A computing tool based on an intelligent algorithm generates new alternatives for an early crack detection on flat concrete slab in a surface testing. First, a system able to autonomously detect a surface crack, by means of a digital image processing system has been developed. This system carries on an effective selection of data by an algorism bound to a specialized MATLAB software that can assess in full detail the surface conditions of a concrete slab, and finding out any affected spot.

Design and construction of a solar tracking system for Linear Fresnel Concentrator

In the present document, the Cepstrum transform and the analysis of principal components were used to differentiate amplitudes in the mechanical vibrations produced by unbalance and misalignment with respect to a reference group. This document requires three stages. It begins with levelling in order to establish the control group. The unbalancing was carried out with a known mass located in the two radial distances of the first and second flywheels. The misalignment was made by running the sliding supports back 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 degrees. In the second stage, Matlab algorithms were created for both cepsctrum and main component analysis. In the last stage the obtained data were analyzed identifying the differences that may exist in the analyzed records. The project focused on the use of Matlab to find differences at a frequency of 30 Hz. The results obtained made it possible to determine that it is possible to find differences with the proposed methodology.

The study of materials corrosion effect is a great importance topic for the manufacturing industry and also for the customer that requires this. That is why a research study was conducted that aimed to determine the elasticity modulus variation of AISI SAE 1045 steel subjected to corrosion. To achieve this, thirty-five specimens were used, which were exposed to chlorides by immersion processes and salt spray chamber in three periods of time and then subjected to stress test destructive, following the guidelines established under ASTM G-1 standards, ASTM G-31 and ASTM E-8. Variation was found in the elastic behavior of steel and curves that differ from the theoretical ones raised in the documents.