Table 6 Resulting Δ Z (%) values when employing the method proposed by Sousa [9] in the first stage
QP | Stage | Class B | Class C | Class D | Class E | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N=8 | 16 | 32 | N=8 | 16 | 32 | N=8 | 16 | 32 | N=8 | 16 | 32 | ||
22 | Stage 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 4.8 | 0.01 | 0 |
Stage 2 | 23.3 | 7.13 | 5.72 | 23.1 | 14.6 | 9.24 | 23.9 | 14.8 | 10.1 | 31.5 | 32.6 | 12.2 | |
Δ Z Total | 23.7 | 7.13 | 5.72 | 24.6 | 14.9 | 9.24 | 25.8 | 14.9 | 10.1 | 36.3 | 32.61 | 12.2 | |
27 | Stage 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0 | 21.6 | 0.5 | 0 |
Stage 2 | 32.8 | 30.3 | 9.5 | 31.9 | 32.4 | 20.4 | 32.1 | 33.7 | 20.8 | 23.5 | 42.7 | 31.8 | |
Δ Z Total | 38.4 | 30.3 | 9.5 | 37.2 | 32.8 | 20.4 | 37.8 | 34.3 | 20.8 | 45.1 | 43.2 | 31.8 | |
32 | Stage 1 | 19.5 | 1.6 | 0 | 17.7 | 1.3 | 0 | 19.1 | 1.2 | 0 | 27.7 | 17.6 | 0 |
Stage 2 | 27.7 | 42.8 | 35.3 | 30.0 | 38.6 | 28.7 | 32.0 | 37.7 | 32.9 | 26.1 | 46.0 | 40.3 | |
Δ Z Total | 47.2 | 44.4 | 35.3 | 47.7 | 39.9 | 28.7 | 51.1 | 38.9 | 32.9 | 53.8 | 63.6 | 40.3 | |
37 | Stage 1 | 32.4 | 5.8 | 0 | 31.8 | 5.4 | 0 | 39.1 | 14.5 | 0 | 47.0 | 22.8 | 0.2 |
Stage 2 | 17.0 | 39.3 | 42.2 | 20.3 | 40.4 | 35.2 | 17.8 | 44.7 | 40.2 | 12.4 | 45.2 | 44.1 | |
Δ Z Total | 49.4 | 45.1 | 42.2 | 52.1 | 45.8 | 35.2 | 56.9 | 59.2 | 40.2 | 59.4 | 68.0 | 44.3 | |