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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Description: Stratospheric balloons are powerful and affordable tools for a wide spectrum of scientific investigations that are carried out at the stratosphere level. They are less expensive compared to satellite projects and have the capability to lift payloads from a few kilograms to a couple of tons or more, well above the troposphere, for more than a month. Another interesting feature of these balloons, which is not viable in satellites, is the short turnaround time, which enables frequent flights. We introduce the PEGASO (Polar Explorer for Geomagnetism And other Scientific Observations) project, a stratospheric payload designed and developed by the INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia), Rome and La Sapienza University, Rome. The project was sponsored by the PNRA (Progetto Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide), Italy (Peterzen et al., 2003). This light payload (10 kg) was used by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Andoya Rocket Range (ARR) for five different scientific missions. PEGASO carries a 3-component flux-gate magnetometer, uses a solar cell array as the power source and has a GPS location system. The bi-directional telemetry system for data transfer and the remote control system were IRIDIUM based
    Description: INGV, PNRA, ASI, ARR, CNR, La Sapienza
    Description: Published
    Description: Beijing, China
    Description: 1.10. TTC - Telerilevamento
    Description: open
    Keywords: LDB ; Polar areas ; Magnetometer ; Stratosphere ; 05. General::05.04. Instrumentation and techniques of general interest::05.04.99. General or miscellaneous
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
    Type: Conference paper
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Description: In a joint effort, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Andoya Rocket Range (ARR) have initiated the development of a European balloon center in Svalbard, Norway that is an ideal location for performing Long Duration Balloon (LDB) flights. After the identification of the launch location several light balloon flights have been performed since 2003. The 2004 campaign utilized a 10000 m³ balloon produced for the program by Aerostar of Sulfur Springs, Texas USA. This flight lasted 40 days and was an excellent test of the small PEGASO payload, developed (for use in Antarctica) by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) with the PNRA (Progetto Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide) sponsorship. This payload uses an IRIDIUM based bi-directional telemetry system. During summer 2005 two flights have been performed using balloons of the same size. They carried an updated telemetry and a scientific payload which analyzed the magnetic field of the Earth. The Institute of Information Science and Technology (ISTI-CNR) team computed predictions of the balloons trajectories, both before and during flights, as well as statistical evaluations of the seasonal flight windows at the beginning of the ASI LDB program. The 2004 and 2005 missions have been defined to investigate the stratospheric winds structure and they tested the possibility for future heavy LDB flights. The Italian scientific community foresees this kind of missions from 2007-2008 campaigns. Next sections, starting from a general overview of the Italian LDB program, give the description of the Pegaso flights and, in particular, the adopted technical solutions for the on-board and ground-based equipments.
    Description: Published
    Description: VOLTERRA, PISA
    Description: 1.10. TTC - Telerilevamento
    Description: open
    Keywords: LDB ; Polar areas ; Magnetometer ; Stratosphere ; 05. General::05.04. Instrumentation and techniques of general interest::05.04.99. General or miscellaneous
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
    Type: Conference paper
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2017-04-04
    Description: With the advent of high-velocity shear apparatus, several experimental studies have been performed in recent years, improving our understanding of the evolution of fault strength during seismic slip. However, these experiments were conducted under relatively low normal stress (〈20 MPa) and using small cylindrical samples where a large gradient in slip velocity exists across the sliding surface. Given the above limitations, the extrapolation of these experimental results to natural conditions is not trivial. Here we present results from an experimental study on gabbroic rocks using a newly developed rotary shear apparatus capable of reaching higher normal stress (up to 50 MPa) on ring-shaped samples (30/50 mm internal/external diameter) and allowing precise control of the imposed slip velocity function. The results confirm that steady state shear stress during the melt-lubricated phase of the experiment depends on normal stress in the form of a power law equation as predicted by theoretical models. However, the exponent appears closer to 0.5, contrary to the theoretical prediction of 0.25. We observe no systematic dependence of shear stress on acceleration, but increasing deceleration drastically decreases the recovery of friction during final slip. We find that the slip-weakening distance decreases inversely with increasing normal stress, in agreement with theoretical considerations, and decreases with increasing slip rate. Extrapolation of the slip-weakening distance to natural conditions predicts a slip velocity for ancient seismic events of 0.3-1 m/s when compared with field estimates. These values compare well with seismological estimates.
    Description: European Research Council
    Description: Published
    Description: B07404
    Description: 3.1. Fisica dei terremoti
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: reserved
    Keywords: friction ; melt ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.06. Rheology, friction, and structure of fault zones
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
    Type: article
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    Publication Date: 2017-04-04
    Description: Despite considerable effort over the past several decades, the mechanics of earthquake rupture remains largely unknown. Moderate- to large-magnitude earthquakes nucleate at 7–15 km depth and most information is retrieved from seismology, but information related to the physico-chemical processes active during rupture propagation is below the resolution of this method. An alternative approach includes the investigation of exhumed faults, such as those described here from the Adamello Massif (Italian Alps), and the use of rock deformation apparatus capable of reproducing earthquake deformation conditions in the laboratory. The analysis of field and microstructural/mineralogical/geo- chemical data retrieved from the large glacier-polished exposures of the Adamello (Gole Larghe Fault) provides information on earthquake source parameters, including the coseismic slip, the rupture directivity and velocity, the dynamic friction and earthquake energy budgets. Some of this information (e.g., the evolution of the friction coefficient with slip) can be tested in the laboratory with the recently installed Slow to HIgh Velocity Apparatus (SHIVA). SHIVA uses two brushless engines (max power 280 kW) and an air actuator in a rotary shear configuration (nominally infinite displacement) to slide solid or hollow rock cylinders (40/50 mm int/ext diameter) at: (1) slip rates ranging from 10 lm s-1 up to 9 m s-1; (2) accelerations up to 80 m s-2; and (3) normal stresses up to 50 MPa. In comparison to existing high-speed friction machines, this apparatus extends the range of sliding velocities, normal stresses and sample size. In particular, SHIVA has been specifically designed to reproduce slip velocities and accelerations that occur during earthquakes. The characterization of rock frictional behavior under these conditions, plus the comparison with natural fault products, is expected to provide important insights into the mechanics of earthquakes.
    Description: Published
    Description: 95-114
    Description: 3.1. Fisica dei terremoti
    Description: reserved
    Keywords: friction ; pseudotcahylite ; high velocity friction experiments ; 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.03. Earthquake source and dynamics
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
    Type: book chapter
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