Search Results - "Dos Santos, E. D."

Constructal design of T-shaped assemblies of fins cooling a cylindrical solid body by Lorenzini, G., Biserni, C., Correa, R.L., dos Santos, E.D., Isoldi, L.A., Rocha, L.A.O.

“…This paper considers the numerical optimization of a T-shaped assembly of fins cooling a cylindrical solid body. The objective is to minimize the maximum…”
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Effect of Molecular Weight and Ionic Strength on the Formation of Polyelectrolyte Complexes Based on Poly(methacrylic acid) and Chitosan by de Vasconcelos, C. L, Bezerril, P. M, dos Santos, D. E. S, Dantas, T. N. C, Pereira, M. R, Fonseca, J. L. C

“…Chitosan/poly(methacrylic acid) complexes, CS/PMAA, were prepared via dropwise addition of a solution of PMAA to a solution of chitosan in acetic acid 2 wt %…”
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Constructal design applied to the optimization of complex geometries: T-Y-shaped cavities with two additional lateral intrusions cooled by convection by Lorenzini, G., Garcia, F.L., dos Santos, E.D., Biserni, C., Rocha, L.A.O.

“…In this paper we consider the geometrical optimization of a complex cavity, namely a T-Y-shaped cavity with two additional lateral intrusions into a solid…”
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Analysis of mixed convection in transient laminar and turbulent flows in driven cavities by dos Santos, E.D., Piccoli, G.L., França, F.H.R., Petry, A.P.

“…This work presents large eddy simulation of mixed convection in transient, two-dimensional laminar and turbulent flows in cavities. The Smagorinsky model is…”
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Matrix Effect Assessment of an Ion Chromatographic Method to Determine Inorganic Anions in Wastewater by Costa, Rachel B., Camiloti, Priscila R., Sabatini, Carolina A., dos Santos, Carla E. D., Lima Gomes, Paulo C. F., Adorno, Maria Ângela T.

“…Inorganic anion monitoring is essential for bioreactor operation and is related for pollution control or energy and products recovery. However, there is a lack…”
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The influence of oxidative degradation on the preparation of chitosan nanoparticles by FERNANDES, A. L. P, MORAIS, W. A, FONSECA, J. L. C, SANTOS, A. I. B, DE ARAUJO, A. M. L, DOS SANTOS, D. E. S, DOS SANTOS, D. S, PAVINATTO, F. J, OLIVEIRA, O. N, DANTAS, T. N. C, PEREIRA, M. R

“…Chitosan nanoparticles were obtained via ionic crosslinking by using the sulfate ion. Chitosan molecular weight was varied by oxidative degradation of the…”
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Constructal design of forced convective flows in channels with two alternated rectangular heated bodies by Feijó, B.C., Lorenzini, G., Isoldi, L.A., Rocha, L.A.O., Goulart, J.N.V., dos Santos, E.D.

“…•Forced convective laminar flows in channels with two mounted alternately bodies was studied.•Constructal Design and Exhaustive Search were used for geometric…”
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Geometric Evaluation of Bluff Bodies Arrangement under Turbulent Flows with Mixed Convection Heat Transfer by Teixeira, F. B., Lorenzini, G., Isoldi, L. A., dos Santos, E. D., O. Rocha, L. A.

“…This work consists of a numerical evaluation of the geometry of an arrangement of square heated obstacles under mixed convective turbulent flows. The geometry…”
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A constructal approach applied to the cooling of semi-elliptical blocks assembled into a rectangular channel under forced convection by Razera, A.L., da Fonseca, R.J.C., Isoldi, L.A., dos Santos, E.D., Rocha, L.A.O., Biserni, C.

“…•This study investigates numerically the design of heated semi-elliptical blocks assembled inside of forced convective channel flows.•The constructal design…”
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Numerical Study and Geometrical Investigation of an Inclined Passive Wall Solar Chimney over the Ventilation Performance of an Attached Room by Leão, M. R., Lorenzini, G., Claudino, T. M., Maia, C. B., O. Rocha, L. A., Isoldi, L. A., D. Estrada, E. S., Dos Santos, E. D.

“…The present numerical work investigates by means of Constructal Design the influence of the geometry of an inclined passive wall solar chimney on the…”
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Constructal Design and Simulated Annealing applied to the geometric optimization of an isothermal Double T-shaped cavity by Gonzales, G.V., Lorenzini, G., Isoldi, L.A., Rocha, L.A.O., dos Santos, E.D., Neto, A.J. Silva

“…•Constructal Design and Simulated Annealing were applied to optimize a Double T-shaped cavity.•The cavity was optimized for several height/length ratios of…”
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Constructal design applied to elliptic tubes in convective heat transfer cross-flow of viscoplastic fluids by Hermany, L., Lorenzini, G., Klein, R.J., Zinani, F.F., dos Santos, E.D., Isoldi, L.A., Rocha, L.A.O.

“…•It is studied convective heat transfer of non-Newtonian fluids over elliptic tubes.•Construtal Design is applied to the elliptical tube aspect ratio.•It is…”
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Influence of mixed convection laminar flows on the geometrical evaluation of a triangular arrangement of circular cylinders by Barros, G.M., Lorenzini, G., Isoldi, L.A., Rocha, L.A.O., dos Santos, E.D.

“…•Mixed convective laminar flow over triangular arrangement of cylinder was studied.•Triangular geometry arrangement of cylinders was evaluated with Constructal…”
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Preparation and Characterization of PAni-PMMA Dispersions by de Medeiros, D. W. O., Neto, C. G. da Trindade, dos Santos, D. E. S., Pavinatto, F. J., dos Santos, D. S., Oliveira, O. N., Job, A. E., Giacometti, J. A., Dantas, T. N. C., Pereira, M. R., Fonseca, J. L. C.

“…Blends of polyaniline (PAni) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) have been produced using core-shell particle synthesis, which is advantageous because it…”
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Two novel marine thruster concepts based on the Coanda effect by Lemos, R. L., Marques, C. H., El Halal, Y. B., dos Santos, E. D.

“…The present work addresses the conceptual development as well as the numeric simulation of two unconventional marine thrusters that employ the Coanda effect…”
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Constructal Design of Conductive Asymmetric Tri-Forked Pathways by Fagundes, T. M., Lorenzini, G., Estrada, E. da S. D., Isoldi, L. A., dos Santos, E. D., Rocha, L. A. O., da Silva Neto, A. J.

“…This work relies on the constructal design method associated with exhaustive search and genetic algorithms to perform geometric optimization of an asymmetric…”
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Constructal Design Applied to the Geometric Evaluation of an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Considering Different Real Scale Wave Periods by das N. Gomes, M., Lorenzini, G., Rocha, L. A. O., dos Santos, E. D., Isoldi, L. A.

“…The present work presents numerical study of the influence of geometry on the performance of an oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter by means…”
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A comparison of simulated annealing schedules for constructal design of complex cavities intruded into conductive walls with internal heat generation by Gonzales, G.V., Estrada, E. da S.D., Emmendorfer, L.R., Isoldi, L.A., Xie, G., Rocha, L.A.O., dos Santos, E.D.

“…The SA (Simulated Annealing) is a meta-heuristic to combinatorial and optimization problems. The main purpose here is to investigate several cooling schedules…”
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Increased immunoglobulin production in silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen) exposed to agrichemicals by Kreutz, L C, Pavan, T R, Alves, A G, Correia, A G, Barriquel, B, Santos, E D dos, Barcellos, L J G

“…Fish vaccination has been increasingly exploited as a tool to control pathogen infection. The production of immunoglobulin following vaccination might be…”
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Social movements: does activism lead to emancipation? by Iwamoto, Helga Midori, Cancado, Airton Cardoso, de Sousa Teodosio, Armindo dos Santos, Marinho, Flavio Ayres

“…Abstract Alain Touraine’s theory on social movements (SMs) characterizes them as having their own collective identity, a defined opponent, and a dispute…”
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