http://hdl.handle.net/2117/3616 2013-05-24T18:14:51Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/18215 Title: Chicken feathers based composites: a life cycle assessment Authors: Molins Durán, Gemma; Álvarez del Castillo, María Dolores; Garrido Soriano, Núria; Macanàs de Benito, Jorge; Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando Abstract: Chicken feathers (CFs) are a waste material generated from poultry industry in large quantities. A composite material constituted of poly lactide and CFs is proposed in order to prepare a biodegradable composite with low environmental impact. In order to evaluate its environmental impact, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is performed. The results show that, from the environmental point of view, the more chicken feathers in the material, the greater is its impact. This is mainly due to the non - inclusion of the impact data regarding CFs current waste management treatments required in accordance with the European Directive CE 1069/2009 (in study) and to the high energy consumption of the pre - treatment stages (cleaning and sanitizing) required to transform CFs waste into a CFs technical material that can be used for the preparation of CFs/PLA composites material, which needs to be optimized. 2013-03-12T14:31:40Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/17794 Title: Instrumento quirúrgico de sutura para anastomosis automática del tubo digestivo Authors: Tornero García, José Antonio; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl; Cano Casas, Francesc; Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe; López Cano, Manuel Abstract: En la cirugía digestiva, una anastomosis del intestino consiste en la reconstrucción del tubo digestivo por unión de dos cabos tras la resección de una porción del mismo. Este procedimiento, de común aplicación en diversos tipos de intervención quirúrgica se realiza actualmente mediante la aplicación de grapas metálicas debido a la complejidad inherente de la realización de una sutura manual. La automatización del proceso de sutura mediante un dispositivo diseñado a tal efecto supondría una notable mejora en el procedimiento quirúrgico asociado y posteriormente en la calidad de vida del paciente, ya que las grapas metálicas empleadas actualmente presentan diversos inconvenientes. El diseño de este dispositivo presenta gran complejidad debido al rigor de los requisitos funcionales y a la complejidad del entorno de funcionamiento así como las características de los materiales que intervienen en el proceso.En el presente trabajo se describe el desarrollo de un prototipo de dispositivo para anastomosis automática mediante sutura, evaluando su funcionalidad a nivel de laboratorio, con objeto de probar su validez 2013-02-15T13:50:44Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/17271 Title: Colour matters: colour evaluation of textile and clothing Authors: Sato, Tetsuya; Kitaguchi, Saori; Kajiwara, Kanji; Koo, Kang; Kim, Samsoo; Park, Soonjee; Valldeperas Morell, José; Lis Arias, Manuel José; Xin, John; Hansuebsai, Aran; Nobbs, Jim Abstract: The colours of textiles and clothing induce our emotions. The emotions induced from the colour are made in our brains. The colour emotions affect our interests and actions. It is very difficult to know why the colour emotions affect them. However, it is important to know how the colour emotions affect them, because we can know what textile products should be produced. As related on this matter, some numerical expression of the colour impressions has been tried. This paper was summarized the numerical expressions and the cross-cultural comparison of colour emotions, using some published papers of our previous studies 2013-01-11T09:17:56Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/16357 Title: Composites from keratin biofibers. Study of compatibility using polyolephinic matrices Authors: Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando; Rahalli, A; Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier; Colom Fajula, Xavier Abstract: The study deals with the analysis and characterization of chicken feathers (CFs) based thermoplastic composites. The performance of the composite has been characterized in terms of mechanical properties which have been related to the fibre-matrix compatibility of the composite components analyzed by FTIR and SEM. The results have shown that the addition of short CFs as a filler to the PP thermoplastic matrix did not significantly improve the mechanical properties. A slightly increase of the stiffness has been observed when using small quantities of CFs (5-10% v/v) that provides to the composites a more brittle behaviour. Analogous behaviour has been observed for HDPE/CFs composites. FTIR spectroscopy and SEM micrographs analyses show limited compatibility between the composite components (CFs and polyolephinic matrices) 2012-07-27T11:24:04Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/16355 Title: Use of chicken feathers waste for the fabrication of composite materials Authors: Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando; Macanàs de Benito, Jorge; Colom Fajula, Xavier; Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier; Molins Durán, Gemma; Álvarez del Castillo, María Dolores; Garrido Soriano, Núria Abstract: Chicken feathers (CFs), mainly discarded nowadays, are an alternative reinforcement to be applied in the preparation of composite materials (CMs). The effect of different sanitizing methods on the properties of both CFs and the corresponding CMs has been studied. Some characteristic parameters such as density have been found to be dependent on the treatment that CFs endure, whereas the mechanical properties of the CMs made of thermoplastics matrices (e.g. polypropylene and high density polyethylene) were only slightly affected by the treatment. The introduction of CFs decreased the tensile strength of the CMs compared with the neat polymers while other parameters (e.g. Young’s modulus) were essentially unaffected 2012-07-27T09:35:40Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/14038 Title: "Responsible Business - European e-Learning Module" Experiencia europea de colaboración online Authors: Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier; Lis Arias, Manuel José Abstract: En esta comunicación se resumen los resultados del proyecto europeo REBEL elaborado por 5 universidades europeas. REBEL es un proyecto de e-learning en el que se ha creado una plataforma de aprendizaje colaborativo en la que las materias, agrupadas en módulos, se comparten y revisan por todos los participantes de cada módulo. La temática está dedicada a la gestión responsable, a la idea de “Green Corporative” y más ampliamente, a la promoción de la sostenibilidad. La colaboración entre las universidades participantes se basa en la producción conjunta de contenidos. El sistema de producción debe asegurar, el desarrollo futuro de materiales tras la finalización del proyecto. Se trata de ofrecer una plataforma de creación de una comunidad que permita el intercambio de ideas, de producción de materiales que perdure y crezca entre entes interesados en las temáticas del proyecto. 2011-11-23T18:12:11Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/12819 Title: Elliptical Model for Yarn Cross-Section. Part 4: A Study of the cross-sectional properties of the RS, OE and VS cotton spun yarns Authors: Kasem, Mohamed Hussein; Tornero García, José Antonio; Riva Juan, Ascensión Abstract: Actually the yarn cross-section and the cotton fibre cross-section are neither in the form of a circular nor hexagonal. The yarn cross-section tends to concentrate the structure packed form of irregularly polygonal with elliptical form appearance along the length of the yarn, due to tension, twist and yarn count. In the earlier research works (parts 1, 2 and 3) we approached equations to calculate the mayor and minor yarn diameters (D, d) of the RS, OE, and VS spun yarns as elliptical model. In this research work a study of the yarn cross-sectional properties (minor diameter d, mayor diameter D, Eccentricity e, profile cross-section area Ap, real elliptical area Ar, profile circumference Up, real elliptical circumference Ur, the packing density Pd and spun deformation factor Df) as a Comparison between the Ring Spun yarns RS, Open End yarns and Vortex Spun yarns VS. As results the packing density of the VS spun yarns was higher than the OE cotton yarns and less than the RS cotton yarns, by other mean found that the RS cotton yarns more compacted than the VS (6%) and OE cotton yarns (16%). The minor OE yarn diameters (d) increase 14% and 8% than the RS and VS minor diameters respectively while the mayor diameter (D) increase 8% and 5% only respectively, in the same time the minor (d) and mayor (D) VS yarn diameters increase 6% and 3% only respectively than the RS diameters (d, D). The deformation factor of the open end yarns (Df(OE)) was more than the deformation factor of the ring spun yarns (Df(RS)) and vortex spun yarns (Df(vs)) 2011-06-23T10:28:23Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/12560 Title: Color measurement and distinction of textile samples using a multispectral imaging system Authors: de Lasarte, Marta; Arjona Carbonell, Mª Montserrat; Vilaseca Ricart, Meritxell; Lis Arias, Manuel José; Navarro Viciana, Juan Antonio; Valldeperas Morell, José; Pujol Ramo, Jaume 2011-05-13T09:06:49Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/10254 Title: Biofunctional textiles: skin assessment after textile application Authors: Martí, Meritxell; Alonso, C.; Rubio, L.; Lis Arias, Manuel José; Valldeperas Morell, José; Coderch, L.; Parra, J.L. Abstract: In recent years, new technologies have enabled the production of biofunctional textiles. There textiles are able to release therapeutic compounds or cosmetics to the skin. In this work, after the foulard application of an encapsulated active principle (the sun filter)onto cotton fabrics a new methodology for assessing the in vivo efficacy of the active principle applied to the textile as well as for the in vitro demonstration of its penetration into the skin has been developed. When the biofunctional textile is placed in close contact with the skin for som time, it is possible to evaluate its skin effectiveness using non-invasive biophysical techniques. 2010-11-11T15:24:44Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9982 Title: Caracterización del comportamiento acústico y mecánico de blends de HDPE/EPDM/NFU Authors: Colom Fajula, Xavier; Pola, E.; Casas, P.; Nogués Morell, Francesc; Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando; Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier Abstract: En este trabajo se pretende caracterizar el comportamiento acústico y mecánico de mezclas formadas por HDPE/EPDM/NFU. Los Neumáticos Fuera de Uso(NFU) son un gran problema debido al elevado grado de contaminación que generan. Se han analizado HDPE y HDPE/EPDM, para mejorar la compatibilidad entre la matriz y el refuerzo y obtener mejores propiedades mecánicas. Asimismo también se ha caracterizado el comportamiento acústico con el fin de conseguir incrementar el rango de aplicaciones de los mismos. 2010-10-25T16:54:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9685 Title: MODSIMTex: Project Overview Authors: Tornero García, José Antonio Abstract: The objective of the project is to develop a simulation system (software) for the physical-mechanical properties of the textile structures that enables the rapid manufacturing process configuration. 2010-10-14T09:09:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9490 Title: Induction motor with spiral sheet rotor Authors: Mujal Rosas, Ramón María; Boix Aragonès, Oriol; Colom Fajula, Xavier Abstract: mprovements in torque at low currents using a rotor with spiral sheets are analyzed. Several rotors and stators have been built combining different constructive and mechanical characteristics of the related elements : inertias, constructive materials, geometrical shapes of the sheets and geometrical disposition of the sheets . These different types of motors have been simulated using computer aided tools and then tested in the laboratory. Finally, four stators (1000, 1500, 1500-type A, and 3000 rpm) with the same constructive parameters, have been simulated and tested with the following rotors types: solid rotor, solid rotor with diamagnetic rings, drag cup, and simple and double squirrel cage rotor; the results have been compared to those obtained with the seven variants of spiral sheet rotor presented in this paper. 2010-10-07T07:33:50Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9312 Title: Induction motor with spiral sheet rotor Authors: Mujal Rosas, Ramón María; Boix Aragonès, Oriol; Colom Fajula, Xavier Abstract: mprovements in torque at low currents using a rotor with spiral sheets are analyzed. Several rotors and stators have been built combining different constructive and mechanical characteristics of the related elements : inertias, constructive materials, geometrical shapes of the sheets and geometrical disposition of the sheets . These different types of motors have been simulated using computer aided tools and then tested in the laboratory. Finally, four stators (1000, 1500, 1500-type A, and 3000 rpm) with the same constructive parameters, have been simulated and tested with the following rotors types: solid rotor, solid rotor with diamagnetic rings, drag cup, and simple and double squirrel cage rotor; the results have been compared to those obtained with the seven variants of spiral sheet rotor presented in this paper. 2010-10-05T08:13:10Z http://hdl.handle.net/2117/6435 Title: Joint Degree in Media Development (JDMDE). Una experiencia europea interuniversitaria Authors: Voltas Aguilar, Jorge; Martín Giménez, Jorge; Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier; Lapaz Castillo, José Luís; Marqués Calvo, José Joaquín; Pindado Rico, Rafael 2010-02-22T13:43:06Z