras, destinadas a captar la opinión de la población. Son cuatro temas centrales: justicia penal, libertad de expresión, enriquecimiento ilícito y muerte de animales en espectáculos públicos.

En el Ecuador las Consultas o Plebiscitos han sido presentados bajo la óptica jurídica, cuando en realidad el origen y los efectos han sido fundamentalmente políticos. Esta ocasión no ha sido diferente. Desde el principio, el …

Women's Specific Soccer Training Facility, Tockook Sabrina

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

My original intentions were to focus on healthy eating and designing a building that corresponds to the concept of cooking. Diving deeper into the concept I had come to discover the correspondence was not reaching the level that I desired. I knew that I enjoyed the concept of healthy nutrition, and exercise has been a constant theme in my life as well. This lead me to deal more stickily with nutrition and exercise.

Personally I have played soccer for 16 years of my life, and soccer was the first idea that came to my mind when thesis projects were first …

Harvester 1.0, Andrew Sorensen

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

One critical topic has always remained constant throughout the life of this thesis: efficient and multi-functioned urban land use.

It began with the questioning of golf courses and how much land they consumed for typically only a single, recreational function. After realizing the more direct and architectural programmatic relationships, the project shifted to the incorporation of farming into the urban environment while also linking it to today’s growing digital infrastructure needs. This thesis is a means of exploration through process and not necessarily an end result. The questions and potential that this project raises about the architectural relationships is what …

Agri-Remnant, Audrey Burns

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

Along the lonely stretch of Highway 69 just west of the York and Seward county line close to Gresham, Nebraska, lies a site which has become of keen interest in my search. Two decrepit barns, placed irregularly on the site, have fallen victim to neglect. Most likely the owner of the land has erected newer steel structures to hold his equipment and is letting time be the only factor in the process of deconstruction to these barns.

Constructed entirely of lumber and fasteners, and constructed by the handiwork of the landowner, these barns are some of the few remaining salvageable …