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Cosgrove, Samantha Jo. "Drop, Cover, and Hold On: Analyzing FEMA's Risk Communication through Visual Rhetoric." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6211.
Full textBorowiec, Anita. "New acrolein production route starting from alcohols mixtures over FeMo-based catalysts." Thesis, Lille 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIL10153/document.
Full textAcrolein is the simplest unsaturated aldehyde, which - due to its high reactivity - finds applications as an intermediate in the chemical industry (e.g., for acrylic acid and methionine production). Recently, a worldwide demand increase of acrolein derivatives was observed, which is expected to continuously grow within the next years. However, nowadays acrolein is commercially obtained by propylene oxidation, where the raw material comes from fossil resources. This work proposes a new method of acrolein production starting from renewable feedstock – methanol and ethanol mixture. This reaction was approached by reaction conditions optimization (i.e. Design of Experiment method do decrease the number of catalytic tests and save time), FeMoOx modifications (e.g. various Mo/Fe ratios, calcination temperature, and basic elements addition) and a second catalyst utilization (e.g. single commercial oxides and silica-based materials) in order to balance the acid base properties
Sarkar, Prasanta. "Simulation de l'érosion de cavitation par une approche CFD-FEM couplée." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAI016/document.
Full textThis research is devoted to understanding the physical mechanism of cavitation erosion in compressible liquid flows on the fundamental scale of cavitation bubble collapse. As a consequence of collapsing bubbles near solid wall, high pressure impact loads are generated. These pressure loads are believed to be responsible for the erosive damages on solid surface observed in most applications. Our numerical approach begins with the development of a compressible solver capable of resolving the cavitation bubbles in the finite-volume solver YALES2 employing a simplified homogenous mixture model. The solver is extended to Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation to perform fluid structure interaction simulation with moving mesh capabilities. The material response is resolved with the finite element solver Cast3M, which allowed us to perform one-way and two-way coupled simulations between the fluid and solid domains. In the end, we draw comparisons between 2D and 3D vapor bubble collapse dynamics and compare them with experimental observations. The estimated pressure loads on the solid wall and different responses of materials for attached and detached bubble collapses are discussed. Finally, the damping of pressure loads by different materials is identified with two-way coupled fluid-structure interaction
Ifis, Abderrazzaq. "La nouvelle approche hybride MAX-FEM pour la modélisation thermomécanique des couches minces." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LORR0044/document.
Full textThis work introduces a new simplified finite elements method MAX-FEM based on hybrid analytical-numerical coupling. This method is intended to the multi-scales analysis of transient thermomechanical behavior of mediums containing thin layers such as bounded and coated structures. The MAX-FEM consists in correcting the classical Finite Elements Method (FEM) by correction matrices taking into account the presence of thin layers without any mesh refinement. The proposed correction is based on the analytical approach of Matched Asymptotic Expansions (MAE) and the numerical method of Partition of Unity Method (PUM). The developed approach can easily implemented under different numerical codes (MATLAB, ABAQUS, ...) and can be used to perform mechanical, thermal and thermomechanical analyses of 1D and 2D bounded and coated structures. The obtained results show a good accuracy with short computation time, and without any required mesh refinement. Also, the developed method overcomes the limitation of the MAE and PUM methods by exploiting the advantages of their coupling. Finally, the MAX-FEM approach was also used to develop an experimental test bench intended to the thermal characterization of thin layers. Indeed, a simple confrontation between the heat transfer in an homogeneous structure and a second structure with thin layer allows identifying the thermal conductivity in both transient and stationary regimes. The test bench is simple to release and the obtained results for brazed structure show a good accuracy of the developed approach
Bourrel, Tristan. "Influence des longueurs internes sur la tenue mécanique d'un film anti-rayure." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017STRAE002/document.
Full textOur knowledge of scratch effects on polymeric surfaces is still limited. The experimental approach gives precious observations of phenomena which occur during scratching, however, it does not allow to get insight the stress distribution within the material, a key feature for crack initiation prediction.A scratch test is used on transparent materials, that allows to visualize in situ damages appearance, the dimension of the contact zone and friction. The damages, in terms of crazing, cracking and shear bands are identified on three bulk polymers (PMMA, CR39 & PC).In parallel, we use 3D finite element modelling to study the mechanical response during a scratch test on these three polymeric materials, in order to identify crack initiation criteria.Finally, coated systems are studied and delamination/cracking of thin films are discussed. These considerations point to possible prospects in terms of improvement paths for the protection of substrates by thin films coating
Wenzel, Christian. "Local FEM Analysis of Composite Beams and Plates : free-Edge effect and Incompatible Kinematics Coupling." Thesis, Paris 10, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA100107/document.
Full textThis work considers local stress concentrations, especially the free-Edge effects of multilayered structures. At the interface of two adjacent layers with different elastic properties, the stresses can become singular in the intermediate vicinity of the free edge. This is valid while assuming a linear elastic material behaviour. As a consequence this zones are an essential delamination trigger. Via the Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF), different kinematical models are testes in order to obtain the correct local stress concentration. In the first part of this work, the reduced dimensional modelling approaches are compared. Two main class are presented: Equivalent Single Layer (ESL) models treating the layered structure like one homogenous plate of equal mechanical proper- ties, and the Layer Wise approach, treating each layer independently. Subsequently their capabilities to capture the appearing singularities are compared. In order to have a comparable measurement of those singularities, the obtained stress distributions will be expressed via a power law function, which has a priori a singular behaviour. Only two parameters fully describe therefore the singular stress components in the vicinity of the free edge. With the help of these two parameters not only the different models capabilities will be compared, but also the free edge effect itself will be measured and compared for different symmetrical laminates and the case of extensional and uniform bending load. The results for all laminates under both load cases confirm the before stated need for rather complex models in the vicinity of the free edge. However far from the free edges, in the composite plates centre, no significant difference can be noted for rather simple models. The second part of this work is therefore dedicated to the coupling of kinematically incompatible models. The use of costly expensive complex models is restricted to local domains of interest, while economic simple models will model the global do- main. The Extended Variational Formulation (XVF) is identified as the most suitable way to couple the kinematically heterogenous but dimensional homogenous models. As it uses a configuration with one common interface without domain overlap, the additional efforts for establishing the coupling are limited. Further the XVF offers the possibility to adapt the conditions imposed at the interface using a single scalar parameter. It will be shown that for the homogenous dimensional problem under consideration only two different conditions can be imposed by this parameter. One matching the strong conditions imposed by the classical Multi Point Constrains (MPC) and a second one providing a weak condition. The last one is shown to provide the possibility to reduce further the domain using the complex kinematical model, without the loss of local precision. As this is the first application of the XVF towards composite structures, the need for a new coupling operator was identified. A new form is proposed, tested and its robustness will be evaluated
Chen, Shuai. "Investigation of FEM numerical simulation for the process of metal additive manufacturing in macro scale." Thesis, Lyon, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LYSEI048/document.
Full textAdditive manufacturing (AM) has become a new option for the fabrication of metallic parts in industry. However, there are still some limitations for this application, especially the unfavourable final shape and undesired macroscopic properties of metallic parts built in AM systems. The distortion or crack due to the residual stress of these parts leads usually to severe problems for some kinds of metal AM technology. In an AM system, the final quality of a metallic part depends on many process parameters, which are normally optimized by a series of experiments on AM machines. In order to reduce the considerable time consumption and financial expense of AM experiments, the numerical simulation dedicated to AM process is a prospective alternative for metallic part fabricated by additive manufacturing. Because of the multi-scale character in AM process and the complex geometrical structures of parts, most of the academic researches in AM simulation concentrated on the microscopic melting pool. Consequently, the macroscopic simulation for the AM process of a metallic part becomes a current focus in this domain. In this thesis, we first study the pre-processing of AM simulation on Finite Element Method (FEM). The process of additive manufacturing is a multi-physics problem of coupled fields (thermal, mechanical, and metallurgical fields). The macroscopic simulation is conducted in two different levels with some special pre-processing work. For the layer level, the reconstruction of 3D model is conducted from the scan path file of AM machine, based on the inverse manipulation of offsetting-clipping algorithm. For the part level, the 3D model from CAD is reconstructed into a voxel-based mesh, which is convenient for a part with complex geometry. The residual stress of a part is analysed under different preheat temperatures and different process parameters. These simulations imply the potential technique of reducing residual stress by the optimisation of process parameters, instead of the traditional way by increasing preheat temperature. Based on the FEM simulation platform above, two simulations at line level are also studied in this thesis, aiming at the relation between the AM process and part's final quality. These examples demonstrate the feasibility of using macroscopic simulations to improve the quality control during the AM process. In the first task, dataset of heating parameters and residual stress are generated by AM simulation. The correlation between them is studied by using some regression algorithm, such as artificial neural network. In the second task, a PID controller for power-temperature feedback loop is integrated into AM process simulation and the PID auto-tuning is numerically investigated instead of using AM machine. Both of the two tasks show the important role of AM macroscopic process simulation, which may replace or combine with the numerous trial and error of experiments in metal additive manufacturing
Hammood, Mohammed Naji. "A Meso-Macro Numerical Approach for Chloride Diffusivity Modeling Taking into Account Chloride Binding and Crack Evolution in Concrete." Thesis, Nantes, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017NANT4066/document.
Full textThe penetration of chloride ions has an essential responsibility in the degradation of concrete structures caused by reinforcement corrosion leading to a severe impact on the durability and service life of concrete structures. The problem becomes more critical with the existence of cracking which accelerate the penetration of chloride ions into concrete cover. In this work, the FE formulation for the numerical modelling of chloride ions diffusion accounting for chloride binding capacity in mesoscale concrete is introduced. The mesostructure is based on a twophase 3D representation of heterogeneous materials, such as concrete, where stiff aggregates are embedded into a mortar matrix. For this purpose, we turn to the Embedded Finite Element Method (E-FEM). This is performed by introducing a weak discontinuity in the chloride concentration field for finite elements where the physical interface is present. Numerical spatial homogenization experiments based on Pouya’s works are also performed on 3D mesostructures to compute macroscopic diffusivity tensors accounting for two-phase material. Comparison with Maxwell's equation and experimental results are carried out to show the accuracy of the proposed numerical approach. Finally, the meso-macro approach is presented to introduce a numerical model capable of providing macroscopic information (mean diffusivity tensor) integrating the level of crack opening, crack path and heterogeneity of materials in quasi-brittle concrete. The mesoscale coupling with the mass transport part is based on Fick’s Law with a modified diffusion coefficient taking into account crack opening and aggregates. The macroscopic diffusivity tensor integrates more complex features such as the cracking evolution process, tortuosity of the crack’s path, inducedanisotropy and presence of aggregates. The defined tensor is used afterwards in order to estimate the service-life of concrete structures, including the effect of the cracking and the internal mesostructure
Cheng, Xianchao. "Contraintes thermiques dans les dépôts de couches minces pour les optiques rayons-X sous forte charge thermique." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENY028/document.
Full textMultilayer optics for X-rays typically consists of hundreds of periods of alternating sub-layers coated on a silicon substrate. The thickness of one period of sub-layers is a few nanometers. The silicon substrate is typically a block of 60 mm large, 60 mm wide and 60 to 300 mm long. The high aspect ratio (~107) between the size of the optics and the thickness of the multilayer can lead to a very large number of elements (~1016) for the numerical simulation (by FEA). Some special layer-functioned elements have been developed recently (in 2011) in ANSYS, which means the properties of each layer can be explicitly defined. In this work, the thermal-structural analysis model has been implemented for multilayer optics by use of these layer-functioned elements. The number of meshed elements is considerably reduced by a factor of more than 30 and the number of sub-layers feasible for the present computers is increased significantly. Based on the finite element model of multilayer optics, the non-uniform three-dimensional temperature distribution can be simulated with variable heat load parameters, cooling conditions, material properties and geometries of the substrate and the coating films. The thermal stress and deformation can be solved quantitatively.Single layer coated mirrors and multilayer monochromators cooled by water or liquid-nitrogen are studied with typical parameters of heat-load, cooling, and geometry. The effects of cooling-down of the optics and the X-ray beam heat-load are described. It is shown that the influences from the coating on temperature and deformation are negligible. The stress in the substrate is only slightly increased (<0.1%). However, large layer stresses are induced due to the different thermal expansion coefficients (CTE) between the layer and substrate materials, which are the critical issues for the survival of the optics. For the water cooling condition, the layer is under compressive stress of tens of MPa which is normally less than the strength of the layer material. For the liquid-nitrogen cooling condition, however, large tensile stress of several hundreds of MPa is formed in the layer as the optics is cooled more than 200 K down to the liquid-nitrogen temperature (80K). This tensile stress can exceed the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) for some kinds of layer materials. The thermal stress in multilayer optics depends on the difference in CTE between the layer material and the substrate material, but it is independent on the CTE difference between different sub-layers. In principle, to minimize the thermal stress, the coating material should have a CTE closer to that of the substrate, smaller Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio. Moreover, a higher strength of the layer material is beneficial for its ability to withstand the thermal stress.To acquire appropriate information about the behaviour of thin multilayer films under the influence of thermal loading, material properties such as Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio and CTE, of thin multilayer films are determined indirectly by measuring the curvature change due to uniform temperature change. B4C, Pd and Cr single layers and [Pd/B4C] multilayers of thicknesses in the nanometer range are prepared and measured. The experimental results show that all of the studied materials exhibit lower CTE and/or Young's modulus than expected from bulk data in the literature. This is particularly true for the thin B4C films. Therefore, the real thermal stress and strain in the coating layers of a mirror or multilayer optics are significantly smaller than the calculated results with bulk material properties.results with bulk material properties
Amdouni, Saber. "Numerical analysis of some saddle point formulation with X-FEM type approximation on cracked or fictitious domains." Thesis, Lyon, INSA, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ISAL0007/document.
Full textThis Ph.D. thesis was done in collaboration with "La Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin". It concerns the mathematical and numerical analysis of convergence and stability of mixed or hybrid formulation of constrained optimization problem with Lagrange multiplier method in the framework of the eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM). First we try to prove the stability of the X-FEM discretization for incompressible elastostatic problem by ensured a LBB condition. The second axis, which present the main content of the thesis, is dedicated to the use of some stabilized Lagrange multiplier methods. The particularity of these stabilized methods is that the stability of the multiplier is provided by adding supplementary terms in the weak formulation. In this context, we study the Barbosa-Hughes stabilization technique applied to the frictionless unilateral contact problem with XFEM-cut-off. Then we present a new consistent method based on local projections for the stabilization of a Dirichlet condition in the framework of extended finite element method with a fictitious domain approach. Moreover we make comparative study between the local projection stabilization and the Barbosa-Hughes stabilization. Finally we use the local projection stabilization to approximate the two-dimensional linear elastostatics unilateral contact problem with Tresca frictional in the framework of the eXtended Finite Element Method X-FEM
Caudron, Boris. "Couplages FEM-BEM faibles et optimisés pour des problèmes de diffraction harmoniques en acoustique et en électromagnétisme." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LORR0062/document.
Full textIn this doctoral dissertation, we propose new methods for solving acoustic and electromagnetic three-dimensional harmonic scattering problems for which the scatterer is penetrable and inhomogeneous. The resolution of such problems is key in the computation of sonar and radar cross sections (SCS and RCS). However, this task is known to be difficult because it requires discretizing partial differential equations set in an exterior domain. Being unbounded, this domain cannot be meshed thus hindering a volume finite element resolution. There are two standard approaches to overcome this difficulty. The first one consists in truncating the exterior domain and renders possible a volume finite element resolution. Given that they approximate the scattering problems at the continuous level, truncation methods may however not be accurate enough for SCS and RCS computations. Inhomogeneous penetrable harmonic scattering problems can also be solved by coupling a volume variational formulation associated with the scatterer and surface integral equations related to the exterior domain. This approach is known as FEM-BEM coupling (Finite Element Method-Boundary Element Method). It is of great interest because it is exact at the continuous level. Classical FEM-BEM couplings are qualified as strong because they couple the volume variational formulation and the surface integral equations within one unique formulation. They are however not suited for solving high-frequency problems. To remedy this drawback, other FEM-BEM couplings, said to be weak, have been proposed. These couplings are actually domain decomposition algorithms iterating between the scatterer and the exterior domain. In this thesis, we introduce new acoustic and electromagnetic weak FEM-BEM couplings based on recently developed Padé approximations of Dirichlet-to-Neumann and Magnetic-to-Electric operators. The number of iterations required to solve these couplings is only slightly dependent on the frequency and the mesh refinement. The weak FEM-BEM couplings that we propose are therefore suited to accurate SCS and RCS computations at high frequencies
Araujo, cardoso Raphael. "Études numériques sur la modélisation du fretting fatigue." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLN004/document.
Full textThis work has been undertaken in the context of an international research cooperation between the University of Brasilia, the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), the ENS Paris-Saclay and the SAFRAN group. The main subject of this cooperation is the investigation of fretting fatigue, which is a contact problem in conjunction with fatigue loads responsible for reducing considerably components’ fatigue life due to the high stress concentration, wear and non-proportional loading conditions involved in such problems. Regarding the high computational costs involved when assessing industrial applications, one of the aims of this work is to improve the performance of fretting simulations making use of an enrichment approach. The idea is to take advantage of the fact that the mechanical fields around the contact edges in cylindrical contact configurations under fretting conditions are similar to the ones found close to the crack tip in linear elastic fracture mechanics problems. This similarity makes attractive the idea of enriching finite element fretting simulations through the X-FEM framework, which enables us to work with coarser meshes while keeping a good accuracy. As it will be shown in this work, it is possible to work with meshes up to 10 times coarser than it should be if a conventional FE method was used allowing a strong improvement of the computational performances.This work will also investigate the influence of considering wear effects in the prediction of fretting fatigue lives. Therefore, fretting fatigue FE simulations have been carried considering the geometry update due to the material removal and results were compared to both experimental data and FE simulations where wear effects were neglected (simplifying strategy usually adopted when evaluating fretting fatigue problems). Conventional multiaxial fatigue criteria in association with the Theory of Critical Distances have been used in order to predict life. Results have shown that, for the data here assessed, where fretting fatigue tests were conducted on a Ti-6Al-4V alloy under partial slip conditions, considering wear effects might slightly increase the accuracy of life predictions. However, this slight improvement may not be worthwhile regarding the increase in the computational cost when compared to standard approaches where wear is neglected
Pelée, de Saint Maurice Romains. "Extension de l'approche X-FEM en dynamique rapide pour la propagation tridimensionnelle de fissure dans des matériaux ductiles." Thesis, Lyon, INSA, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ISAL0021/document.
Full textThe current development of the industry focus on structural integrity over time or in the case of extremes stresses. Risks related to the cracks propagation in the event of shocks or impacts are still difficult to predict. Computing codes in this area groups several methods of simulation within the same computer software. To present the various numerical methods used, this thesis was divided into three distinct parts. In the first part we present the literature. Then, in second part, our contribution to the numerical simulation methods are presented by applying it to the case of dynamic crack propagation. Finally the results obtained from the proposed methods are described. We compare these simulations with experimental results or 2D simulations found in the literature. Through the first part, we present the theory of fracture mechanics to reach a criterion of crack propagation adapted to the transient dynamics. This criterion has been used for dynamic cracks in two dimensions. We describe the extended finite element method mainly used for quasi-static problems. We give the advantages but also the limits of this method: the choice of enrichment and the integration method are particularly important. The level-sets method is then presented: it allows to describe and develop the crack regardless of the structure. It highlights the need of robustness due to explicit dynamics scheme. The second part is devoted to the development and extension of the method in 3D. After reminding the propagation criterion in 3D, we try to offer more economic patterns of spatial integration. A new strategy of level-sets propagation based on geometrical approach is proposed for the explicit dynamic and applied in 3D. In the third part, we apply the methods to the case of two-dimensional crack propagation and three-dimensional. We initially simulate 2D mode I then mixed mode, to ensure that we arrive at results close to earlier 2D simulations. To finish, we present three-dimensional simulations of crack propagation with stopping and restarting crack. All these developments have been implemented in the computing software EUROPLEXUS , co-owned by the CEA and the European Commission
Ngo, Dac Thuong. "Modélisation numérique de la stimulation hydraulique et de la sismicité induite dans des réservoirs géothermiques profonds." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PSLEM012/document.
Full textThe development and the exploitation of deep geothermal reservoirs are usually accompanied with induced seismicity - an unwanted side effect. This research is focused on using numerical simulations to investigate the propagation of hydraulic fractures and the reactivation of pre-existing faults during the hydraulic stimulation of the reservoirs in an effort to better understand the fractured reservoir behavior and to reduce the potential risk of induced seismicity.The induced seismicity is studied first from the standpoint of using the law of energy conservation in order to explain the mechanism of generating elastic waves from rock failure. Then an approximate approach is proposed to calculate the peak ground accelerations (PGAs) that are induced by the fault slip. The computed PGAs on ground surface are used to assess the human perception of the seismic waves and the damage potential to structures
Bettonte, Francesco. "Développement d'une stratégie d'identification des paramètres par recalage de modèle éléments finis à partir de mesures par corrélation d'images : vers l'application à un modèle d'endommagement non local." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PSLEM022/document.
Full textThis thesis proposes an identification strategy for plastic behaviour and damage up to the onset of fracture, for an application to ductile metals.A logarithmic finite strain formulation is used to simulate the large deformations undergone by the specimens, while a locking-free non-local formulation allows a mesh independent simulation of the softening behaviour.Digital Image Correlation is used to obtain heterogeneous full-field measurements from tensile tests on notched specimens.The identification strategy is based both on microscopic observations and on a Finite Element Model Updating (FEMU) technique, according to which the parameters are identified by minimizing the discrepancy between experiment and simulation. The discrepancy is quantified both in terms of displacement and force thanks to an appropriate normalization. The application of FEMU is guided using sensitivity analysis.The robustness of the comparison between simulation and measurement is ensured by prescribing measured displacements as boundary conditions for the simulation. The negative effect of the measurement uncertainty is underlined, and an innovative filtering approach is proposed.The proposed strategy is used to identify the materials' parameters of alloy Inconel625. It allows to reproduce the onset of fracture for flat specimens, both in terms of macroscopic response and crack initiation location
Le, Cren Matthieu. "Propagation robuste de défauts en 3D." Thesis, Ecole centrale de Nantes, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018ECDN0028/document.
Full textIn order to ensure the control of its nuclear power plants, EDF must guarantee that they function effectively over the long term. For this purpose, it is necessary to have efficient tools tomodel and simulate crack propagation in structures. In this PhD work, we are interested in the propagation of cracks with the X-FEM method which allows using the same mesh as for a structure without default. We target especially the reconstruction of thelevel sets that characterize the position of the crack after propagation. We have proposed a fast marching method approach based on the propagation of distance information from the crack surface to the whole structure to make this step more robust in the X-FEM propagation process. It is applicable to all types of meshes, linear or quadratic. The calculation of information characteristic of thecrack status such as the energy release rate and the stress intensity factors must be accurate enough to obtain the direction and advance of the crack front ateach propagation step. For this purpose, we proposed to study a domain integral method, for which several difficulties related to the representation of the crackin a three-dimensional space are identified. Several improvements are proposed to make the calculations more accurate and more robust. In the case of curved cracks front, we have identified the limitations of using asymptotic fields obtained under the plane deformation hypothesis as auxiliary fields of an interaction integral method and we have proposed new auxiliary displacement fields that take into account the curvature of the crack front. All these methods are developed and validated with EDF software code_aster
Gras, Thibaut. "Couplage de méthodes d'éléments finis standards (FEM) et ondulatoires (WFEM) pour le calcul de la réponse vibratoire d'une voie ferrée." Thesis, Compiègne, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017COMP2372/document.
Full textRailway noise is a critical issue concerning environmental noise. At the wheel/rail contact point, both the wheel and the track are dynamically excited and vibrate together to emit the well known rolling noise. The point receptance of the rail and the track decay rates are important quantities to accurately predict wheel-rail noise emission. However, the infinite dimension of the track leads to cumbersome numerical finite-element (FE) models and not adapted to assist the research of innovative solutions. The goals of this thesis are to build an efficient numerical model for calculating the vibration from an infinite railway track, but also to include a central non-periodic part with the aim of testing anti-vibration solutions. The vibration propagation along the track is expressed as a sum of different waves using the WFEM (Wave Finite Element Method). The displacements of a 0.6 m unit cell lead to the computation of the whole track. To reduce the dynamic condensation of this cell, a bi-periodic method is proposed in this thesis. The FEM - WFEM coupling is proposed to easily include elastic supports inside the unit cell. Results show a good correlation between test and calculation. Finally, the model proposed in this thesis was used to test the efficiency of an innovative anti-vibration solution developed within the CERVIFER project. It is a dual mode device which makes the supports softer around the wheel to protect the infrastructure, and stiffer away from the wheel to increase the track decay rates. The numerical results revealed to be really promising, and they will permit to pursue the development of this anti-vibration solution
Gouda, Eid Abdelbaki Ahmed. "Transmission planétaire magnétique : étude, optimisation et réalisation." Thesis, Nancy 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011NAN10024/document.
Full textThe work presented in this thesis deals with the study, the optimisation and the realisation of a magnetic planetary transmission. We try to answer some questions about the possibility of replacing the mechanical planetary gear used in industrial machines by a magnetic planetary gear; is the formula of Willis still valid for the magnetic planetary gear and are the magnetic planetary gear performances at least similar to ones of the mechanical gears? We study the replacement of the mechanical planetary gear by a magnetic one. We show that the magnetic one has a smaller volume, lower losses and many other benefits. The objective of this work is to obtain an optimum design of a magnetic planetary gear. We use a finite element software to study the magnetic behaviour of the device and we also perform the optimization of the dimensions of the magnetic planetary gear. The particle swarm optimization method (PSO) has been used. A prototype has been built so the computation results has been compared to the experimental ones
Wolf, Johannes. "Traitement numérique de la fissuration dans les matériaux structuraux ductiles sous l’effet de sollicitations sévères." Thesis, Toulouse, ISAE, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ESAE0040/document.
Full textThe present work aims at numerically predicting the current residual strengthof large engineering structures made of ductile metals regarding accidental events,e.g. ships collision or bird strike in aviation, which may potentially lead to failure.With this aim in view, the challenge consists in reproducing within a unified finiteelement (FE)-based methodology the successive steps of micro-voiding-induceddamage, strain localization and crack propagation, if any.A key ingredient for a predictive ductile fracture model is the proper numericaltreatment of the critical transition phase of damage-induced strain localizationinside a narrow band. For this purpose, three different viewpoints in terms ofdisplacement field across the localization band are proposed involving a strong,weak and (non-linearly) regularized discontinuity, respectively.A consistent variational framework is elaborated for each of the three methods,whereby the enriched kinematics is embedded into the FE formulation using theeXtended FEM. Then, within a comparative procedure, the performance of thesemethods is assessed regarding their ability of modeling the transition phase betweendiffuse damage (continuum mechanics framework) and crack propagation (fracturemechanics framework), always in the context of ductile materials.According to the aforementioned analyses, the combination of the strong discontinuitycohesive model and the X-FEM appears to be the most promising of thethree studied approaches to bring together physics and numerics. The developmentof such a model is discussed in detail. Finally, two supplementary criteria aredefined: the first one for the passage from diffuse damage to the cohesive bandmodel and the second one for the passage from the cohesive band model to thecrack
Kishta, Ejona. "Modélisation par cinématique enrichie de la fissuration anisotrope des structures en béton armé : Application aux éléments bidimensionnels sous chargement cyclique." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLN065/document.
Full textCivil engineering buildings, massive and unique, are mostly made of reinforced or prestressed concrete. Sustainability, tightness and safety are the major pillars of a building's performance. Cracking is a major phenomenon which impacts the buildings' behaviour under different loadings in terms of sustainability and structural capacity. Development of numerical models which describe accurately the response of quasi-brittle materials under complex loading remains an important research topic for the scientific community. The objective of this work is the development of a numerical model which represents explicitly cracking of reinforced concrete structures. Concrete and reinforced concrete degradation process, characterised by the appearance of several anisotropic crack families, is described by means of an anisotropic damage model accounting for oriented crack families. The kinematics of this model is enriched with a displacement jump in order to reproduce the development of cracks in the material during loading. This displacement jump is identified as the crack opening. The developed model is validated on simulations of plain concrete structures exhibiting mode I as well as mixed-mode failure. The performances of the enriched model are shown by the simulation of reinforced concrete structures such as a shear wall submitted to cyclic loading
Gehlen, Karina Rocha Henriques. "A inserção do tema sustentabilidade no curso de ciências contábeis da FEA/USP à luz da teoria institucional." Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Centro de Estudos Sociais Aplicados. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, 2017. http://www.bibliotecadigital.uel.br/document/?code=vtls000210757.
Full textSince the 1960s the theme Sustainability has acquire ground in several areas of knowledge. The field is still divergent with respect to the concept, culminating in numerous discussions about how the necessary changes would be made for a more sustainable society. As one of the knowledge diffusers has formal education and specifically higher education responsible for training individuals who will work in various professions, perpetuating the knowledge acquired. Starting from the importance of the topic and organizations in contemporary society this study aims to understand the process of institutionalization of sustainability theme in Accounting undergraduate degree. Such a choice is justified by the fact that accounting is the intermediary between business practices and society. Institutional Theory was the pillar to analyze institutionalization level of the subject, based on the work of Tolber and Zucker (1999) who conceptualize three levels within this process: habitualization, objectification and sedimentation. From the identification of the level of sustainability theme, a mapping was made to distinguish the nature of the concept of sustainability the course addresses, based on the work of Hopwood, Mellor and O'Brien (2005), that is, aimed at social changes of an incremental character of the status quo, reformist or radical transformation. This research is a qualitative study with single case type. The data analysis was done through content analysis using documents and semi-structured interview. The analysis categories were selected from the literature review of this work formed by Institutional Theory, Sustainability and Education for Sustainability with an emphasis in Accounting. As a contribution is expected that this work may help other courses in the integration of sustainability into their curriculum matrices besides demonstrating the empirical applicability of the Institutional Theory within an educational institution. The results show that the sustainability theme in the course of Accounting in the case studied is semi-institutionalized in transition to the institutionalized. The nature of the concept of sustainability adopted by the course has characteristics of maintaining the status quo and reformist. Finally, it was concluded that the discipline that addresses sustainability has more holistic and interdisciplinary attributes than the accounting course as a whole.
Jan, Yannick. "Modélisation de la propagation de fissure sur des structures minces, soumises à des sollicitations intenses et rapides, par la méthode X-FEM." Thesis, Lyon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LYSEI066/document.
Full textIn shipbuilding industry, classical methods to analyze the behavior of structures under extreme loadings are very dependent on the size of the mesh. Moreover, propagation over long lengths with volumetric models requires huge processing power, often inaccessible within this framework. In order to manage these issues and due to the geometry to be considered, a coupling between shell finite element and the extended finite element method (X-FEM) using an adapted propagation criterion is proposed. The developments are made in the fast explicit dynamic finite element code EUROPLEXUS, CEA Saclay. For shell structures involving significant thickness such as submarines, Mindlin-Reissner theory is needed to enable shear strain. Therefore, locking-free element are used to avoid the numerical issue of shear-locking that appears when the shell becomes too thin. The fracture of Mindlin-Reissner plates based on the X-FEM discrete approximation framework is studied by Dolbow and Belytschko with the MITC4. A four node shell element using the same formulation is here only enriched with a step function along the crack line to take into consideration the discontinuity of the displacement field across the crack. The calculation remains accurate without the asymptotic enrichment functions near the crack-tip, as long as the mesh is refined near the crack tip. The numerical integration issue for elements cut by the crack is solved by a partitioning strategy developed by Elguedj. Since the crack is contained in the shell for which the mid plane's position is entirely known, only one information left is needed to locate it. Therefore, a crack is represented by several line segments on the three-dimensional mesh. Only through thickness cracks are considered so far. As regards to the crack propagation, a local criteria proposed by Haboussa is used based on the calculation of mechanical equivalent quantities in the vicinity of the crack tip. The maximum of the equivalent stress tensor near the crack tip is used to decide if the crack propagates as well as its propagation direction, and the Kaninen equation gives the crack velocity
Barturen, Mariana. "Anisotropía magnética y acople magneto-elástico en películas delgadas de Fe1-xGax crecidas epitaxialmente sobre ZnSe/GaAs(001)." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066139/document.
Full textIn this thesis we have introduced the study of the Fe1−xGax alloy grown as monocrystalline thin films of nanometric thicknesses. Our work was of experimental nature and consisted in a magnetic characterization that included the study of magnetic anisotropies, magneto-elastic coupling coefficients and magnetic domains. For this work we principally used three techniques: ferromagnetic resonance, magnetoelastic coupling measurement by deflection of cantilever and magnetic force microscopy . Anisotropies were studied in function of thickness, concentration and atomic structure, achieving an extensive description of the system. It was observed that the films conserved many of the bulk material characteristics, but at the same time they present some singularities that make them different. Particularly, a strong out of plane anisotropy was detected (ten times larger than the anisotropy inside the plane), which has a magnetocrystalline contribution, a magnetoelastic contribution and another one of unknown origin. To explain this last term which we put forward the hypothesis of an anisotropic distribution of Ga pairs (more Ga pairs out of plane than in plane). This last contribution could be modeled by adapting Cullen’s phenomenological model. As a consequence of this out of the plane anisotropy, magnetic domains with stripe pattern appear, for adequate thicknesses. These domains can rotate in the direction of the saturation applied magnetic field
Souare, Papa Momar. "Effets thermiques dans les empilements 3d de puces électroniques : études numériques et expérimentales." Thesis, Saint-Etienne, EMSE, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014EMSE0766/document.
Full textToday we are witnessing an evolution of mobile electronic systems to more advanced features. The complexity of mobile electronic systems requires an increase in computing power of electronic chips, which can lead to the use of aggressive CMOS technology, but which now completed with a technique called 3D integration. It is more of a classical evolution across the transistor following Moore's law but that of the wider scale of the packaging / system, it is called the law of "More than Moore". Three dimensional (3D) stack of electronic chip generates an increase in the density of total power dissipated per unit area of the final stack. This power, essentially resulting in the Joule effect transistors and interconnection, is a source of heat which contributes to increase the overall temperature of the chip. The global objective of this thesis is to study the heat transfer in a 3D stack of chips during operation. We will seek to understand the geometric or materials effects of the stack and the impact of the placement of TSV, Bumps ... on these heat exchanges. The study is based on numerical simulations validated by experimental measurements on 3D stacks. These numerical and experimental studies have as a goal to deduce thermal design rules that will be validated in the drawing of basic or more complex circuits. In the following, these goals will be motivated and discussed in detail. The establishment of a thermal model based on finite element simulations of an industrial process 3D CMOS 65 nm will address the problem of modelling the most accurate way possible. Indeed, previous simulations used compact models - so that the lower accuracy of finite elements - and a generic method that does not reflect all of the properties of materials, and in particular interfaces. The results obtained will be validated by measurements on stacked chips carried out within the process concerned. In the experimental part, the objective is to determine a thermal mapping in a 3D stack using sensors embedded in the silicon, and under different conditions of 3D chip process. This will provide a numerical model validated and calibrated by experimental measurements
Falco, Aurélien. "Bridging the Gap Between H-Matrices and Sparse Direct Methods for the Solution of Large Linear Systems." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BORD0090/document.
Full textMany physical phenomena may be studied through modeling and numerical simulations, commonplace in scientific applications. To be tractable on a computer, appropriated discretization techniques must be considered, which often lead to a set of linear equations whose features depend on the discretization techniques. Among them, the Finite Element Method usually leads to sparse linear systems whereas the Boundary Element Method leads to dense linear systems. The size of the resulting linear systems depends on the domain where the studied physical phenomenon develops and tends to become larger and larger as the performance of the computer facilities increases. For the sake of numerical robustness, the solution techniques based on the factorization of the matrix associated with the linear system are the methods of choice when affordable. In that respect, hierarchical methods based on low-rank compression have allowed a drastic reduction of the computational requirements for the solution of dense linear systems over the last two decades. For sparse linear systems, their application remains a challenge which has been studied by both the community of hierarchical matrices and the community of sparse matrices. On the one hand, the first step taken by the community of hierarchical matrices most often takes advantage of the sparsity of the problem through the use of nested dissection. While this approach benefits from the hierarchical structure, it is not, however, as efficient as sparse solvers regarding the exploitation of zeros and the structural separation of zeros from non-zeros. On the other hand, sparse factorization is organized so as to lead to a sequence of smaller dense operations, enticing sparse solvers to use this property and exploit compression techniques from hierarchical methods in order to reduce the computational cost of these elementary operations. Nonetheless, the globally hierarchical structure may be lost if the compression of hierarchical methods is used only locally on dense submatrices. We here review the main techniques that have been employed by both those communities, trying to highlight their common properties and their respective limits with a special emphasis on studies that have aimed to bridge the gap between them. With these observations in mind, we propose a class of hierarchical algorithms based on the symbolic analysis of the structure of the factors of a sparse matrix. These algorithms rely on a symbolic information to cluster and construct a hierarchical structure coherent with the non-zero pattern of the matrix. Moreover, the resulting hierarchical matrix relies on low-rank compression for the reduction of the memory consumption of large submatrices as well as the time to solution of the solver. We also compare multiple ordering techniques based on geometrical or topological properties. Finally, we open the discussion to a coupling between the Finite Element Method and the Boundary Element Method in a unified computational framework
Consentino, Laurent. "Mécanismes d'acquisition du fer de l'hôte chez Bacillus cereus : rôle du couple bacillibactine-FeuA et expression des gènes impliqués dans l'homéostasie du fer in vivo durant l’infection intestinale chez l’insecte." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLA018/document.
Full textIron acquisition is essential for most living organisms, including many pathogenic bacteria. However, free iron is toxic: it is bound into storage or transport proteins (e.g. ferritin, hemoproteins…) and iron homeostasis is tightly regulated. To scavenge iron from these sources, bacteria possess several systems to acquire the bound iron, by surface proteins or siderophores. Bacillus cereus is a sporeforming Gram-positive bacterium, opportunistic human pathogen, 2nd cause of food-borne disease in France. It has been demonstrated that the B. cereus surface protein IlsA and the siderophore bacillibactin (BB) are involved in iron acquisition from ferritin and that these two molecules are important for infection of the insect model G. mellonella. My thesis project focused on two parts: first the study of the BB-Fe3+ complex import into the cell by the siderophore binding protein FeuA highlights the central role of both BB and FeuA. The deletion of the genes encoding for these two molecules limits iron acquisition by B. cereus from ferritin, heme, hemoglobin and inorganic iron in vitro. On the other hand, the virulence phenotype during intra-haemocelic infection of G. mellonella is similar to the Wild-type strain. These results suggest a possible feedback on the expression of virulence factor genes when B. cereus is unable to synthetize both BB and FeuA, and therefore are under high stress. The second part of my work focused on the expression of genes involved in iron homeostasis in vivo, during gut infection of germ-free larvae of G. mellonella. We chose to perform a microgenomic approach, using laser-capture microdissection to get small samples in targeted areas, and then analysing the expression of chosen genes by RT-qPCR and ddPCR at two time points post ingestion The results show that : i) the colonisation of G. mellonella gut is impacted when B. cereus is deprived of both BB and FeuA ; ii) ilsA is expressed during gut infection ; iii) iron homeostasis is involved in adaptation and pathogenicity from the early step of infection of the insect gut ; iv) only weak gene expression modulation occured between the two timepoints This work gives new fundamental knowledge about B. cereus iron homeostasis, and highlights the use of new techniques regarding the in situ study of host-pathogen interactions
Duan, FangFang. "Numerical tribology of the wheel-rail contact : Application to corrugation defect." Thesis, Lyon, INSA, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ISAL0019/document.
Full textFor more than a century, rail corrugation has been exposed as one of the most serious problems experienced in railway networks. It also comes with a series of problems for maintenance, such as rolling noises and structural vibrations that can reduce lifetime of both train and track. This periodical phenomenon on rail surface is closely linked to wheel-rail contact dynamic, which depends on friction, train dynamics… To better understand corrugation birth conditions, a numerical model is suggested to complement the experimental limitations and to instrument a wheel-rail contact both locally and dynamically. At first, an appropriate tool was chosen to create the dynamic wheel-rail contact model to reproduce straight-track corrugation, also called “short-pitch” corrugation. The implicit dynamic finite element code Abaqus was chosen to investigate the dynamic local contact conditions. Both the origin and the evolution of straight-track corrugation under transient conditions (acceleration / deceleration) are studied. The parametrical sensibility of corrugation is thus investigated both with single/multiple wheel passing(s) and with geometric defect. A stick-slip phenomenon, linked to both wheel and rail dynamics coupled through the contact, is identified as the root of straight-track corrugation under transient conditions. Secondly, results obtained with the previous model have highlighted a quick decrease of corrugation amplitude with the increase of wheel passings over the rail. This last result seems to be in contradiction with reality. This problem comes from the difficulty to reliably manage contact dynamics, and particularly with local impacts, with the use of classical finite element models such as the one implemented in Abaqus. To compensate for this lack, a mass redistribution method is implemented in Abaqus and used with the previous case. The results show a more realistic corrugation growth according to the number of wheel passings
Heller, Jacques. "Modélisation et caractérisation de transducteurs ultrasonores capacitifs micro-usinés appliqués à la réalisation de transformateurs pour l'isolation galvanique." Thesis, Tours, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018TOUR4009/document.
Full textThis work is a study of CMUT (Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transduer)based acoustical transformers as a step in the development of insulating components in semiconductor switches control chain. CMUT transducers being electromechanical systems (MEMS), their monolithic integration with semiconductor switches is full of interesting perspectives . The proposed architecture consists of two CMUTs layered on each side of a silicon substrate. A computational tool was designed to predict the behaviour of the transformer. Measurement protocols of the power efficiency of the constructed transformers were set up and allowed to quantify the prototypes' performances (A 32 % efficiency is currently reached, with improvements attainable up to 60 %). Exploring the results of the developed model, validated by bench measurements, allowed to determine the current limits of the transformers as well as perspectives of improvement
Rukavina, Tea. "Multi-scale damage model of fiber-reinforced concrete with parameter identification." Thesis, Compiègne, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018COMP2460/document.
Full textIn this thesis, several approaches for modeling fiber-reinforced composites are proposed. The material under consideration is fiber-reinforced concrete, which is composed of a few constituents: concrete, short steel fibers, and the interface between them. The behavior of concrete is described by a damage model with localized failure, fibers are taken to be linear elastic, and the behavior of the interface is modeled with a bond-slip pull-out law. A multi-scale approach for coupling all the constituents is proposed, where the macro-scale computation is carried out using the operator-split solution procedure. This partitioned approach divides the computation in two phases, global and local, where different failure mechanisms are treated separately, which is in accordance with the experimentally observed composite behavior. An inverse model for fiber-reinforced concrete is presented, where the stochastic caracterization of the fibers is known from their distribution inside the domain. Parameter identification is performed by minimizing the error between the computed and measured values. The proposed models are validated through numerical examples
Pham, Anh Tu. "Détermination numérique des propriétés de résistance de roches argileuses." Thesis, Paris Est, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PESC1237/document.
Full textThe strength capacities of Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) argillite which is a potential host rock for the deep underground repository of high-level radioactive waste in France are investigated. At a micro-scale, micro-pores can be observed in the matrix. A first strength homogenization step has been performed in order to evaluate the matrix strength criteria. The microstructure analysis of this material at some hundreds of micromet scale, referred at meso-scale, shows a clay matrix and a random distribution of mineral inclusions (quartz and calcite).Aiming to the determination of COx argillite strength domain, an FEM numerical tool has been developed in the context of the elastoplastic behavior of the matrix. Several morphological patterns of the representative elementary volume have been considered and subjected to an incremental loading in periodic conditions until collapse occurs. As a result of such elastoplastic calculation, one point of the boundary of the strength domain is obtained. The latter then could be reached by successive elastoplastic calculations.As an alternative to direct elastoplastic simulations, kinematic and static approaches of limit analysis are performed. The stress-based (static approach) and the velocity-based (kinematic approach) finite element method are used to develop a numerical tool able to derive a lower bound and upper bound of strength domain, respectively
El, Houari Karim. "Modélisation et imagerie électrocardiographiques." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018REN1S063/document.
Full textThe estimation of solutions of the inverse problem of Electrocardiography (ECG) represents a major interest in the diagnosis and catheter-based therapy of cardiac arrhythmia. The latter consists in non-invasively providing 3D images of the spatial distribution of cardiac electrical activity based on anatomical and electrocardiographic data. On the one hand, this problem is challenging due to its ill-posed nature. On the other hand, validation of proposed methods on clinical data remains very limited. Another way to proceed is by evaluating these methods performance on data simulated by a cardiac electrical model. For this application, existing models are either too complex or do not produce realistic cardiac patterns. As a first step, we designed a low-resolution heart-torso model that generates realistic cardiac mappings and ECGs in healthy and pathological cases. This model is built upon a simplified heart torso geometry and implements the monodomain formalism by using the Finite Element Method (FEM). Parameters were identified using an evolutionary approach and their influence were analyzed by a screening method. In a second step, a new approach for solving the inverse problem was proposed and compared to classical methods in healthy and pathological cases. This method uses a spatio-temporal a priori on the cardiac electrical activity and the discrepancy principle for finding an adequate regularization parameter
Paquette, Yves. "Interaction Fluide-Structure et Érosion de Cavitation." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017GREAI104/document.
Full textHis numerical work focuses on the collapse of a single air bubble close to adeformable wall generated by the impact of an incident high-pressure wave. A CFD code was fully coupled to a FEM solid code in order to compute the bubble collapse and the subsequent plastic deformation in the material. The CFD code was developed from the numerical model of Johnsen et al. (University of Michigan). A mobile mesh capability was added in order to account for the displacement of the fluid-structure interface. An ALE (Arbitrary LagrangianEulerian) method was implemented to switch from an Eulerian description in a fixed mesh to an Eulerian description in a moving mesh. The solid response to bubble collapse was computed with the FEM software CAST3M (developed by CEA) assuming an elastic-plastic constitutive law for the material. The communication between the two codes is achieved through the MPI library.For the CFD code, bubble collapse dynamics was validated by comparison with two others codes: research software CaviFlow and commercial software Ansys Fluent. The coupling between the CFD and the FEM code was validated on the case of the impact of a wave on an elastic medium.The paper will present a detailed analysis in 2D of both the dynamics of bubble collapse and solid behaviour for various conditions. They were obtained by changing the amplitude of the incident shock wave, the standoff distance and the material properties. Special attention will be given to the shock wave that forms when the microjet hits the bubble interface and to the impact of this shock wave on the material surface. In particular, the damping of the impactpressure with respect to a perfectly rigid wall was computed as well as the plastic deformation of the material surface. These final data gave us crucial information about the requirement of taking account of fluid-structure interaction in numerical modeling of cavitation erosion
Lejeune, Joseph. "Surface recovery and reconstruction after deformation." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014STRAE031/document.
Full textPolymer's low weight, deformability and easy manufacturing make them attractive materials for tire, organic glasses, sealing applications … Their mechanical properties are nonetheless poorly understood. In particular, two fields are searched over this thesis: time dependency and contact behavior for two transparent polymer: PMMA and CR39. The mechanical behavior time dependency is observed by the construction of stress relaxation and contact master curves. The mechanical contact behavior is analyzed by indentation creep and recovery experiments. Moreover the immediate scratch recovery is measured in the thesis. Finally, the uniaxial data is used to build constitutive laws, which accuracy is compared by Finite Element Modeling to contact tests
Rahal, Saïd. "Influence de l'anisotropie induite par la fissuration sur le comportement poromécanique de géomatériaux." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ISAT0015/document.
Full textCracking in structures significantly affects their durability, water transfer and ultimately their safety. This structural disorder provides a preferential path for the penetration of fluids and contributes significantly to the deterioration of structures. This work provides a macroscopic model intended to predict the change of permeability with respect to cracking. The proposed development is implemented within an orthotropic damage model. It assumes an initially isotropic permeability tensor which becomes anisotropic with damage. The objectivity of the hydraulic response with respect to the finite element mesh is ensured by considering the crack localization problem when building the permeability tensor. The model was used to simulate the flow rate through a reinforced concrete element subjected to tensile loading, as well as to simulate the excavation and the poro-visco-plastic consolidation of an underground gallery designed to store radioactive waste. For the latter application, the induced anisotropy of Biot’s tensor was taken into account using the results provided by the homogenization theory. The simulation results were compared with experimental measurements
Prades, Julien. "Dynamique linéarisée totale : Application aux robots parallèles." Thesis, Montpellier, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018MONTS106/document.
Full textThe research work of this thesis manuscript focus on the analysis of the frequency of robots’ vibrations. Our applications mainly revolve around architectures with parallel kinematics. First we examined parallel robots which are redundant in actuation and for which we are considering an increase of their oscillations’ frequency using the internal forces inherent to this type of structure. The aim is to use their actuation is the tensioning of their structure, and consequently, by analogy with a vibrating-wire, to enhance theiroscillation frequency. We have studied several redundancy planar robots and we demonstrate that in the case of robots which are typically designed to be stiff, the impact of added internal forces is of low relevance. The continuation of our research supports the following proposal: “High dynamics trajectories have an impact on the oscillation frequency of the mobile platform.” Indeed parallel robots, when designed to be light, can reach greater accelerations. We chose to concentrate on the study of the impact that dynamic effects canhave on the oscillation frequency of those robots’ mobile platform. The robots examined for our developments are planar parallel robots whether they have redundant actuation or not. We offer to study this impact based on a prime order development of the dynamic model. This linearisation of the dynamic model is intended to be more complete than those suggested by literature. We explain and verify the validity of our approach with a study on the link between speed and oscillation frequency on PR robots (pendulum on a vertical sliding guide) and RR robots ( double pendulum rotating horizontally). Then we will generalize our first order model and apply it to the four robots ( PRR-2 PRR-3, PRR-4, and Dual-V) to see if we are able to identify a pattern regarding the evolution ofoscillation frequencies. We observe that, depending on the trajectories, the dynamics have a low but noticeable, and often positive, impact on the increase of oscillation frequency of the mobile platform. However, since the trajectories and speed input laws are imposed, we have no choice but to be subjected to this impact
Roux-Langlois, Clément. "Simulation de fissures courbes en trois dimensions avec extraction directe des facteurs d'intensité des contraintes : En vue de l'identification de lois de propagation de fatigue." Thesis, Lyon, INSA, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ISAL0112/document.
Full textIt is necessary to understand the behavior of structures up to their failure to enhance their design. The mechanisms and phenomena undergoing failure vary according to the considered material and boundary conditions. We consider homogeneous materials for which cracks propagate in a context where behavior nonlinearities are not dominants. These conditions are matched for brittle and quasi-brittle materials and for some fatigue cracks. For the former, the main source of dissipation is the crack propagation which can be seen as the generation of a new free-surface. For the later, there is many applications where, in one loading cycle, the nonlinearities remains confined around the crack tip. The linear elastic fracture mechanics theory is then a pertinent model to approximate the structure behavior. Under such hypotheses, a singularity appears in the crack tip vicinity. The Williams' series expansion is computed from the asymptotic study of plane and anti-plane states. The stress is singular at the crack tip and the order of this singularity is one out of two. The singularity amplitude is quantified by the stress intensity factors (SIF), one for each of the three loading modes. In 3D, the crack shape is potentially complex (front curvature and non-planar crack), and no general asymptotic series expansion exists. In this PhD thesis, the 2D Williams' series in displacements are used and regularized with a finite element evolution along the front. From this 3D definition of the asymptotic fields in the crack tip vicinity, a numerical method for direct estimation of the SIF (DEK-FEM) is extended to 3D. This method is based on domain decomposition, the two domains are bounded in a weak sense on their interface. In the crack tip vicinity, the mechanical fields are approximated by a truncation of the asymptotic series expansion. Therefore, appropriate fields are used to deal with the singularity, and the associated degrees of freedom are directly the asymptotic coefficients. Among these coefficients are the SIF and the T-stresses. To bridge the scales between the structure and the crack front singularity and to increase the numerical efficiency, this method is embedded in a localized X-FEM multigrids approach. The proposed method is shown to provide an accurate evaluation of the SIF and T-stresses evolution. This approach has been developed in combination of an experimental post-processing method (full field displacement measurement through image correlation) based on the same asymptotic series expansion. The 3D images can be obtained for in situ fatigue experiments by X-ray microtomography and reconstruction. The crack geometry and the SIF are then provided by image correlation and regularization based on Williams series expansion. These data can be used for identifying a 3D fatigue crack growth law. The efficiency of the method is illustrated in 2D
Hajjine, Bouchta. "Conception, réalisation et intégration technologique d'un patch électronique : application à la surveillance des personnes âgées." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ISAT0002/document.
Full text30 % of the French population being over the age of 60 years in 2035, the notion of accompaniment of the elderly dependence is a societal challenge with the imperative of risks prevention at home. It is in this context, with the arrival of the technologies of integration and the IoT that we undertook to conceive and realize a miniature electronic patch capable of geolocalization to trigger alarms in the case of fugue, fall or wandering. A challenge is the design of antennas on flexible substrates as key elements of the functions of geolocalization and charging by induction. A modeling work allowed the optimization of printed antennas presenting a good compromise integration / performance. A technological process in the cleanroom was developed to carry out bilayers antennas on flexible substrate (polyimide). Several prototypes of complete patch were tested and validated in the EHPAD center
Al, Hage Gabriel. "Contribution à l'étude du comportement raidissant en traction du béton armé après fissuration." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011ISAT0007/document.
Full textThe aim of this thesis is to study the stiffening effect of tensile concrete in flexural reinforced concrete beams by controlling the bond between steel and concrete. The process consists of experimentally determining the strain profile in both deep and thin flexural beams. We created a new finite element model for both deep and thin beams in accordance with experimental observations. The experimental tests we conducted on tension members highlight the existence of both transfer length and length with total bond loss characterizing the bond between tensile steel and concrete. The transfer length contributes to the production of a tension stiffening effect, thus limiting the stiffness decrease of the flexural beam. Measuring the beam deflection makes it possible to determine the transfer length, and consequently to achieve the main objective, namely the contribution of tensile concrete to beam stiffness
Dupas, Agathe. "Modélisation et optimisation d'une machine synchrone à commutation de flux et à double excitation à bobinage global." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLN037/document.
Full textIn this thesis, a new hybrid excitation, flux-switching machine is being presented. The main feature of this device is its global winding hybrid excitation with claw poles. This solution has been explored in order to reduce the copper mass and increase excitation winding efficiency. One of the most widely used alternators in automotive applications is a claw pole alternator whose claws are located on the rotor. The prototype introduced in this study is based on the same principle yet with claws located on the stator, which allows its rotor to be passive in rotating at higher speeds without slip-rings or brushes. Furthermore, the advantages of the double excitation are cumulative.The thesis will first describe the structure and operating principles of this new hybrid excitation, flux-switching machine, For example, the no-load flux linkage and the back-electromotive force on a no-load are measured and calculated;. Moreover, the load testing of this machine will be displayed. Short-circuit currents will be calculated and measured in order to determine the output power capability while operating in generator mode. The second chapter presents finite element and analytical models which allows to determine the output power capability while operating in generator mode. And with the FEA, the no-load flux linkage is investigated, This investigation serves to highlight: the influence of the stacking factor, the B-H curve definition, and the permanent magnet residual induction value, Finally, a lumped-parameter magnetic circuit model is developed and validated by 3-D finite element analysis, The model allows estimating output power of the structure when running in generator mode (with a DBR) faster than with 3D-FEA. In addition, thanks to the model the geometry is optimized for several specifications
Mozzani, Nathanaël. "Amorçage de fissures de corrosion sous contrainte du Zircaloy-4 recristallisé en milieu méthanol iodé." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013INPT0044/document.
Full textDuring the pellet-cladding interaction, Zirconium-alloy fuel claddings might fail when subjected to incidental power transient in nuclear Pressurized Water Reactors, by Iodine-induced Stress Corrosion Cracking (I-SCC). This study deals with the intergranular initiation of I-SCC cracks in fully recrystallized Zircaloy-4, in methyl alcohol solution of iodine at room temperature, with the focus on critical mechanical parameters and iodine concentration. It was carried out with an approach mixing experiments and numerical simulations. An anisotropic and viscoplastic mechanical behavior model was established and validated over a wide range of loadings. With numerous constant elongation rate tensile tests and four points bending creep tests, the existence of a threshold iodine concentration I0 close to 10-6 g.g-1 was highlighted, necessary to the occurrence of I-SCC damage, along with a transition concentration I1 close to 2 10-4 g.g-1. Above I1 the mechanism changes, leading to a sped up crack initiation and a loss of sensitivity towards mechanical parameters. The importance of concentration on parameters such as crack density, crack average length and intergranular and transgranular crack velocities was evidenced. Experimental results show that plastic strain is not required for I-SCC crack initiation, if the test time is long enough in the presence of stress. Its main influence is to rush the occurrence of cracking by creating initiation sites, by way of breaking the oxide layer and building up intergranular stress. Below I1, the critical strains at initiation show a substantial strain rate sensitivity. In this domain, a threshold stress of 100 MPa was found, well below the yield stress. Thanks to the combined use of notched specimens and numerical simulations, a strong protective effect of an increasing stress biaxiality ratio was found, both in the elastic and plastic domains. Proton-irradiated samples, up to a dose of 2 dpa, were tested in the same conditions as fresh specimens. The higher I-SCC sensitivity of the irradiated material was measured and the effects of concentration and strain rate were found to remain. Irradiation leads to a higher strain localization causing early crack initiation, but the main reason for the higher sensitivity of the irradiated material seems to be a chemical one, with higher pitting occurrence and a shift of I1
Hepburn, Carolyna. "Dynamic interplay between the magnetization and surface acoustic waves in magnetostrictive Fe1-xGax thin films." Thesis, Paris 6, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA066622/document.
Full textRecently, lot of efforts have been devoted to control the magnetization in nanostructures by means other than external magnetic field to achieve device miniaturization, as it is difficult to handle the magnetic field at low lateral dimensions. On the other hand, a new road emerged towards the wave based computing by employing spin waves (SWs). The advantages, that SWs offer for the data processing are nm wavelength as compared to the electromagnetic waves in the same frequency range (GHz-THz) and the absence of Joule heating. A possibility exists to use Surface Acoustic Waves (SAWs), in other words, dynamic strain, to induce magnetization dynamics or to control spin waves. This is possible due to a very fundamental property of magnetic bodies, the magneto-elastic coupling, that is when magnetization orientation and strain are coupled. This thesis focuses on the phenomenology of the magneto-elastic interaction in thin epitaxied films of magnetostrictive Fe0.8Ga0.2. We performed a systematic experimental study of the magneto-elastic interactions in thin films of different thicknesses and magnetic structures. We also developed two phenomenological models in order to interpret our results. An important result of this study is that we are able to extract the magneto-elastic and the magnetic anisotropy constants by acoustic means. The thesis has also a strong technological component. One aim was to efficiently excite surface acoustic waves in GHz frequency range (1-5 GHz) on GaAs piezoelectric substrates in order to observe the resonant interaction with thermal spin waves. We also managed to excite spin waves in thin epitaxied magnetostrictive layers, using RF antennas. We report preliminary measurements on this interaction that were performed with Brillouin light scattering (BLS) and micro BLS techniques in collaboration with the GHOST laboratory in Perugia, Italy
Lancial, Nicolas. "Effets de la rotation sur la dynamique des écoulements et des transferts thermiques dans les machines électriques tournantes de grande taille." Thesis, Valenciennes, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014VALE0021/document.
Full textEDF operates a large number of electrical rotating machines in its electricity generation capacity. Thermal stresses which affect them can cause local heating, sufficient to damage their integrity. The present work contributes to provide methodologies for detecting hot spots in these machines, better understanding the topology of rotating flows and identifying their effects on heat transfer. Several experimental scale model were used by increasing their complexity to understand and validate the numerical simulations. A first study on a turbulent wall jet over a non-confined backward-facing step (half-pole hydrogenerator) notes significant differences compared to results from confined case : both of them are present in an hydrogenerator. A second study was done on a small confined rotating scale model to determinate the effects of a Taylor-Couette-Poiseuille on temperature distribution and position of hot spots on the heated rotor, by studying the overall flow regimes flow. These studies have helped to obtain a reliable method based on conjugate heat transfer (CHT) simulations. Another method, based on FEM coupled with the use of an inverse method, has been studied on a large model of hydraulic generator so as to solve the computation time issue of the first methodology. It numerically calculates the convective heat transfer from temperature measurements, but depends on the availability of experimental data. This work has also developped new no-contact measurement techniques as the use of a high-frequency pyrometer which can be applied on rotating machines for monitoring temperature
Foadian, Farzad. "Precision tube production : influencing the eccentricity, residual stresses and texture developments : experiments and multiscale simulation." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018STRAE003/document.
Full textThe main and foremost aim of this work was to optimize the standard tube drawing process in a way that the eccentricity can be controlled, which can be the reduction or increase of eccentricity. For this reason, tilting and/or shifting was introduced to the die and/or tube, respectively. Different tubes of varied materials, such as copper, aluminum, brass, and steel with different dimensions were investigated by various tilting angles, shifting values, or combination of tilting and shifting and their effect on the eccentricity was analyzed. Along influencing and controlling the eccentricity, the evolution of the residual stresses and texture due to the introduced tilting and /or shifting were investigated. The other aim of this work was to develop a universal FEM model, which can get the required or desired input parameters, which can be material-related or process related or both, and perform the simulation of the user-defined metal forming process and therewith analyze more complex situations. In this regard, a simulation model was developed using a multiscale simulation method with Integrated Computational Material Engineering approach
Le, Ngoc Hiep. "Contribution à l'étude de l'essai de rayage des verres." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013REN1S184/document.
Full textThis thesis contributes to modeling of the elasto-plastic behavior in scratch test of a Zr55Cu30Al10Ni5 Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMG) by the finite element method and by experimental testing. The Drucker-Prager criterion is used and dedicated re-meshing method is proposed in order to solve the numerical problems classically encountered when modeling such a test and this with a controlled element population. The influence of friction coefficient as well as the angle of attack are investigated to understand the occurrence of two deformation mechanisms : plowing and cutting. The test is realized by using the LARMAUR's equipment : nano triboindenter Hysitron Ti-950. The result of experimental and simulation are confronted the finite element simulations
Mazor, Alon. "Modelling of roll compaction process by finiite element method." Thesis, Ecole nationale des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017EMAC0009/document.
Full textIn the pharmaceutical industry, dry granulation by roll compaction is a process of size enlargement of powder into granules with good flowability for subsequent die compaction process. Understanding the roll compaction process and optimizing manufacturing efficiency is limited using the experimental approach due to the high cost of powder, time-consuming and the complexity of the process. In this work, a 3D Finite Element Method (FEM) model was developed to identify the critical material properties, roll press designs and process parameters controlling the quality of the product. The Drucker-Prager Cap (DPC) model was used to describe the powder compaction behavior and was determined based on standard calibration method. To overcome the complexity involving two different mechanisms of powder feeding by the screw and powder compaction between rolls, a novel combined approach of Discrete Element Method (DEM), used to predict the granular material flow in the feed zone and the Finite Elements Method (FEM) employed for roll compaction, was developed. Lastly, for a more realistic roll compaction modelling, allowing the fluctuation of the gap between rolls, a Coupled-Eulerian Lagrangian (CEL) approach was developed. FEM simulation results clearly show the effect of different process parameters on roll pressure and density distribution in the compaction zone of powder between the rolls. Moreover, results show that using a cheek-plates sealing system causes a nonuniform roll pressure and density distribution with the highest values in the middle and the lowest at the edges. On the other hand, the resultant pressure and density distributions with the rimmed-roll obtained higher values in the edges than in the middle and overall a more uniform distribution. The combined DEM-FEM methodology clearly shows a direct correlation between the particle velocity driven by the screw conveyor to the feed zone and the roll pressure, both oscillating in the same period. This translates into an anisotropic ribbon with a density profile varying sinusoidally along its length. To validate the results, the simulations are compared with literature and experimentally measured values in order to assess the ability of the model to predict the properties of the produced ribbons
Cao, Trong Son. "Modélisation de l’endommagement ductile sous trajets de chargement complexes." Thesis, Paris, ENMP, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ENMP0038/document.
Full textThe present PhD thesis aims at a better understanding and modeling of ductile damage mechanisms during cold forming processes, with wire drawing, rolling and cold pilgering as examples. In addition, special attention is paid to implemented damage models parameters identification methodology. All three approaches of ductile damage were investigated: uncoupled phenomenological fracture criteria; coupled phenomenological models; micromechanical model. These models have been implemented in Forge®, which required adaptation of algorithms to its mixed velocity-pressure formulation and to its finite element (P1+/P1). Parallel to the numerical work, various mechanical tests on three different materials (high carbon steel, stainless steel and zirconium alloy) were carried out for work hardening, and damage models parameters identification. In situ X-ray micro-tomography tensile tests have also been exploited for the identification of ductile damage mechanisms (nucleation, growth and coalescence) as well as the identification of micromechanical model. Finally, we carried out comparative studies of these models on our three abovementioned forming processes and materials. Regarding wire drawing and rolling of stainless steel, good agreement between numerical simulations and experimental results was found. For high carbon perlitic steel ultimate wire drawing, the GTN micro-mechanical model has given the best result, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Moreover, the comparison of the different models on different processes (wire rolling on high carbon steel, cold pilgering on zirconium alloy) highlights on the one hand the important role of the third deviatoric stress invariant in damage localization for shear-dominated forming processes. It shows on the other hand that the identification process itself should be based on microstructure measurements to provide accurate results in forming application
Yu, Yan. "Contribution au développement d'une approche simplifiée de la simulation numérique du formage incrémental." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LORR0227/document.
Full textThe incremental sheet forming (ISF) is an innovative process in sheet metal forming method by using a hemispherical rigid tool controlled by Computerized Numerical Control machine (CNC). The clamped sheet is locally deformed following a tool path, defining thus the final geometry of the part. The advantages of this method are its high flexibility, its low tooling cost, and its ability to shorten the design and manufacturing chain. The application of the reduction of the overall costs, and development time made the numerical simulation essential. Many robust simulation models based on the finite element method enable to predict the formability and the geometrical quality of the part. Classic algorithms of simulation ensure reliable quality results but necessary computation times (CPU) are still very long. In this context, a Simplified Approach has been developed to reduce the computation time. This approach allows avoiding the integration of the tool and its contact with the sheet into the numerical simulation, by replacing them with a local and progressive displacement imposition of certain nodes supposed to be in contact with the tool. A complementary solution is proposed within this thesis to reduce the CPU times of a simulation sequence, by using a shell element called DKTRF (Discrete Kirchhoff Triangle Rotation Free). This element takes account of the membrane and bending effects with restricted numbers of degrees of freedom, as the flexion terms are defined in accordance with the nodal translational displacements of the adjacent elements. The integration of this element combined with the Simplified Approach for a regular mesh in an elastoplastic problem gives consistent outcomes in geometric and behavioural, with significant diminution of CPU times in comparison with the industrial numerical simulation performed on ABAQUS©. Results obtained by means of numerical simulation of a study case are then compared with experimental results, thereby enabling to validate the model and to study the influences of process parameters on the final piece. To do this, an experimental test procedure is developed in order to evaluate the efficiency of incremental forming process on a Computerized Numerical Control machine (CNC). The measurement technique used to characterize the geometry (thickness and profile) of the piece is the scanning method. The measurement tool, transcribed accurately the geometry of the part via cameras and post-treatment software. Particularly well-suited for the assessment of the profile, the acquisition method remains to be optimize especially for assessing the thickness of the sheet
Miglioretti, Federico. "Développement d'un modèle avancé multi-champs pour l'étude de profil d'aile intelligent." Thesis, Paris 10, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA100054/document.
Full textIn the field of aeronautics, shape morphing has been used to identify those aircraft that un-dergo certain geometrical changes to enhance or adapt to their mission profile. Different formthe classical solution the shape morphing required: distributed high-power density actuation, structural mechanization, flexible skins, and control law development. In these scenario, model able to capture the insertion of new generation sensor and actuator, and able to minimize the computational cost become very interesting. These work try to affront two different aspect of the problem. In the first part the following question has been exploited: for a given problem, geometry, loading, boundary condition etc... which is the most accurate model in term of results fidelity with the lowest computational cost? Two different approaches have been used to give an answer. The Best Plate Theory Diagram (BPTD) has been drawn. Trough the BPTD it is possible, for a given problem, to identify those models with the lowest computational time and a good results fidelity. An advanced mono-dimensional multi-field FEM model is presented in the second part of the thesis. The model is able to capture the insertion of piezo-electric elements in composite wing. It has been developed starting from the Carrera Unified Formulation and from the electro-mechanical constitutive equation. Comparison with the bibliography have be done in order to validate the results
Nel campo dell’aeronautica il termine shape morphing identifica quei velivoli in grado di apportare determinati cambiamenti geometrici al fine di adattarsi a diversi profili di missione. Diversamente dalle soluzioni convenzionali la progettazione di velivoli shape morphing richiede : un’attuazione distribuita, uno skin flessibile in grado di pemettere le deformazioni e delle leggi di controllo. Divengono quindi di notevole interesse modelli in grado di cogliere l’inserzione di attuatori e sensori di nuova generazione all’interno dell’ala, e di esibire al contempo un basto costo computazionale. Nel lavoro presentato in questa tesi vengono trattati entrabi gli aspetti. Nella prima parte si è andati a dare una risposta alla segunete domanda: per un dato problema, geometria, condizioni di carico, etc..., qual è il modello più accurato, in termini di fedeltà dei risultati, che presenta il minor costo computazionale? Il problema è stato affrontato attraverso due differenti approcci, che hanno portato alla creazione della "Best Plate Theory Curve", attraverso la quale è possibile, per un dato problema, identificare il modello più idoneo in termini di fedeltà dei risultati e di costo computazionale. Nella seconda parte del lavoro viene presentato un modello mono-dimensionale multi-campo avanzato in grado di cogliere l’inserzione di elementi piezo-elettrici in ali in materiale composito. Questo elemento è stato viluppato partendo dalla Carrera Unified Formulation e dalle equazioni costitutive elettromeccaniche. Sono state effettuate poi delle validazioni attraverso confronti con la bibliografia
Le, Mercier Kévin. "Stratégie numérique et expérimentale pour la maîtrise des dégradations des outillages en mise en forme à froid." Thesis, Valenciennes, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017VALE0007/document.
Full textCold forming of aluminium alloys can be limited by a severe material transfer to the die surfaces, compromising the process viability. The purpose of this research work is to contribute to a broader understanding of the galling mechanisms which would further allow the optimisation of the forming processes of an Al-Mg-Si alloy. A methodology combining experimental and numerical approaches is introduced in order to build up a database of surface degradations indicators. The experimental approach is carried out by means of upsetting-sliding tests which reproduce a wide range of contact conditions experienced at the tool/workpiece interface during cold forming operations. To evaluate the amounts of adhered material on the tools of each test configuration, surface topography acquisitions are performed by optical profilometry and coupled to scanning electron microscope analyses. Axisymmetric compression tests are carried out by means of the GLEEBLE 3500 thermomechanical simulator to determine the deformation behaviour of the Al-Mg-Si alloy at high strains, in the temperature range of 298 to 423 K and strain rates of 0.1 and 1 s¡1. A constitutive model based on both the Mechanical Threshold Stress model and the analysis of the work-hardening rate is proposed and then implemented in a finite element code. A finite element simulation of the upsetting-sliding test, which is a thermomechanical analysis using the arbitrary lagrangian-eulerian formulation, is introduced. The local contact variables such as the contact pressure and the sliding velocity are evaluated through this simulation and allow a better understanding of the galling mechanisms observed experimentally. Finally, a post-processing program, which analyses the results of the finite element simulation and updates the tool shape according to the amount of adhered material determined experimentally, is developed. A wear model based on the friction work is introduced. This model is a good indicator of the galling tendency and allows a first approximation of this mechanism
Msolli, Sabeur. "Modélisation thermomécanique de l'assemblage d'un composant diamant pour l'électronique de puissance haute température." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011INPT0088/document.
Full textUse of diamond as constitutive component in power electronics devices is an interesting prospect for the high temperature and high power applications. The main challenge of this research work included in the Diamonix program is the study and the elaboration of a single-crystal diamond substrate with electronic quality and its associated packaging. The designed packaging has to resist to temperatures varying between -50°C and 300°C. We contributed to the choice of the connection materials intended to be used in the final test vehicle and which can handle such temperature gaps. In the first part, we present a state-of-the-art of the various materials solutions for extreme temperatures. Following this study, we propose a set of materials which considered as potential candidates for high temperature packaging. Special focus is given for the most critical elements in power electronic assemblies which are metallizations and solders. Once the materials choice carried out, thin substrate metallizations, solders and DBC coatings are studied using nanoindentation and nanoscratch tests. Mechanical tests were also carried out on solders to study their elastoviscoplastic and damage behavior. The experimental results are used as database for the identification of the parameters of the viscoplastic model coupled with a porous damage law, worked out for the case of solders. The behavior model is implemented as a user subroutine UMAT in a FE code to predict the degradation of a 2D power electronic assembly and various materials configuration for a 3D test vehicle