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Evaluation of aging behavior under salt-fog spray conditions of green sandwich structures
2018
In this paper, the aging resistance of sandwich structures made with cork agglomerate as core and flax-reinforced polymeric laminates as face sheets was investigated for the first time. In order to evaluate their durability in a hostile environment, a sandwich plate was manufactured by vacuum bagging technique and aged under salt-fog spray conditions, according to ASTM B 117 standard. The evolution of the sandwich mechanical properties during the aging exposition was analyzed by carrying out quasi-static flexural tests and Charpy impact tests both on unaged specimens and on specimens aged for 10, 25, and 60 days, respectively. The quasi-static experimental results showed that despite the sa…
An experimental investigation on air quality inside WindJet aircraft
2012
ABSTRACT In order to improve the passengers and crew comfort during the flight, the aim of the present paper is a study of the cabin air quality through experimental measures on randomly selected flight segments of an Italian airline company, WindJet. Carbon dioxide, ultrafine particles, temperature and relative humidity have been measured by using low cost high efficiency instrumental equipments. Exploring ways to improve aircraft cabin air quality, WindJet and University of Palermo are investigating equipment, filters and components of the ventilation system. In this paper, after description of both ventilation systems for aircrafts of WindJet and the instrumental equipments used to measu…
Risk Assessment of Fuel Quantity Indicator Replacement in ATR72 Aircraft
2015
Aircraft maintenance activities are rife with opportunities for error. The concurrent in-flight failure of all of the engines of a non-scheduled airline flight and the following list of human lives highlight one of these opportunities. As commonly recognized among flight operators, each flight safety agency follows the criteria of the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 16 in which all the evidences of the technical investigation pave the way for avoiding future flight accidents or incidents. On the other hand, when the Italian penal procedure code was applied for the Tuninter aircraft ATR 72 (identification code TS-LBB) crash at issue on 6 August 2005 near Palermo (Italy), the…
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF A VIRTUAL HYBRID PLATFORM FOR MULTISCALE ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED STRUCTURES OF AIRCRAFT (DEVISU)
2022
This paper outlines the main findings of the project “DEvelopment and applications of a VIrtual hybrid platform for multiscale analysis of advanced StructUres of aircraft” (DEVISU), which deals with failure of composite structures and noise/vibration reduction, along with investigation of new materials for aerospace applications.
Computational Analysis of the Active Control of Incompressible Airfoil Flutter Vibration Using a Piezoelectric V-Stack Actuator
2021
The flutter phenomenon is a potentially destructive aeroelastic vibration studied for the design of aircraft structures as it limits the flight envelope of the aircraft. The aim of this work is to propose a heuristic design of a piezoelectric actuator-based controller for flutter vibration suppression in order to extend the allowable speed range of the structure. Based on the numerical model of a three degrees of freedom (3DOF) airfoil and taking into account the FEM model of a V-stack piezoelectric actuator, a filtered PID controller is tuned using the population decline swarm optimizer PDSO algorithm, and gain scheduling (GS) of the controller parameters is used to make the control adapti…
Sacelli "dimenticati" nell’area urbana di Akragas
2016
International audience; Between 1927 and 1930, Pirro Marconi investigated a small rectangular structure near house Filippazzo, in the central urban area of Akragas. The presence of a bothros and fragments of female figures with stephane suggested the presence of a small sanctuary or themenos for chthonic deities. The little news published by Marconi and the vague indication of location made us forget the existence of this sanctuary for many years. However, a survey carried out in 2016 allowed to identify the remains of Marconi’s structure, partly covered by ground. At the same time, other little-known structures have been identified. In some cases, their function is still unknown.
Margini e interstizi vegetati per una città resiliente
2021
La mancanza di vegetazione all’interno delle nostre città e, soprattutto, dei centri storici determina oggi, alla luce dei cambiamenti climatici in corso, notevoli problematiche tra le quali vanno annoverate – tra quelle più gravi – l’impossibilità di contrastare efficacemente le ondate di calore, sempre più frequenti in ambito Mediterraneo, con conseguente aumento dei consumi energetici degli edifici dovuti alla necessità di garantire il comfort indoor e l’incapacità di rallentare il deflusso delle acque meteoriche che a causa degli eventi di pioggia estremi e dell’impermeabilità dei suoli rendono sempre più inefficaci i sistemi di drenaggio urbano esistenti. L’utilizzo della vegetazione c…
ZS "Avotiņi" saimnieciskās darbības analīze un nākotnes attīstības perspektīvas
2016
Maģistra darbā ir veikta ZS “Avotiņi” saimnieciskā darba analīze, izmantojot sekojošas analīzes metodes: •pārskata lasīšana; •horizontālā analīze; •vertikālā analīze; •finanšu koeficientu aprēķināšana. Finanšu pārskatu lietotāji, veicot finanšu analīzi, var iegūt informāciju par uzņēmuma saimniecisko vai finanšu stāvokli. Tas ļauj pieņemt lēmumus par līdzekļu investēšanu, tādejādi jebkurš lēmums var būtiski ietekmēt tālāku saimniecisko un finansiālo darbību. Darba teorētiskajā daļā autore maģistra darbā apraksta finansiālā stāvokļa mērķus un metodes, raksturo informācijas avotus un lietotājus. Lai novērtētu uzņēmuma saistību racionālu izmantošanu, darba praktiskajā daļā tiek novērtēta bilan…
Galda spēļu stāvokļu automātiska atpazīšana
2018
Darba mērķis ir izveidot Android lietotni, kas ļauj izmantot iebūvēto kameru, lai nobildētu galda spēli un automātiski atpazīst tajā galda spēles stāvokli. Galda spēles stāvoklis darbā tiek definēts kā kopa, kas satur atbildes uz sekojošiem jautājumiem: kāda spēle tiek spēlēta un kāds ir rezultāts. Darbā tiek izklāstīti praktiski risinājumi un algoritmi, tādi kā atpazīt un izgriezt spēles laukumu no attēla, atpazīt tajā spēles kauliņus un izvadīt spēles rezultātu.
SENSIBILIZZAZIONE AD ANISAKIS IN CATEGORIE PROFESSIONALI ESPOSTE IN AMBITO OCCUPAZIONALE IN SICILIA
2017
INTRODUZIONE: La diffusione su larga scala del consumo di pesce crudo ha contribuito all’incremento di manifestazioni allergiche conseguenti al contatto col parassita del pesce Anisakis. Obiettivo dello studio è stato quello di stimare il rischio di contrarre allergie Anisakis-correlate in lavoratori del comparto ittico e della ristorazione. MATERIALI E METODI: È stato realizzato uno studio cross-sectional per stimare la prevalenza della sensibilizzazione ad Anisakis simplex (As) su un campione di 46 cuochi e/o addetti alla preparazione degli alimenti reclutati nella provincia di Palermo. A tutti i soggetti è stato somministrato un questionario clinico-anamnestico ed è stato effettuato un p…